EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026 · 1 MIN
This Week In Illinois History: The Pinball Prohibition (March 17, 1939)
from This Week in Illinois History · host Clint Cargile
March 17, 1937: Illinois Attorney General John E. Cassidy declared that all pinball machines were to be outlawed as gambling devices. He called them "pernicious and dangerous to the public welfare." Law enforcement officers around the state pledged their support, ready to seize the machines just as they would slot machines.
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