As absurd as it may sound, the humble game of pinball was once declared illegal across large swathes of the United States. And the law being the law, some of those swathes are only just getting around to fixing that.
https://lastchance.cc/pinball-was-once-illegal-5899281%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
You might think this is a one-off curiosity, but there are still a few places where the old laws hold true. Indeed, the city of Beacon, New York not only maintains the law but enforces it, shutting down an arcade museum in 2010
http://www.switched.com/2010/08/13/retro-arcade-museum-shut-down-over-arcane-anti-pinball-law/
Jackpot! Oakland decriminalizing pinball machines [SFGate, via Arcade Heroes]
