21 Odds
Manufacturer: Stoner Manufacturing Company, of Aurora, Illinois, USA (1933-1941)
Year: 1936
Date: January, 1936
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM)
Players: 1
About This Machine
The Stoner Manufacturing Company's 21 Odds, produced in January 1936, is a single-player electro-mechanical (EM) payout pinball machine from Aurora, Illinois. Specific gameplay features, artwork, and theme are not well documented.
As an EM payout machine of its era, 21 Odds would have relied on relays and solenoids to register scoring, with gravity and mechanical targets -- rather than player-controlled flippers, which had not yet been invented -- directing the balls around the playfield.
While little is known about its designer or specific design elements, 21 Odds is an example of the payout machines Stoner Manufacturing produced during pinball's formative electro-mechanical period.