Pinball champion Paul Jones finds paradise by the backbox light

By Ben Langford
Updated August 11 2017 - 3:48pm, first published 3:30pm
Flipper hero: Australian pinball champion Paul Jones says the game is '70 per cent skill, 30 per cent luck'. Picture: Adam McLean
Flipper hero: Australian pinball champion Paul Jones says the game is '70 per cent skill, 30 per cent luck'. Picture: Adam McLean

Paul Jones remembers the first machine that got him hooked on pinball – a classic 1978 solid state number with chimes called Memory Lane, which he played at the milk bar off Gladstone Ave in Wollongong.

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