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Governor Milliken signs bill allowing pinball machines in bars
June 21, 2022 @ 12:00 am
Though they and new versions like them can now be found in bars everywhere, it wasn’t until this day in 1972 that Governor William Milliken signed into law a bill allowing pinball machines in liquor establishments. Records show it took nearly thirty years of lobbying to make the games legal in drinking establishments.