PINBALL EXPO 2025 – PART TWO

Welcome to the continuation of our extensive coverage of this year’s 41st Pinball Expo show. In Part One we covered all the set-up on Tuesday and Wednesday leading up to the opening of the show hall on Thursday, as well as all 18 of Thursday’s seminars.

FRIDAY

Friday is the day of the Stern Pinball factory tour. Show attendees purchasing the full $200 three-day package or the advance registration package had the Stern factory tour included. For everyone else it was available as a $35 add-on.

Those taking the tour could choose one of four time slots – 8:45am, 10:15am, 11:45am or 1:15pm – to board their bus for the 15-minute journey from Schaumburg to Stern’s home in Elk Grove Village.

Pinball News remained behind to run and record Friday’s seminars, but Jonathan Joosten, Editor of Pinball Magazine and seminars assistant, took the tour and got us all these pictures. As usual, photography is not permitted on the factory floor, but there’s still plenty of interest to see.

When the tour guests returned to the Schaumburg Convention Center, they could explore the main show hall or enjoy the full-day schedule of talks in the seminars room.

Just a reminder, all the seminar presentations are also available to watch on the Pinball News YouTube channel in the Pinball Expo 2025 playlist.

9:00am

Firewood to (Fun)ctional: Journey of a 1947 Flipperless Woodrail Pinball Speaker: Jay Schneider

Jay Schneider talked about how he rescued a trashed Nevada flipperless game and restored it, describing the components and materials he used to make many of the parts it needed, and the techniques he employed.

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10:00am

Preserving & Exhibiting the History of Coin-Op Games at the Strong National Museum of Play Speaker: Jeremy Saucier

Jeremy Saucier is an assistant VP at the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. He detailed the Museum’s history and devotion to the history and exploration of play. He also explained how various exhibits are chosen and how their methods of exhibiting them has changed over the years from being glass-cased artefacts to becoming fully interactive and playable.

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11:00am

Pinball Content Creation Speakers: Ralph Ronzio (Retro Ralph), Josh Roop & Scott Larson (Loser Kid), Jared Engelbert & Joel Engelbert (Flip N Out & Triple Drain)

Ralph Ronzio (Retro Ralph) hosted this seminar looking at the ways podcasters create content for their channels, covering listener interactions, their approach to interviewing guests and dealing with feedback both positive and negative.

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12:45am

The Top 5 Original Pinball Soundtracks: One Musicologist’s Opinion Speaker: Neil Lerner

Neil Lerner gives his views on the top pinball soundtracks which are musically excellent but also have historical significance as the underlying technology and player expectations for pinball music evolves.

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1:15pm

Lunch Break Pinball Speaker: Andrew Goulson

Andrew Goulson is a new pinball fan from Minnesota. In this seminar he talks about his experiences of his first year of being involved in pinball, after being a retro gamer since he was a kid.

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2:15pm

Hard Lessons from Building the World’s Most Complex Pinball Game Speaker: Andy Cavatorta

Andy Cavatorta is a sculptor from Brooklyn and here at Pinball Expo he related the story of how he built a hugely complex multi-player pinball machine in Mexico and the many challenges he faced, both mechanical and cultural.

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3:00pm

Making Pinball, Making Friends: Meet the Future of Homebrew Pinball Speakers: Aaron Davis & the Pinball Expo 2025 Homebrew Makers

Aaron Davis of FAST Pinball talks about the explosion in homebrew pinball making and invites many of the makers of the homebrew games on the Pinball Expo show floor to talk about their motivations and experiences building their machines.

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4:30pm

Stern Technology Speakers: Seth Davis, George Gomez, Erica Frohm, Mark Guidarelli, Taylor Bancroft

George Gomez and Seth Davis host this talk which looks at Stern Pinball’s new Spike 3 control system, describing the improvements it brings to future games as well as the benefits it gives older Spike-based titles.

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5:30pm

Pinball Expo Hall of Fame Presentation Inductions by: Rob Berk, Joe Kaminkow, Gary Stern, Greg Freres, Steve Ritchie

Each year, members of the pinball industry are inducted into the Pinball Expo Hall of Fame. In recent years the new Hall of Fame inductees have been largely dominated by current or former Stern Pinball employees and that trend continued this year. However, amongst the list of inductees, there were a couple not from Stern.

