The Economics of Pinball

[Stolistic]

I know there are a few pinball enthusiasts here so I thought I would post a link to this article:

The Economics of Pinball
http://cheeptalk.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/the-economics-of-pinball/

[xkey]

Thanks for the post, I have demolition man pinball and did not realize how the free game by score was determined, only that it changed.

jon

[knagl]

Thanks for the link.  I question the "fact" that he stated about the "match" score.  On my newer pins there's an operator selection for match percentage.  If you set it to 10% it should match on average one in 10 times.  If you set it to 5%, one in 20 times.

[StatFreak]

Thanks for the link.  I question the "fact" that he stated about the "match" score.  On my newer pins there's an operator selection for match percentage.  If you set it to 10% it should match on average one in 10 times.  If you set it to 5%, one in 20 times.

  At least in the case of my ST:TNG, which is a later game ('93). The games from the late '80s might have been different.
I see that Clay posted a couple of responses in the comments.

Great article. Thanks for sharing, Stolistic.

[stayouttadabunker]

Great post!
For some reason, I went through a dry spell of about 20 games and not one match.
I was beginning to believe that my "match" was initiated by a IGT RNG chip...

[nightmaretony]

Looks like he made friends with Steve Ritchie...

[EricWood]

Interesting article.  I own a cue ball wizzard machine.  It's set up for free play so I haven't even seen a match....wonder what percentage it is set at.