Advance Pool

Advance Pool is an electro-mechanical, billiards-themed coin-operated amusement manufactured by Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company, which operated from 1932 to 1977. Despite the name and billiards theme, it is classified as a cue game rather than a traditional pinball machine — designed to be played with a cue stick. Its exact release date within the company's long production run is unknown.

Gameplay centers on three kick-out holes that eject the ball back into play when hit, adding an element of unpredictability to each shot. The game features a plexiglas backglass, offering a clear view into the mechanism, and each player's score display includes two dummy zeroes as part of its scoring readout.

Little additional documentation is available about Advance Pool's specific designer or original release year, but as a billiards-themed cue game from one of the industry's longest-running manufacturers, it represents an interesting corner of Chicago Coin's varied output beyond conventional pinball.