Pretty much every pinball player / enthusiast in the world knows the story of Roger Sharpe, who, in 1976 in a New York City courtroom, demonstrated before a judge that pinball was in fact a game of skill, Resulting in the legalization of Pinball in NYC.
NOW, what if I told you that a almost identical feat was executed in 1973 by pinball designer Jim Patla playing a Gottlieb Pro Football in a Ottawa Courtroom?
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| Taken from page 4 of the May 1973 issue of Canadian Coin Box magazine |
Indeed. Here's a piece of forgotten pinball history out of the August 1973 issue of Canadian Coin Box Magazine. The Court did find that the match feature was a form of gambling.
Here are a couple more related articles out of the same issue
