The city of Oakland has elected to lift its 80-year ban on the game of pinball. Finally.
Because pinball machines were being used for gambling during the 1930s, the city prohibited them. Realizing that it's really just a game eight decades later, City Council decided to lift the ban:
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Pinball machines were illegal in New York until 1976, and some cities still come down pretty hard on them:
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Eighty years is a long time, but it's certainly better than never.
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