It's probably for the best. Most of us here played those games as kids, and look where we ended up: neckbeards in basements pathetically watching and fickly rating "evil" cat videos...
Early pinball games were, in fact, gambling machines. Players who were both skilled and lucky could rack up multiple replays and cash them out with the operator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball#Pinball_and_gambling
