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How the Mob Made Pinball Public Enemy #1 in the 1940s

GREAT AMERICAN SCANDALS

In the 1940s and ’50s, many cities outlawed pinball. Game owners, manufacturers, and the shady elements who shook the former down for “protection” were making money—lots of it.

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