The history of pinball has a long and storied past. The first commercially successful pinball machine was introduced in 1931 by Gottlieb and it didn't even have the now-ubiquitous flippers. In fact, ...

It’s deceptively simple. Pull the plunger by its flying-saucer-shaped handle, and hear that satisfying clack. Watch the silver marble roll around the playfield, and wing it with your flippers. Come up ...

Pinball was invented nearly a century ago, yet the number one player in the world today is a teenager in northern Colorado. Escher Lefkoff, 19, obtained the rank of number one pinball player in the ...

It's one of the coolest places in Southwest Florida. But you can't just walk in the door to see The Pinball Asylum's collection of new and antique pinball machines ― one of the biggest in the country.

Amanda Hembree and her son, Charlie, 9, play pinball recently at Solid State Pinball Supply. The arcade has Kansas City's largest public collection of pinball machines. Across the Kansas City metro, ...