Previous inductees were:

Oct. 21, 2024	Jerry Thompson, John Buscaglia, Jody Dankberg, Fred Young, Steve Epstein, Art Stenholm
Oct. 20, 2023	Chris Granner, Mark Galvez, Mark Weyna
Oct. 21, 2022	Ray Tanzer, Zofia Bil Ryan
Oct. 29, 2021	Gil Pollock, Keith Johnson
Oct. 17, 2020	Tommy Grant, Eulogio Pingarrón, Jack Guarnieri
Oct. 17, 2019	Mike O’Donnell, Cassandra Peterson, Pat Powers
Oct. 19, 2018	Elliot Eismin, Jon Norris, Ken Fedesna
Oct. 21, 2017	Gordon Horlick, Dwight Sullivan, Pat McMahon, Brian Schmidt, Neal Falconer
Oct. 15, 2016	Don Marshall, Connie Mitchell
Oct. 17, 2015	John Rotharmel, David Thiel, Lyman Sheats Jr.
Oct. 18, 2014	Nolan Bushnell, Brian Eddy
Oct. 19, 2013	Lonnie Ropp, Suzanne Ciani, Eugene Jarvis
Oct. 20, 2012	Steve Kirk, John Borg
Oct. 22, 2011	Mark Ritchie, John Popadiuk
Oct. 23, 2010	Python Anghelo, Gary Flower, Michael Shalhoub, Clay Harrell
Oct. 17, 2009	Dennis Nordman, Barry Oursler, Michael Stroll, Jim Schelberg
Oct. 4, 2008	Ted Zale, George Gomez
Oct. 27, 2007	Lou, Dave and Meyer Gensberg (Genco), Alvin Gottlieb, John Youssi
Oct. 2, 2006	Paul Faris, Judd Weinberg
Nov. 19, 2005	Margaret Hudson, Roy Parker
Oct. 16, 2004	Robert Berk, Ed Cebula, Greg Freres, Gary Gayton, Kevin O’Conner, Michael Pacak, Joe Kaminkow
Oct. 18, 2003	Tom Nieman, Edward Krynski
Oct. 19, 2002	Christian Marche, Jim Patla
Oct. 11, 2001	Gary Stern, Steve Young
Oct. 21, 2000	Pat Lawlor, Roger Sharpe
Oct. 23, 1999	Larry Demar, Greg Kmiec
Oct. 24, 1998	Gordon Morison
Nov. 15, 1997	Dick Bueschel, Steve Ritchie
Nov. 16, 1996	Dave Christensen
Oct.28, 1995	Norm Clark, Wendell McAdams
Nov. 12, 1994	Wayne Neyens
Sept. 11, 1993	Steve Kordek, George Molentin
Oct. 24, 1992	Harvey Heiss, Harry Mabs
Oct. 26, 1991	David Gottlieb, Harry E. Williams, Ray Moloney, Sam Stern

The first new inductee was artist, Doug Watson. His induction was introduced by Greg Freres and Steve Ritchie.

Gary Stern and Joe Kaminkow then introduced the next new inductee, Tim Seckel, who designed a number of games for Data East Pinball, including Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, Hook, Last Action Hero and WWF Royal Rumble.

Further inductees were Mark Guidarelli from Stern Pinball and the key members of Keith Elwin’s design team at Stern Pinball – Keith Elwin, Rick Naegele, Jeremy Packer and Harrison Drake.

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6:00pm

Then & Now Speakers: Pat Lawlor & Larry DeMar

Pat Lawlor and Larry DeMar reminisce about their early years making pinball together at Williams, from their collaboration on Wreck’n Ball – later to become Banzai Run – through to the eventual closure of the company’s pinball division.

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7:30pm

The Making of Harry Potter Speakers: Eric Meunier & The Jersey Jack Design Team

Harry Potter is Jersey Jack Pinball’s latest release. In this seminar the design team, led by game designer Eric Meunier, talk about the creation of the Harry Potter game how so many aspects of the theme were integrated into the design of the artwork, sound, voice calls and playfield mechanisms.

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8:30pm

Celebration of the Life of Pinball Repairman Extraordinaire Rob Anthony & Tribute to Fred Young Speakers: J.J. Babich, Dave Marston

Dave Marston began this segment of the Pinball Expo seminars schedule by talking about the life and work of voice artist Fred Young, including his voice talent on multiple pinball machines. Fred was inducted into the Pinball Expo Hall of Fame last year, but passed away soon afterwards.

