"Pinball Wizard vs. Evel Knievel - Tilt!" - Mirage - Chicago Sun-Times

Byline: Pamela Zekman, Zay N. Smith; 1978-01-27; Chicago Sun Times; pages pp. 6-7

Report: "The Mirage" - Pamela Zekman, Zay N. Smith - Chicago Sun Times

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"Pinball Wizard was having another bad night on the Evel Knievel machine. "'You scurvy dog! You whore! I don't let no machine do this to me!' "Bernie Delaney worked by day in a camera store near the Mirage. At night, he was Pinball Wizard. He could not resist the machines. It had been that way since he was 14...."

Description:Part XVIII of the Mirage Tavern sting series, exposing Chicago corruption. This one centers on one of the regulars at the Mirage, known as Pinball Wizard.

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Chicago Sun-Times article titled, ""Pinball Wizard vs. Evel Knievel - Tilt!" Written by Pamela Zekman and Zay N. Smith as part of the Mirage Tavern sting series.