Collector Value Est.

$2,600–$4,600

USD · Market estimate

Near-mint / restored. Worn or stored examples sell for 30–60% less.

Notable Features

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), 9-bank drop targets (1) with trip arm. Open-elbow inlanes allow ball to pass from inlane to outlane and vice-versa. No slingshots. Wedge head. The playfield shows a progression ladder of "Shoot For" inserts notifying the player which of the nine drop targets to hit to advance the ladder. Game play opens with the "2 Jacks" lit on the progression ladder. Achieving each step on the ladder when lit resets all drop targets for the next step. However, when Royal Flush is lit, hitting the five red A-K-Q-J-10 drop targets for this not only resets all targets but a drop target trip coil mounted on the drop target chassis operates a trip arm having four trip arm wireforms to immediately drop the four black Q-J-K-Q targets, leaving only the five red A-K-Q-J-10 targets to complete to score a WOW. Scoring the WOW resets all nine drop targets and again trips the four black ones to leave only the five red ones up, to score another WOW with them, and this pattern will repeat until the end of the game.

Historical Notes

The replay version of this game is Gottlieb's 1977 'Jacks Open'. The Add-a-ball version for export to Italy is Gottlieb's 1977 'Lucky Card'. Gottlieb Domestic & Export Sales Sheets for Lucky Hand: 610 total Domestic Sales: 610 Export Sales: 0 The above total does not include 16 Sample games produced in 1977 per handwritten documentation identified by Wayne Neyens as coming from Bob Malvasio, a draftsman for Gottlieb whose initials RHM can be found on schematics.

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