The year since the previous Pinball Expo also saw the passing of the hugely popular pinball repairer, Rob Anthony. Rob and his dog would be regular fixtures at several major US pinball shows, setting up his stand to sell assorted parts, mods, books and novelties, while also performing board repair work.

J.J. Babich from Game Exchange in Colorado has been managing much of Rob’s estate, resolving outstanding orders and repairs. J.J. brought Rob’s ashes which have been housed in a pinball-shaped casket along with vendor badges from many of the shows he attended.

His death came as a shock to the community, not least because he left no family other that his beloved dog, Antar. Fortunately, Antar has found a new home as we saw in one of the two video tributes.

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9:00pm

Pinball: The American Game Introduction: Mark Helms & Alejandro Torné

Mark Helms and Alejandro Torné are the filmmakers behind the new pinball documentary Pinball: The American Game. The film charts pinball’s highs and lows since it was first created, looking at its origins, the way it developed over the decades and how societal changes impacted pinball manufacturing and operating.

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10:30pm

LTG 🙂 Speaker: Lloyd Olson

SS Billiards’ owner and operator, Lloyd Olson (known as LTG) held his regular late-night Q&A session at this year’s Pinball Expo.

Taking questions from the audience about his lifetime in the coin-op business, from helping his father with his machine route through the eventually buying the SS Billiards arcade outright, Lloyd recalls the most popular and profitable games he has operated, as well as some of the worst.

SATURDAY

9:00am

Flipper Theory & Repair Speaker: Mike Gullo

Mike Gullo described the most common types of pinball flipper mechanisms and driver circuits used in pinball machines, explaining how they work, the most common problems encountered, and the best ways to maintain them.

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9:00am

The New P.A.P.A. World Championships Speakers: Ryan Claytor, Penni Epstein, Josh Sharpe, Andy Bagwell, Ruthanne Bagwell

This year saw the return of the PAPA World Championship, held at Enterrium in Schaumburg. This panel looked at why it was resurrected, how it was organised and some of those who worked on it.

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11:00am

The Rise of AI in Pinball Art Speakers: Joe Ciaravino, Colin Alsheimer, Ian Jacoby, Johnny Crap, Brian Allen, Brad Albright

AI is everywhere and its reach is only increasing, even finding its way into the pinball business. One controversial area is the creation of artwork using AI prompts. In an industry which traditionally uses hand-drawn imagery, the panel discusses the dangers and any potential benefits of using generative AI art.

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1:00pm

Pinball Enthusiasts Turned Operators/Distributors Speakers: Tommy Hendley, Bob Burnham & Hans Milberger

Bob Burnham and Hans Milberger talk about what happens when private collectors begin operating their machines, along with the potential pitfalls and dangers, plus the upsides of generating income and expanding the collection without it taking up home space.

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1:00pm

Autograph Session

Also at 1pm, the regular autograph session took place upstairs in Utopia rooms A & B. This event brings together Expo’s special guests and gives attendees the opportunity to have their pinball items signed by those involved in their creation.

Let’s take a look around.

You can take a look around the autograph session for yourself with the Pinball News walkthrough video.

Next door to the autograph session, Barrels of Fun had a darkened room containing another pair of their most recent game releases – Dune and Winchester Mystery House – for Expo guests to play.

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Now, back to the seminars…

2:00pm

Using Digital Tools to Grow, Energize, & Modernize the Pinball Community Speakers: Nick Greenup & Brian Haskell

Nick Greenup and Brian Haskell explain the online tools they have used to access player and machine data to create new displays, leaderboards and signage to engage the pinball community and develop new locations.

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3:00pm

Expanding The Pinball Audience – A Roadmap to Longevity Speakers: Mischa de Muynck, L.J. Greene, Imoto Harney, Roger Sharpe, Jack Guarnieri & Rob Berk

After a presentation about the Dutch Pinball Museum, the panel discuss ways to extend the reach of their operations beyond the regular pinball enthusiasts into new audiences in order to ensure pinball’s survival for a new generation of players and collectors.

