What got me really interested in pinball back in the late 50s and early 60s was a tavern not far from where I lived had three bingos. Since I was underage, I was only allowed in there after school, before their regulars started showing up from their jobs. Once they got to know me a bit, they would let me place side bets on the games, and would pay me off in soda pop and snacks, or even a sandwich if I got lucky. To me, and probably most folks, pinball is anything that looks or plays like pinball. When I was about 5, there was a candy store that had a game where you tried to land a ball in a special slot. if you did, you won a large handful of the saltiest stale peanuts imaginable. If you lost you got a small handful.
No doubt that peanut dispensing gadget was a trade stimualtor, or at least was used by Art Brestle as one. And I would guess his little store sold more Double Cola that any other store in town. I only wish I remembered enough about that game to recreate it now, nearly 55 years later. But my point is that pinball is much too narrow a term for the games we enjoy. Here at PN we have arcade remakes, hand held recreations, 1 ball payouts, trade stimulators, bingo, toy pins, and pachinkos and slots, as well as home sale bagatelle. Anyone who limits themselves to just VPMs or only EMs are missing out on a lot of fun, and a lot of coin-op history. Rather than narrow your area of interest, why not expand it and see what all you've been missing.
If you can't make it to Tim's Las Vegas Hall Of Fame, think of PN as your online Hall Of Variety. No where else will you fine playable games spanning 3 centuries from an 1880s bagatelle to very soon, the first ported games from this century. I enjoy exploring and playing games from every era, and I invite y'all to do the same.