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Contributors to this record: Flipcommons AI Descriptions (Title), Flipcommons Catalog.
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- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (Title)As players gained more control over pinball machines, games grew longer. The modern [[gameplay-feature:flippers]] placement of Teacher's Pet lets players keep the ball in play, and the addition of free games granted by high scores—invented by Bill Belah in 1934—made the idea of indefinitely long play even more tangible. Teacher's Pet features a free ball gate on its right-hand outlane that saves the ball when activated. Adding free plays was also a way of showing that pinball was not for gambling. Some manufacturers embraced this, while others doubled down on payouts—until pinball was banned in Chicago. Although this machine was made here, it could not be played in the city.
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- Teacher's PetFlipcommons Catalog
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- G5wpDFlipcommons Catalog
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- teachers-petFlipcommons Catalog