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4:00pm

PINBALL! and Clips and Music, Oh My! Speaker: Jim Schelberg

Jim Schelberg of the Pingame Journal returns with his selection of pinball-related video clips from the library he has built up over a lifetime in pinball. For the first time, we are able to bring you his full presentation.

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5:00pm

From Airborne Avenger to Elton John Speaker: Steve Ritchie

Steve Ritchie looks back at his long career designing pinball games, starting with his first title Airborne Avenger for Atari. He continues chronologically through his titles, but runs out of time after Star Trek – The Next Generation.

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6:00pm

The Making of Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye Speakers: Brian Eddy, Dwight Sullivan, Thomas Malcolm, Jerry Thompson & Paul Chamnankit

Members of the design team for Stern’s Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye talk about the game’s creation, including several features which didn’t make the final release and others which changed their form during the development process.

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7:00pm

The Making of King Kong: Myth of Terror Island Speakers: Keith Elwin, Rick Naegele, Jerry Thompson, Harrison Drake & Zombie Yeti

The main design team members for Stern Pinball’s King Kong: Myth of Terror Island game tell us about the creation of the title and describe how the various design elements evolved over many months.

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8:00pm

The Making of Star Wars: Fall of the Empire Speakers: John Borg, Raymond Davidson, Andrew Wilkening, Zombie Yeti, Jerry Thompson

John Borg and the Stern Pinball team behind the new Star Wars game talk about what they wanted to achieve, how they made it, and who else was involved in its creation.

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9:00pm

Let’s Make a Deal! Speakers: Dwight Sullivan, Corey Stup, Tanio Klyce, Jerry Thompson, Mark Penacho, David Sullivan & Kyle Spiteri

The traditional closing event of the Pinball Expo seminars schedule is Dwight Sullivan’s Let’s Make a Deal gameshow. Contestants drawn at random compete to be the first to name a pinball title which is gradually revealed, with the winners getting to choose between prize boxes or envelopes, both of which contain either a mystery prize of Stern Pinball swag, a golden ticket to the final round, or a ‘Zonk!’ which is worth nothing.

With nearly 35 hours of videos, we hope you have enjoyed our Pinball Expo seminars coverage.

There’s plenty more from Pinball Expo 2025 coming up right here, starting with our extensive report from the show hall.

We’ll take this route into the hall, then go up and down each column of stands.

Although we have seen the Black Knight 3000, Pinbalm and Big Trouble in Little China custom games on the main show floor, most homebrew games were exhibited in a special compound sponsored by Marco Specialties.

On the outer wall of the homebrew area were two more custom games.

There was also a Predator re-theme game in the free play area outside the homebrew compound.

However, the final homebrew is also the largest. Pinball Expo Chairman, Rob Berk, commissioned this giant game which was shown in an early version at last year’s Expo. This year it is nearer completion but there is more work still to be done.

Continuing with our tour of the main hall, AVS Home Arcade had a large stand with assorted coin-op games to play.

While Past Time brought a big display of early pinball machines, there was a dedicated area for No Flip Pinball who displayed multiple examples of pre-flipper games.

That concludes our photographic look around the main hall.

However, you can see everything in the hall as well as the tournaments and seminars rooms, in our exclusive walkthrough video which is also available on the Pinball News YouTube channel in the Pinball Expo 2025 playlist.

Finally, we come to the Flip Out pinball tournaments held in Schaumburg E, F, G & H rooms which were combined into one long room, with the entrance through Schaumburg E.

There were three Flip Out tournaments – the main, the women’s and the classics. Deborah Tahlman was the main tournament director, aided by a highly dedicated crew of volunteers.

The main attracted the largest field and, after an initial qualifying session on Wednesday and Thursday, was split into A and B divisions with the top half of the qualifiers in A and the bottom half in B. It used the multi-bye system where the higher a player qualified, the more byes they received through the earlier play-off rounds which began at 10am on Friday. Entry to the main tournament cost $110 with the top prize of one of the Pro Stern Pinball machines used in the tournaments.

The women’s tournament also split the qualifiers in A and B divisions, with the play-offs starting at noon on Saturday. The entry fee was $40.

In the classics, qualifying used an unlimited entry system with players’ best scores on each machine counting towards their qualifying position. Entries cost $10 for 3 games.

