Thursday, July 29, 2010

Which Game Did Mayor LaGuardia Ban in NYC?

And the answer is ...

c) pinball

Pinball wizards were out of luck in New York from 1942 to 1976. For over thirty years, pinball was banned throughout NYC, as well as in Los Angeles. LaGuardia included the classic game in his crackdown against gambling, classifying pinball as more a game of luck than skill and destroying many of the machines publicly with a sledgehammer.

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