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  1. By IPDB
    credit
    Roy Parker — Art
    credit
    Harry Mabs — Design
    gameplay_feature
    Trap Holes ×15
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    D. Gottlieb & Company
    ipdb_id
    2755
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-16.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Gottlieb
    ipdb.model_number
    57
    ipdb.notable_features
    Trap holes (15). "Figure 8" playfield layout. Each hole scores 100,000 times its number value and lights the corresponding number on the backglass. Replays are awarded for lighting on the backglass vertical columns of numbers and consecutive horizontal numbers. Maximum displayed point score is 6,500,000 points.
    ipdb.notes
    This game used a bingo card and trap holes but was not a 'Bingo' or in-line machine in the traditional sense. As this is a 5-ball game, the highest score that can be achieved would be by landing them in the five holes 11-12-13-14-15 for a total of 6,500,000 points even though the backglass is silkscreened to display 7 million. However, the factory did not wire a lamp socket to light the '7' in the Millions score. 'Watch My Line' is a reference to the TV quiz show "What's My Line" which ran on American TV from 1950 to 1967. The show featured a panel of four celebrities who would try to guess the occupation of contestants. The backglass depicts this celebrity panel.
    month
    7
    player_count
    1
    production_quantity
    600
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Television Game Shows
    year
    1951