1964 · Bally
Monte Carlo
Mediterranean bay with blue water and white sailboats, distant tan mountains and a hillside town of white buildings, turquoise sky with white clouds, open-air terrace casino with bar counter and palm trees left and right.
- Year
- 1964
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- turquoise
- red
- orange
- cream
Fingerprint: Centrepiece enormous turquoise roulette wheel bingo wheel yellow hub spelling BWING red letters, red-outlined numbered ring 1-0 rim, red-cream striped awning top Monte Carlo terrace casino, four blonde smiling women 1950s cocktail dresses crowd around table red-haired man pale blue jacket, bay hillside town palm trees background, flat comic-book color, Mediterranean setting
The centrepiece is an enormous turquoise roulette wheel rendered as a bingo wheel, with a yellow hub spelling B W I N G in red letters and a red-outlined numbered ring 1 to 0 around the rim. A red-and-cream striped awning across the top makes the whole backglass read as a Monte Carlo terrace casino. Four blonde smiling women in 1950s cocktail dresses crowd around the table with a red-haired man in a pale blue jacket. Behind the table a bay, hillside town and palm trees stretch out in flat comic-book colour.
Setting
- Mediterranean bay with blue water and white sailboats
- Distant tan mountains and a hillside town of white buildings
- Turquoise sky with white clouds
- Open-air terrace casino with bar counter
- Palm trees left and right
Symbols
- Roulette wheel
- Bingo wheel with b w i n g hub
- Number pockets 1-0
- Playing chips in red, white, blue and green stacks
- Cocktail glasses and martini glass
- Palms
- Sailboats
- Striped awning
Lettering
- Small red cursive script wordmark above a huge arched title in bold orange-red block capitals with blue drop shading and white outlines; scattered red sans-serif letters and numerals on the wheel
Themes
- Casino
- Roulette
- Gambling
- Monte carlo
- French riviera
- Terrace restaurant
- Bingo
Title on it
- Monte carlo
Text on it
- Bally
- MONTE CARLO
- B
- W
- I
- N
- G
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left foreground, blonde bob, red lipstick, dark red dress with draped cowl neckline, beaded necklace, smiling and gesturing with a raised hand |
| Woman | Centre left, blonde hair swept up, yellow-green dress, wristwatch, chin propped on hand, smiling at the woman beside her |
| Man | Centre, red-haired, pale blue jacket, white shirt and striped tie, pointing down at the wheel while holding a stack of chips, half-smile |
| Woman | Lower right foreground, blonde, low-cut red dress, necklace and stacked bracelets, holding a chip delicately in her fingers |
| Man | Behind bar right, dark hair, white shirt with black bow tie, apparently pouring or serving drinks |
| Man | Left background, orange hair, yellow jacket, in profile, standing at the bar |
| Woman | Right background, red hair, royal blue belted dress, holding a martini glass |
| Creature | Small brown horse(s) grazing in the green hillside field behind the terrace, left of centre |
A brightly coloured 1950s-style comic-illustration backglass. A red-and-cream striped awning runs across the top edge, and below it a turquoise sky with white clouds over a Mediterranean bay, distant tan mountains, and a hillside town of white buildings. Top left, a red cursive wordmark sits above the huge arched title 'MONTE CARLO', drawn in chunky orange-and-red block capitals with blue shading and white outlines, curving across the upper third. A large turquoise roulette/bingo wheel fills the lower left quadrant: red-outlined numbered pockets 1 through 0 run round its rim, and a yellow disc in the middle carries five red letters reading B, W, I, N, G. Five smiling, well-dressed figures surround the wheel in a casino setting: two blonde women at the table (one in a dark red dress and beaded necklace, one in a yellow-green dress with a wristwatch), a red-haired young man in a pale blue jacket pointing and holding a stack of chips, and a blonde woman in a low-cut red dress at lower right holding a chip and wearing a necklace and bracelets. Behind them a bar counter with cocktail glasses, a bartender in a white shirt and black bow tie, a woman in a royal-blue dress with a martini glass, and a man in a yellow jacket. Palm fronds flank the terrace.