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Pinball Is Back, And Fans Are Playing In Record Numbers

Competition participants play pinball during the open German pinball championships in Nuremberg, Germany, 24 May 2014.
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Walk into a random bar in Chicago, San Francisco or Brooklyn, New York, and there’s a growing likelihood you’ll run into a pinball machine or two. You might be surprised to find groups of people excitedly plunking quarter after quarter into the machines and

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