Back Crosswords

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  1. By IPDB
    credit
    Don Hooker — Design
    gameplay_feature
    Trap Holes ×18
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Bally Manufacturing Corporation
    ipdb_id
    606
    ipdb.image_urls
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    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Bally
    ipdb.model_number
    575
    ipdb.notable_features
    Trap holes (18). Balls landing in lettered holes on the playfield light the corresponding letters on the backglass to form words. Patent No. USD177,950 [CABINET FOR AMUSEMENT APPARATUS] filed November 7, 1955. Granted December 16, 1958 to Charles G. Troeller, Chicago, and Donald E. Hooker, Wilmette, Ill., assignors to Raymond T. Moloney, Chicago, Ill.
    ipdb.notes
    Same game as Bally's 1956 'Spelling-Bee' but backglass has different colors. Bally referred to this game as a "recreation vender" for placement in locations that would not accept traditional bingo machines. It has no multiple-coin capacity or variable odds.
    player_count
    1
    production_quantity
    450
    technology_generation
    electromechanical