This image shows NY Police Commissioner William P. O'Brien smashing a pinball machine in Brooklyn, NY. At the time, pin ball machines were associated with the seedy reputation of vending machines' connections with organized crime. It took significant work on the parts of arcade game route operators and others invested in their success to position arcade games as skill based and therefore separate from vending machines.
This image shows NY Police Commissioner William P. O'Brien smashing a pinball machine in Brooklyn, NY. At the time, pin ball machines were associated with the seedy reputation of vending machines' connections with organized crime. It took significant work on the parts of arcade game route operators and others invested in their success to position arcade games as skill based and therefore separate from vending machines.