ninjarabbit Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 The Ohio Lottery is coming out with a $3 scratch off ticket. Among the prizes you can win is a cocktail Ms pac man/Galaga arcade machine. Also you can send in your losing tickets for a second chance drawing to win Pac Man merchandise like a jacket, umbrella, and polo shirt. I cann't wait for a Mario slot machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Aw, man, why won't Texas get a classic game related scratch-off lottery ticket? New Jersey and Washington state have them, and now Ohio. Great Britain has them too. My state needs a Pac-Man scratch-off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmydelaKopin Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I would be agitated by this use of videogames to promote gambling... ...if it wasn't for the fact that Midway has ties with the gambling industry. Bally's Casino in Las Vegas had an entire floor filled with Pac-Man machines in the 80's. Bally was a partner of Midway. Coincidence? Williams, owned by Midway, refurbished their own Pin-Bot pinball machines with a new gambling theme--Gam-Bot. That same year gambling interests across America lobied for bills and pushed initiatives to legalize gambling all across America; one of the big players in this push was Bally. Coincidence? The fact that Namco has been dragged into this...I suspect Midway involvement again. What is it with Midway and gambling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjarabbit Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 Many Japanese game companies also make slot machines in Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Many Japanese game companies also make slot machines in Japan 994428[/snapback] not to mention slot machine simulators by the same companies for consoles. Mainly the ps2 and psx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledown Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I saw them in the convienence store yesterday on my way home from work. I don't normally buy or look at lottery tickets at all, but somehow it caught my eye as I was walking out. I need to get a couple though. They look pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Looks like this marketing gimmick is having the intended effect. What is it with Midway and gambling?Until Midway was sold off to Williams in 1988, Bally made a lot more money from slot machines than they did from video games. You do realize that pinball games themselves were created as gambling devices? In the old days it wasn't free plays that you won for a high score, it was cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Looks like this marketing gimmick is having the intended effect. What is it with Midway and gambling?Until Midway was sold off to Williams in 1988, Bally made a lot more money from slot machines than they did from video games. You do realize that pinball games themselves were created as gambling devices? In the old days it wasn't free plays that you won for a high score, it was cash. 994445[/snapback] And there were no flippers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wester Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Aw, man, why won't Texas get a classic game related scratch-off lottery ticket? New Jersey and Washington state have them, and now Ohio. Great Britain has them too. My state needs a Pac-Man scratch-off! 994307[/snapback] We had them in Michigan too. I picked a few up, but didn't have much luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeV0 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Pretty cool prize Several ATM's here let you play Space invaders on the ATM's, not sure what the prizes are. But those remake cocktail tables are coming up all over the place, at a high $ as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Even after the flippers were added, pinball games were part of the gambling industry. Not only did many operators give cash for high scores, but the machines were operated by gamblers as a front for their operations and as a way to make money when the area suffered a legal crackdown. This lasted until arcades became highly profitable in their own right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmydelaKopin Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I knew that about pinball. My father was a pinball hustler in his younger days, God rest his soul. At his local pinball hangout, the owner would buy won credits off the machines if he thought someone has too many free games on a machines. My dad would earn a little money doing this. And yes, I know the original pinball machines are what they call 'pachinko' in Japan. GAMES Magazine article a few years ago; also learned about Crackerjack the same way. However, I didn't know that the videogame industry and the gambling industry were so closely linked in Japan. Then again, they also sell beer in vending machines and sell comics in numbers that American companies can only dream about. In other words, things are different there. No problem. And concerning the Space Invaders on ATMs...back in the 80's one could play Coke-related videogames on certain Coca-cola vending machines. Looks like retro is coming back in yet another form. Or something like that. And I also know that Bally and Midway were formed as pinball machine manufacturers, Midway being named for the place where there machines were usually found, and Bally named for their first machine, titled Ballyhoo! So there. ...hee hee hee... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjarabbit Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 Still though it doesn't feel right that a character marketed towards children is promoting gambling, even if most of that character's fans are of legal gambling age today. Slot machines with video game characters don't bug most since minors won't be in the gambling section of casinos. Hell for some reason I'd like to play a Mortal Kombat nickel machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 What's sad is that in many of the deeply bible belt parts of this country, pinball machines became the scorn of the Christian Conservatives and they would actually form gangs to go and smash the "vile gambling machines." If you wonder why it's so hard to find working electro-mechanical tables, besides the already tough to beat combination of age, wear and abuse, make sure to flip a nice fat finger to the Pat Robertson club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Driver Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Wow, I'm kind of surprised that Indiana appears to have been ahead of the game... Indiana had Pac-Man scratch-off lottery tickets in spring of 2005. I bought a few to stick in an album next to some Pac-Man scratch-off cards from the 80's trading card packs... Our lottery had the same arcade-game prize as well. I have a feeling there's some lottery-card provider who does all of the licensing for these state-run games. I recall seeing a licensed Monopoly scratch-off spread state-by-state a few years back, all with the same graphic design and prizes. All of this bespeaks some kind of design group that sells concepts/games to individual states and markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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