Anyone here used to play pop-a-ball, or have kids that played pop-a-ball?
It's a game little kids played at places like Chuck E Cheeses. You'd put in
a token and you'd get tickets out of the machine that you can use for
prizes.
There was a lower grid of 5x5 slots and 5 balls. The balls would "pop up"
randomly and land in on of the slots. Each slot was labelled with a value -
I'm going to guess A-T, and four suits. Obviously there's 25 spots so I'm
not sure of the exact configuration - I think the middle spot was wild or
something. Then on the screen, what you had would be shown: AAATT would show
"Full House." You would select which balls to hold, then the balls that you
discard would get popped again. When those balls landed, you were awarded
tickets for whatever hand you had.
I was addicted to that game and used to put all of my money into it. My Dad
gave me $5 in tokens every time went to the pizza place and I would spend it
all on that. It's no wonder that I am into video poker today.
To make this on-topic: if I lose $1,000 playing video poker, can I sue the
manufacturer of this Pop-A-Ball game for "making" me addicted to gambling?
Thanks for your input on this.
Ah, I just did a google search before hitting submit:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/coinop/redemption/review/R421.html
http://www.gamefaqs.com/coinop/redemption/review/R35392.html
"As close as a 12 year old can get to legitiment gambling"
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