Originally Posted by
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I would have been more inclined to play these if you didn't have to pay until you get the bonus round. I mean you could definitely get lucky and get into the pinball bonus round quickly like you did the 1st time you played it, but on average it doesn't work out that way as you know and implied. I liked the Space Invaders business model where you put your $20 bucks in and you're right in the game (but of course the issue with Space Invaders is no joystick). Anyway, I think there is a good chance skill based pinball (where you just pay to play pinball immediately and don't have to rely on scatter symbols in the base game to get to the pinball round) will hit the floor at some point. Scientific Games, who bought out WMS (Williams), would be a good candidate since Williams used to make pinball machines of course before they stopped back in 1999 because their gaming/gambling division was so profitable. It was a sad day when Neil Nicastro announced that Williams would no longer make pinball machines back then and would instead just concentrate on their gaming division. But with all the intellectual property and pinball connections that SG acquired through the acquisition of Williams, they would be the front runner for this sort of thing I should think.