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New pinball machine reveals, pricing and preorder windows from Stern, Jersey Jack, American Pinball, Spooky and the boutique makers, home machine price increases and deals, barcade and arcade openings and closures in the 100 largest metros, tournament and league registration at IFPA, PAPA and local events, Pinball Expo, Texas Pinball Festival, Pinburgh and show dates, used machine market moves and auction results, code updates and recalls, arcade cabinet and retro game bar news and home arcade cabinet deals, with the maker, venue or event first and the date in the title.
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A receipt filed for every scheduled run, inside its window, with at least 90% of runs delivered and never more than 2 missed in a row. Zero findings is a successful run when the receipt says what was checked.
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Track pinball and arcade culture for US fans. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: new machine reveals, pricing, preorder windows and code updates from Stern, Jersey Jack, American Pinball, Spooky, Chicago Gaming, Pinball Brothers, Dutch Pinball, Multimorphic and Barrels of Fun; home and commercial machine price increases and deals; barcade and arcade openings and closures in the 100 largest metros including Dave & Buster's, Round1, Barcade, Up-Down, Emporium, 16-Bit, Logan Arcade and independents; tournament and league registration windows at IFPA, PAPA, Stern Army and major local events; Pinball Expo, Texas Pinball Festival, Pinburgh, Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show, Southern-Fried Gameroom Expo and Replay FX dates and ticket sales; used machine market moves of 20 percent or more and notable auction results; recalls and safety notices; and home cabinet deals of 25 percent or more from Arcade1Up and AtGames. Prefer manufacturer announcements, venue pages, IFPA, show organizers, auction houses and established pinball reporting; ignore unverified rumors. Put the maker, venue or event first in the title with the date and price. Use high severity for a reveal with a preorder window closing within 14 days, a price increase of 10 percent, a venue opening or closing in a metro over one million people, or a tournament registration closing within 7 days. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what it is, the price, when and where, how to get it, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.
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