Pamco Casino

The Pamco Casino is an early electro-mechanical (EM) pinball machine produced in January 1936 by Pacific Amusement Manufacturing Company of Chicago, which traded under the name PAMCO. Operating from 1932 to 1937, PAMCO was among the manufacturers active during the industry's formative first decade, and the Casino predates many of the classic EM machines that would follow.

As a single-player game from the mid-1930s, the Pamco Casino belongs to the period when manufacturers were first experimenting with electromechanical components, using relays and switches to control gameplay rather than the purely mechanical actions of earlier games. This makes it a representative example of the technology's infancy.

Little is documented about the machine's designer, features, or artwork, but the Pamco Casino remains an intriguing piece of pinball history, offering a glimpse into the early days of the industry and its development of electromechanical gameplay.