Poker follows the path of pinball? Bashny.Net

What is happening now in Russia with poker is very similar to what has been a pinball
And, it is possible to predict - what will happen next.
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Pinball history begins with the reign of the French king Louis XIV. In 1777, in one of the palace parties held on the estate of the Chateau de Bagatelle, the guests were offered a sample of a new game - the game is a smaller pool table to stumble into one end pins. On the opposite side of the players was fired cue ball that bounced off of obstacles and hit the pockets, have different value. All were satisfied, and the king's brother immediately called the game in honor of his estate. In 1869, British inventor Montague Redgrave name (Montague Redgrave) created a manufactory for the production of tables for Bagatelle in Cincinnati, Ohio. There is documentary evidence that in 1871 Redgrave received US patent # 115 357 "Improvements in Bagatelle" ("Improvements In Bagatelle"): the hole in which it is necessary to get replaced by springs (bumpers, bumpers), and cue at the end of the table He was replaced planzherom. Table dimensions are smaller, and on top of the counter set points. Innovations Redgrave recognized as the official birth of pinball

During the Great Depression pinball quickly captures America.





In the early forties begins pervasive anti-gambling. Pinball prohibited in most major cities - including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The main argument of opponents - the game does not depend on the experience of the player, the game is controlled by the Mafia, the game corrupts the youth by teaching her to gamble, and students spend all the money on a pinball that parents give them for breakfast.
Begin police raids and roundups. Destroyed 2 259 machines



During the Second World War the plant for the production of tables for Pinball switched to products for the front - from the bombsight and oxygen regulator to fuses for detonators and simulators for artillery firing.



Then pinball has become a symbol of rebellion. As in westerns: the bad guys wear black hats, the good guys - white.
If the movie in the background flashed pinball could be no doubt, the hero - the rebel



In 1976, New York held an investigative experiment. Before the cameras, reporters and the Commission of the City of New York, the player has had to prove that this is a pinball game that depends on the experience and skill of the player (not a lottery). The player is able to, and the decision on lifting the ban was decided on the spot

Hope and poker will happen the same.



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