Due to our continuing work in the seminars room we weren’t able to be at the finals of the main B division or the women’s tournament, but Jim Schelberg kindly got us some pictures of the winners.

In the main tournament’s B division finals, Matthew Knippen was the winner, Paul Younis was second, James Zwitkowits was third and Brian Collins fourth.

Here are the full main tournament B division results:

1	Matthew Knippen
2	Paul Younis
3	James Zwitkowits
4	Brian Collins
5	Anthony Kret
5	Dori Zielinski
7	Chad Rubin
7	Tracy Abrahams
10	Amy Martin
10	JJ Lehett
10	Jokton Strealy
10	Rich Wickersham
14	Dan Spayer
14	Josh Slaunwhite
14	Dominique Rabideau
14	Chris Reed
20	Elia Lake
20	Michael Inman
20	Tom Wible
20	Brett Dippert
20	Chris Ecker
20	Jeff Skelly
20	Henry Reed
20	Kirk Sadler
28	Kayla Bivens
28	Ben Stupar
28	Dan Reeves
28	Ripley Kalyn Smith
28	Jeremy Simon
28	Tom Deemter
28	Chris Vaaler
28	Ross Unruh
36	Mike Dafforn
36	Kevin Johnson
36	Larry McDonald
36	Lance Bolson
36	Michael Egbert
36	Andrew Oreskovich
36	Alysa Parks
36	Matt Zollner
44	Stephen Chappell
44	Quinn Yost
44	Mike Moberg
44	Bradley David Tammen
44	Jim Detloff
44	Mike Burgess
44	Roxanne Nolet
44	Jim Piarowski
52	Jaymie Roche
52	Rabih Dahdouh
52	Chris Pascaretti
52	Tim Leadens
52	Shelley Sharpe
52	Brendan Laughlin
52	Guilherme Paes
52	Kyle Ingrelli
60	Zachary McIntosh
60	Penney Vernieri
60	Neil McRae
60	Sam Keogh
60	Liam Chatman
60	Devon Glass
60	Lexi Whittemore
60	Mike Mitchell
68	Travis Hockemeyer
68	Andrew Graneto
68	Jesse Lenker
68	Felicia Haakenson
68	Stephen Ely
68	Kevin Dobmeier
68	John Koonce
68	Chase Capdeville
76	Mark Z
76	Kevin Funnell
76	Max Woo
76	Torey Thurlow
76	Kat Davis
76	Kim Westfall
76	Kayla Schill
76	Peter Bieniek
84	Gilles Perryman
84	Mike Felumlee
84	Candice Smith
84	Sébastien Cuallado
84	Frank Smith
84	Michael Tague
84	Russell Crane
84	John Reemtsen
92	Dominic Bolton
92	Melissa Westran
92	Nick Greenup
92	Mike Conlon
92	Kristi Kelsey
92	John Leroux
92	Eddie Sumbry
92	Nathan Plourde
100	Heather Soseman
100	Easton Hanson
100	Larry Rosenthal
100	Anthony Rollie
100	Sarah Crismore
100	Cait Capdeville
100	Jason Winters
100	Stephanie Kirby
108	Wojciech Kałużny
108	Brian Pietruszewski
108	Jack Morten Dahl
108	William Massey
108	Amanda Reed
108	Tim Alexander
108	Justin Martin
108	Alexandria Lee
116	David Dukes
116	Faith Pietruszewski
116	Evan Ferry
116	Matthew Marisa Craig
116	Trisha Burgess
116	Jack Winters
116	Miriam Nadler
116	Olivia Haberkorn
123	Troy Hall
123	Bartosz Slomczynski
123	MaKayla Schill
123	Sam Bowman
123	Jeff Wootton
123	Wilson Casanova

The women’s tournament’s A division, it was a win for Jane Verwys, with Samantha Bacon second, Jackie Olson third and Miriam Nadler fourth.

