Fascination Parlor Machines:
Bingo Pinball MachinesThese are two very different types of games. I used to love playing Fascination as a kid, in a nearby amusement park.
The Bingo pinball machines were basically gambling machines, as far as I recall. Completely self contained unmanned units.
Fascination however, is more like a kinetic bingo hall. There is a person who has a microphone, and signals the start of the game... and unlocks the ball(s) from the machines all at once. People quickly race, to try to get 5 in a row, as quickly as possible. When the game ends, the person whom won, gets a prize ticket. The rest of the group, has to pay up, for the next game(s). Much like skeeball or other games of skill... the prize tickets were used to purchase things at the prize booth.
There were difference colored rows on the game.. and certain colors gained you a more significant prize.. if I recall correctly. It may also have signified the option for the announcer to see whom could get a certain colored row first... rather than just any 5 row win.
There were some smaller unmanned self contained Fascination like ticket machines... with only 3 in a row options, and no unlimited ball action, of course. These really didnt have the same fun factor.