Copacabana Beach

Copacabana Beach is a rare Solid State Electronic bingo pinball machine from the John Gille Company of Belgium. Its exact release year is unknown. As a bingo machine, it belongs to a distinct category of pinball-adjacent games that emerged in the mid-20th century as a response to gambling regulations like the U.S. Johnson Act - these machines have no flippers, and players instead nudge the cabinet carefully to try to guide the ball into winning holes.

Its gameplay centers on 25 trap holes scattered across the playfield and two backglass "cards" displaying winning number patterns; landing balls in the right combination of holes lights up patterns on these cards for a payout or replay. This card-based scoring, rather than flipper skill, is the defining strategic element of bingo pinball.

The machine's artwork and theme evoke a sense of exoticism and travel, fitting with its "World Places" theme. Copacabana Beach is a notable example of the bingo pinball genre, offering collectors and historians a window into a distinctive, gambling-adjacent branch of pinball history.