Originally published in iGaming Business, issue #93. “Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve played the silver ball.” The immortal words of Pete Townshend are a pretty good description of my childhood in Singapore and my fascination with pinball games in the arcades of old; then one day, they disappeared. Word in the arcades was that they were banned by the government due to illegal gambling, and for a kid of eight, my first thought was, “why would anyone gamble on pinball?” Jump