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Gottlieb Part 1

They Create Worlds

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The History of Baffle Ball

Baffle ball was the game that kicked the pinball revolution before they were pinball machines. David Gottlieb created a follow up game in 1932 with a completely different design. He named it after a local newspaper, one of the local newspapers at the time called the Chicago Examiner. In 2001, I had $800,000. What would that be today? That's 14 million over 14 million in sales. Just shy of 14 and a half million.

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