Author. Leading expert on Bingo machines
For the love of pinball over many decades. Please see links for my books below.
The pinball book you have been waiting for is finally here! From those fabulous '50s & '60s, Jeffrey Lawton, Bingo Pinball Historian, presents 290+ photos, including original promotional brochures and advertisements, that showcase a fantastic collection of Bally*r Bingo pinball machines, along with a history of the evolution and excitement that surrounds this compelling hobby. All who grew up with street cars, slot machines, pinball machines, pool halls, and diners will enjoy this book tremendously! If you buy only one pinball book, this is the one to have.
Publisher: Shiffer Publishing Ltd.
Date: 1999
ISBN: 0-7643-0874-2
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United and Bally were the only two true US manufacturers of bingo pinball machines, and in the 1950s they fought an all-out battle to capture the elusive bingo pinball machine market. This comparative history details the intriguing story of mid-century, American industrial and entertainment innovation that pitted United engineer, Lyndon Durant and Bally's Don Hooker against each other in a battle royale to produce the best bingo pinball machine. Through more than 200 photos and illustrations detailing 60 games, Jeffrey Lawton, premier bingo pinball machine enthusiast, introduces Durant's United games and the simultaneous, and sometimes retaliatory, creative efforts employed by Hooker from 1951 to 1957. Lawton's analysis is complete with photos of rare games and playfields and descriptions of complex bingo pinball circuitry.
Publisher: Shiffer Publishing Ltd.
Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7643-3557-0
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Jeffrey Lawton has a wonderful legacy with these games and is well known throughout the Pinball Community as Dr. Bingo or The Bingo Doctor with years of history helping bingo enthusiasts as well as anyone working on any pinball.
Jeffrey Lawton has been working on pinball machines of all sorts since the late 1950s. His first two pinball games, which he got at 17, were College Daze (Gottlieb flipper) and Yacht Club (Bally Bingo). For 29 years, Jeffrey worked as a middle manager for AT&T and then in 1994, he left AT&T, to spend some time doing what he loves most - collecting, restoring, repairing, and, occasionally, selling pinball machines."
"Funny - You work on pinballs as a young boy, take 29 years off, and go right back into pinballs"
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