Stillmaker v. Dept. of Liquor Control

The question before this court is whether the machines involved in the instant case are gambling devices per se.

The machines are of the pinball variety, and were put into evidence and actually operated for the Court of Common Pleas. Their operation is well described in appellants’ brief as follows:

“ * * * In many respects their operation is no differ*202ent than that of the usual ‘pinball’ machine. The insertion of a coin, a dime in this instance, activates the machine and provides the player with five metal balls which, by the use of a spring-loaded plunger, may be propelled with varying degrees…