Here are the women’s tournament A division results:

1	Jane Verwys
2	Samantha Bacon
3	Jackie Olson
4	Miriam Nadler
5	Amy Martin
5	Alivia Haley
7	Christine Doherty
7	Ailsa Riddell
10	Lily Pizza
10	Brianne Hunt
10	Ivana Contreras
10	Alysa Parks
14	Jenny Lamberson
14	Dori Zielinski
14	Elyza Brillantes
14	Ripley Kalyn Smith
20	Shelley Sharpe
20	Emily Gross
20	Rachel Karlic
20	Elia Lake
20	Dominique Rabideau
20	Jaymie Roche
20	Jess Larsen
20	Kay McFadyen
28	Kristen Gregory
28	Cassie Begay
28	Kat Lake
28	Anna Neal
28	Stephanie Guida
28	Tracy Abrahams
28	Roxanne Nolet
35	Melinda Salminen
35	Stephanie Koutavas
35	Kaite Martin
35	Kayla Bivens
35	Aileen Beno-Lietz
35	Deanna Gerard
35	Sabrina Dugandzic
35	Penni Epstein
42	Veronica Carbonell
42	Matthew Marisa Craig
42	Gail Puckett
42	Melissa Westran
42	Amanda Reed
45	Michelle Lam

The B division was won by Melissa Provost, with Theresa Martin second, Tiffany Han third, and Eva Ashton fourth.

In the main tournament’s A division, although the play-offs began at 10am on Friday, by late Saturday night it was clear there was still some way to go until a winner could be declared. Having been working in the tournaments room all day and then packing away all the equipment when the final seminar finished at 11pm, we called in around 1am but there were still multiple matches to be played.

Fortunately, Jim Schelberg stayed up until the final was eventually decided at 5:30am. After Logan Henderson won the loser bracket and then beat the winner of the winner’s bracket, Arvid Flygare, the final was decided on a single sudden-death game of The Mandelorian. The winner of that game and the A division was Arvid from Sweden. Logan was second, Zach Sharpe third and Raymond Davidson fourth.

You can watch all the play-offs on the Fox Cities Pinball channels on Twitch right now and YouTube a little later.

Finally, we come to the classics tournament. The play-offs for these didn’t begin until 9am on Sunday. Although the Pinball Expo officially ended at 1am and the tear down was underway in the main hall, the classics tournament continued, although all the modern machines were taken out of the tournaments area and there was no live streaming.

The classics didn’t conclude until 8:25pm. The two finalists were Dalton Ely and Daniele Celestino Acciari and it all came down to a game on Harlem Globetrotters.

On his third ball, Dalton couldn’t catch Daniele’s ball two total, making Daniele the winner of the game and the classics tournament.

Here are the full classics tournament rankings:

