{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "why have historically almost all pinball manufacturers been in chicago?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/685714317685964800/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>why have historically almost all pinball manufacturers been in chicago?</p></div>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"/post/685714153520889856/\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>Because at debut, before flippers, it was basically a gambling thing, and Chicago was the headquarters of American shadiness </p></blockquote><p><p>Like, the Bally in Bally Pinball is the same one as in Bally Casinos (and Bally Total Fitness), and I think Williams stopped making tables so their staff could focus on video poker for tribal casinos</p></p>"}