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    gameplay_feature
    Free Play Holes ×3
    gameplay_feature
    Trap Holes ×54
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    D. Gottlieb & Company
    ipdb_id
    6399
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    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Gottlieb
    ipdb.notable_features
    7 balls for 1 cent or 10 balls for 5 cents. Trap holes (54), Free Play holes (3). Cabinet advertised as 32 inches long and 18 inches wide.
    ipdb.notes
    The name of this game is displayed in the upper playfield using two hyphens, as "Master-Play-Boy". An ad in Automatic Age, June 1932 page 150 indicates players can use the playfield's 52 cards and Joker to play Poker, Black Jack, or High Score, and that 10-ball play can be divided between 2 players to score 5 cards each. The ad describes the game as "now with a longer field" but its cabinet is 32 inches long whereas Gottlieb's 1932 'Play-Boy, Sr.' has a length of 34 inches, so perhaps there was an smaller, earlier model of Master-Play-Boy. A sample game was available for $16.50 with optional wood stand for $2.50 or metal stand for $2.00.
    player_count
    2
    reward_type
    Free Play
    technology_generation
    pure-mechanical
    theme
    Gambling
    theme
    Poker
    theme
    Blackjack
    theme
    Playing Cards
    year
    1932