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States outlawed the games because of their associations with gambling, including South Carolina, which banned the game for minors in 1959.

The new version of pinball with flippers grew in popularity throughout the 1960s and ’70s, even with bans in place. A 1974 California Supreme Court decision classified the game as one of skill and not chance, which led to states removing pinball prohibitions.

South Carolina was the holdout.

Playing pinball remained illegal for anyone under the age of 18, in the same category of offenses as running away, “loitering in a billiard room” or “gaining admission to a theater by false identification.”

Legislation to remove pinball from that list has been proposed repeatedly since 2015, with no luck — until this session.

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[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

What's next? Letting the youths listen to rock and roll music on the jukebox?!

[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 8 points 9 hours ago

What a sad nanny state.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Well I’m glad that’s sorted out …

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 33 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 11 points 17 hours ago

As long as that age is over 18.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

Illegal? That sucks! I played the silver ball ever since I was a young boy.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 15 hours ago

They sure do love their freedom over there

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago

Degeneracy! Corruption of the youth! Conjugal thoughts! Those sweet, sexy flippers, caressing the balls as they send me to heights of ecstacy undreamed of... sweats profusely in the hole for 5000 points... yeah, just like that....

so backwards. explains why they still have a liberace archetype for governor

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Why can't Americans admit that the experiment failed epically?