Ball Gum

Description

The Genco Ball Gum (or Genco Baby Grand Vendor) This is the only known automatic payout slot machine Genco made.

Genco collaborated with C&F to craft this exquisite piece of machinery. It is believed that the only two machines to exist are prototypes, as Fields (representing the "F" in C&F) was acquired and shut down in mid-1933 before the scheduled release of this machine in March 1934. The cabinet boasts a unique straw mat textured surface and features a distinctive yet delightful play handle.

Key Features: - Fortune-telling reward card - Automatic jackpot and reserve jackpot - Coin escalator capable of holding up to 3 coins - Ball gum vendor - Linkage to a secondary side vendor - Ability to switch between a trade stimulator and an automatic payout machine by turning the second key at the rear - All packed within a compact 10-inch space

The only public sale was in 2017 where it got missed sold as a trade stimulator only, and was from Barry Goldfarb collection.

Ball Gum was produced by Genco Corp. in 1934.

Genco Corp. released 238 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1930. Genco Corp. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Genco Corp. during the time period Ball Gum was produced include: 42nd Street, Admiral, Black Beauty, Commander, New Century, Subway Special, Official Baseball, Criss Cross, Pontiac, and Subway

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Specs

Name	Ball Gum
Developer	Genco Corp. (United States)
Released by	Genco Corp. - United States (March 1934)
Year	1934 - 1934
Type	Trade Stim.
KLOV/MOG #	21468
Sub-Type	Reel
Class	Prototype
Genre	Gambling
Monitor
Website	https://www.coinopcollectorforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=10121

Ball Gum KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 5.00 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 5.00

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 5.00

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	5.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Cabinet Information

Straw mat textured surface

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Ball Gum Census

There are 15,364 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Owned - There is one known instance of this machine owned by an active member Ball Gum collector. It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit).

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

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