Expert: Rodger Knutson - 4/13/2011

Question
The VFW i belong to recently aquired an 18ft. american shuffel board table. We were hoping to get some info on the age of the table. The wrighting on the side says: american C709 with a Y under it. It appears to be very old but in very good condition. It has a coin slot on the bottom that does not work. not sure what it would be for, since there is nothing mechanical about the game. Sorry no photo. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Answer
Hi Shane,

There is not a lot on old shuffle boards, and not even knowing what you have or a photo here, makes it almost imposable for me to give you any kind of answer, but I can help you out with a couple of things here. Firt on some shuffle boards they had an overhead scoring lighted up box where your score was keep for all to see, there were buttons on the end or middle, or the score box it's self, and you would keep score yourself by pushing these buttons, this is what the coin mechanism was for. Now there is a web site where you can find the information you are looking for if you want to give this a shot, and really want to know more about it. It is located at:

Bowling Alley and Shuffle Alley:
Coin Operated Bowling Alley and Shuffle Alley History & Evolution;
http://www.marvin3m.com/bowl/index.htm

I hope this information gets you well underway to finding more on your machine.

Thank You
Rodger Knutson
Http://www.coinslots.com