I picked up my project Casino in a bulk buy. Kind of a merger between Fireball and Vampire less a few things.

Since Vampire is older, I have to believe it provided significant inspiration. I have noticed how much this deck looks like Bally’s Vampire. Pretty cool concept but the vinyl flakes out unfortunately. Most counters are integrated into the backglass whereas this one is on the apron. It never seen anything like it on any other machine. Last but not least, the ball counter is pretty neat and the vinyl that covers it is done exactly like a backglass. All in all, a great game with a whimsical theme and although the Playfield itself isn’t a gorgeous piece of pinball art like Fireball, the back glass more than makes up for it! The chimes with wooden blocks are a nice touch too and produce some nice mellow tones. (You have to light up the red and blue ones first with the same ball to activate it). The top kickout hole with a sequenced shot makes it hard to light up the center yellow pop bumper for 1,000 points a hit. A gate that returns your ball to you, an out lane kickback that saves your ball and a ball saving center post (which I like better than zipper flippers) make this game look like it could go one forever - until you play it. At first glance, you think the designers looked to “one up” Bally by adding two spinners - which they did - but there’s a lot more here than meets the eye.

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