SC law legalizes pinball for youth, ending decades-old prohibition • SC Daily Gazette

SC law legalizes pinball for youth, ending decades-old prohibition • SC Daily Gazette

Pinball machines line the walls at Radioactive Pinball Arcade in Aiken, S.C., on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Erin Edwards, Radioactive Pinball Arcade)COLUMBIA — For the first time in nearly 70 years, children and teenagers in South Carolina can legally play pinball. A law the governor signed last month removed the arcade game from the list of so-called status offenses outlawed for anyone under the age of 18, following a decade-l…