Back Profit Sharing Pin Game

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  1. By IPDB
    credit
    Albert J. Watling — Design
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Watling Manufacturing Company
    ipdb_id
    1868
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1868/image-1.jpg"]
    ipdb.notable_features
    7 balls for 1 cent, or 10 balls for 5 cents. Square cabinet on legs. Advertised as 28 1/2 inches square by 37 inches high. Patent No. DE89,228 [GAME BOARD] filed June 8, 1932. Granted February 7, 1933 to Albert J. Watling. The patent was for the playfield ornamental design and was granted for 3 1/2 years.
    ipdb.notes
    This game looks identical to Watling's 1932 'Blue Seal' but with a payout mechanism attached to the coin chute.
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    pure-mechanical
    year
    1933