Back Sweepstakes

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    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×6
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Williams Manufacturing Company
    ipdb_id
    5859
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5859/image-2.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Williams
    ipdb.notable_features
    For one or two players. Flippers (6), Pop bumpers (4). Two playfields. Backbox animation (horses race). For a description of game play, click on the thumbnail for 'Billboard New Game Announcement'.
    ipdb.notes
    'Sweepstakes' inexplicably does not appear on the Williams' list of Project numbers (model numbers). It does appear on a typewritten list attributed to Williams but without a model number. The Billboard ad shown here and dated Feb-16-1952 announces this game at the Chicago coin machine convention that month. Unconventional cabinet advertised as 5 feet wide and 2 1/2 feet deep. Compare to Williams' 1952 'Horsefeathers'.
    month
    2
    player_count
    2
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Sports
    theme
    Horse Racing
    year
    1952