Lady Luck

Lady Luck, produced by Petaco S.A. in 1978, is part of the solid state electronic era of pinball machines. It represents the domestic (Spanish market) release of a game that was also exported by the related company Recel S.A. under the same name.

Gameplay on Lady Luck is built around its Cards/Gambling theme, with players aiming to collect virtual poker hands and accumulate points. The machine's operation is typical of solid state electronic designs from this period, relying on electronic controls rather than mechanical relays. Very little documentation of this machine survives; the only known images show the backglass, a portion of the upper playfield, and the solid state circuitry inside the backbox.

Little is known about the designer or other notable aspects of the machine's art beyond its straightforward card-game presentation. As one of a small number of documented Spanish-made pinballs of the era, Lady Luck offers a glimpse into the pinball industry in Spain during the late 1970s.