Bounty

Bally's 'Bounty' bingo-style pinball machine was released in August 1963, marking the company's return to bingo production after halting the line in 1962 in anticipation of the Eastland Bill (the Gambling Devices Act of 1962), which restricted interstate transport of gambling devices. Once an amendment allowed Bally to resume production for overseas and select stateside markets, Bounty became the company's first new bingo game since the hiatus. It was designed by Don Hooker, one of Bally's key bingo designers of the era.

The game features an extensive 25 trap holes along with several signature Bally bingo mechanics: a Magic Screen, and an OK Feature, Super OK Feature, and Extra OK Feature, plus a Skill Shot. These layered feature options were typical of Bally's bingo line, giving operators and players multiple ways to configure or experience scoring odds.

Specific theme and artwork details for Bounty are not well documented, and some surviving cabinets show operator modifications -- including altered backglasses and, in Nevada, distinctive multi-colored 'Zolatone' cabinet finishes used to make games look uniform across a location. As Bally's comeback bingo title after the industry-reshaping Eastland Bill, Bounty holds a notable place in the company's history, marking the resumption of a line that would continue until 1980's Continental.