Mistral

The Mistral is a solid-state electronic bingo machine of unknown manufacture, notable for its resemblance to games produced by Splin of Belgium. Its cabinet and backglass design closely echo Splin's style, though one difference has been observed: the backbox leaves extra room along the top edge of the backglass for an operator marquee, something not typically seen on confirmed Splin machines.

Gameplay-wise, the Mistral is built around an unusually dense layout of 25 trap holes and six scoring cards. Two different playfield versions have reportedly been seen — one with a flipper at each bottom corner, and one with no flippers at all. Splin's own bingo games, when fitted with flippers, place them at the middle of the playfield's sides rather than the bottom corners, so it remains unconfirmed whether the flippered version is a genuine Splin product with operator-added flippers or a machine from a different manufacturer entirely.

Its exact production year and true manufacturer are unknown, and no further information about its theme, art, or original distribution has been documented, leaving the Mistral one of the more genuinely mysterious entries in the bingo-pinball category.