1	Daniele Celestino Acciari
2	Dalton Ely
3	Lewis Bevans
4	Liam Bradley
5	Nick Campbell
5	Connor Mulberry
7	Ryan Wanger
7	Sterling Mitoska
10	Mike Weyenberg
10	Ryan Dunn
10	Nick Weyna
10	Galvin Morgan
14	Ryan Spindler
14	Jeff Rinehart
14	Charles Jackson
14	Zachary Parks
20	Noah Sicard
20	Joshua Francis
20	John Inman
20	Dominic Labella
20	Josh Sharpe
20	Zach Sharpe
20	Bob Matthews
20	Mark Munder
28	Logan Foley
28	Josh Riggle
28	Bird Arzoumanian
28	David Riel
28	Ethan Bent
28	Vincent Vitiello
28	Jane Verwys
28	Carleton Plourde
33	Wilson Casanova
33	Mike Moberg
35	Vincent Poudrier
36	Dave Ponce
37	Luke Sheahan
38	Tom Menge
39	Chris O’Brien
40	Mike Pantoliano
41	Peach Ruiz
42	Alex Lecky
43	Luke Piarowski
44	Don Coons
45	Jon Lents
46	Bob Twichell
47	Jaron Saturnino
48	Brian Collins
49	Nick Starkey
50	Lily Pizza
51	John Bolton
52	Walt Wood
53	Will Cooper CA
54	Jeremy Simon
55	Alysa Parks
56	Kaite Martin
57	Chris Ecker
58	Stephen Chappell
59	Andrew Wilkening
60	Jack Morten Dahl
61	Matt Grady
62	Greg Mohs
63	Guilherme Paes
64	Brendan Laughlin
65	Anna Neal
66	Olivia Haberkorn
67	Matthew Sitko
68	Nick Squires
69	Candice Smith
70	Dan Reeves
71	Harold VanPatten
72	Jokton Strealy
73	Kristen Gregory
74	Tommy Vernieri
75	Stephen Ely
76	Koi Morris
77	Elia Lake
78	Cody Hillard
79	Travis Hockemeyer
80	Matthew Preble
81	Harry Nelsen
82	Brianne Hunt
83	Roger Sharpe
84	Kristi Kelsey
85	Mike Burgess
86	Todd Eccles
87	Francis Wisniewski
88	Jackson Fry
89	Ben Hillman
90	Paul Younis
91	Colin Sharpe
92	Sam Hilty
93	Cindy Grote
94	Mitchell Gagnon
94	Miles Bradley
96	Michael Inman
97	Alexis Casanova
98	Warren Brown
99	Matt Lemoine
100	Sébastien Cuallado
101	Suppressed Player
102	Krista Liem
103	Mark Bjorkquist
104	Jeremy Gagnon
105	Anthony Kret
106	Kevin Yin
107	Mike Conlon
108	Trent Augenstein
109	Kevin Funnell
110	Dave Lawton
111	Theresa Martin
112	Torey Thurlow
113	Nathalie Sabin
114	Beth Stein
115	Mike Polisky
116	Jacob Burrows
117	Jason Thomas
118	Dominic Bolton
119	Kenny Wills
120	Maurice Smith II
121	Elijah Farrales
122	Robbie Piarowski
123	Gilles Perryman
123	Dale Galiniak
125	Eva Ashton
126	Stephanie Koutavas
127	Ron Lam
128	Nick Greenup
128	Colin Krawcyk
130	Michael Bradley
131	Nicholas Kamps
132	Jim Piarowski
133	David Dutton
134	Brett Dippert
135	Stacey Siegel
136	Kevin Kolodziej
137	Erik Peabody
138	Joe Slovacek
139	Adam Gray
140	Sam Keogh
141	Dave Chapman
142	Damon Beals
143	Whayne T Rouse
144	JJ Lehett
145	Amy Martin
146	Kwang Chong
147	Brian Liem
148	Jackie Olson
149	Annie Fitzgerald
150	Victoria Galiniak
151	Jenny Lamberson
152	Rabih Dahdouh
153	Melissa Westran
154	Mike Dafforn
155	Heather Soseman
156	Adam Yates
157	Brendan Fitzgerald
158	Daniel Scott
159	Russell Crane
160	Larry McDonald
161	Kevin Johnson
162	Emily Gross
163	Stuart McPherran
164	Paul Borth
165	Sarah Bennett
166	Lance Bolson
167	John Leroux
168	Joe Sharpe
169	Kim Westfall
170	Rosie Hessert
171	Bradley David Tammen
172	Trisha Burgess
173	Chris King IL
174	Lexi Whittemore
175	Tim Zollner
175	Dale Brewer
177	melinda salminen
178	Nathan Plourde
179	Regi Bradley
180	Rich Wickersham
181	Scott Sweitzer
182	Jennifer Krawcyk
183	Fred Cook
184	Greg Samudio
185	Matt Zollner
186	Mike Mitchell
187	John Armstrong
188	Sonny Lisi
189	jim cantiello
190	Dominique Rabideau
191	Mandy Haysley
192	Mike Felumlee
193	Justin Martin
194	Henry Reed
195	Wojciech Kałużny
196	John Moore
196	Stephanie Vasko
198	Kat Davis
199	Dori Zielinski
200	Matthew Marisa Craig
201	Alex Papadakis
202	Chris Reed
203	Amy McDonough
204	Joseph Kraft

The trophy and prize presentation wrapped things up for Pinball Expo 2025.

During Sunday afternoon the main hall had gradually emptied until almost all signs of there having been a pinball show had vanished.

And so we bring this Pinball News report from Pinball Expo to a close.

Naturally, there’s so much more taking place both at Expo and in the immediate area than we are able to report in person. The annual Pinball Olympics deserve a special mention for the outlandish challenges players have to endure while playing the games. There are multiple alternative tournaments taking place both in the Expo hall and at nearby locations, while several social get-togethers were held at Enterrium during the show.

While we couldn’t cover them all, we hope you enjoyed our coverage of all the seminars, the show hall and the autograph session. A shout out to Jonathan Joosten for his help with the seminars which allowed us to escape for a few hours to report on the rest of the show.

We’ll be back next year for the 42nd Pinball Expo, October 14th-17th 2026.