Hole In One

Hole In One is an electro-mechanical bingo machine (model 912) designed by Don Hooker for Bally Manufacturing Corporation. As a bingo-style game, it belongs to Bally's card-matching, payout-oriented line rather than conventional skill-based flipper pinball. Bally's Numerical List of Machines shows Model 912 had a release-to-production date of March 9, 1971, but wiring documentation and other records are sparse.

Beyond the backglass artwork, little further information survives about what became of this model or its specific gameplay layout. Don Hooker's broader body of work as one of Bally's key bingo designers is well documented, lending Hole In One historical context even where direct records are thin.

Given the scarcity of surviving documentation, Hole In One is of particular interest to bingo-pinball specialists and Bally collectors researching the company's less-documented early-1970s output.