Blue Chip

Blue Chip, designed by Don Hooker and manufactured by Bally Manufacturing Corporation, is a six-card electro-mechanical bingo machine (model 1063). As a Bally 'bingo' game rather than a conventional flipper pinball, it belongs to the company's long-running line of card-matching payout machines.

The Blue Chip features 25 trap holes and a Select-a-spot feature layered across its six bingo cards, letting players choose which card combinations to pursue -- hallmarks of Hooker's bingo designs at Bally. This multi-card structure allowed for varied odds and payouts depending on how many coins were played.

With no specific artwork or theme details recorded, much about the Blue Chip's visual design remains undocumented. Don Hooker's broader work as one of Bally's principal bingo designers is well known in pinball circles, and the Blue Chip stands as one entry in that extensive body of work.