PAPA - Professional & Amateur Pinball Association

PAPA - Professional & Amateur Pinball Association PAPA, brought to you by Replay Foundation, spreading the Pinball Bug through competitive play. It was a wonderful thing and we have so many fond memories!
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The PAPA World Headquarters just outside of Pittsburgh featured more than 400 pinball machines and was used to operate the PAPA World Championships, the largest and most competitive pinball tournament in the world, as well as the Pinburgh Match-Play Championship, the largest match-play pinball tournament in the world.

08/14/2026

We are pleased to be introducing The Lyman Bounty at PAPA23 this year! Lyman was the best, he was legendary...and that's what you'll have to be if you want to take down this bounty. Thanks to The Pinball Capital we have enough Lyman games to do this!

In honor of the 988 Foundation, this bounty will be $988 and will have a custom medal. The only way to win it is if you are the number 1 seed at the end of Main qualifying...and every single one of your top 10 games are Lyman's.

Lyman loved the hyper difficulty of the early PAPAs so this felt like another great way to honor his memory and the memory of those early foundational events in the competitive pinball world. The LFS admin team hopes someone is up for the challenge and we wish you luck! Be like Lyman, be legendary.

Tickets are still available!

08/01/2026

Hey everyone! After lots of great conversations at Pinburgh, we wanted to share an important (and exciting!) reminder: PAPA 23 will NOT be card format this year — it’s HYBRID BEST GAME!

We’ve made some updates, and you can check out all the details here: https://lfs.papa.org/papa23/changes.php
You can also find more info on the Official Rules page.

With close to 200 tickets sold already, there are still spots available! So, if you’ve been thinking about signing up, now’s the time! We can’t wait to see everyone in September!

07/26/2026

It came to our attention that there was a technical error in our draw for the new-in-box Stern Pinball giveaway on Saturday night at Pinburgh 2026.

Connor Mulberry’s name was drawn and he is still the proud owner of the new-in-box Stern Pinball machine! Congratulations Connor.

On Sunday morning during the WIPT broadcast, we are pleased to announce we will be making another draw for a second new-in-box Stern Pinball machine!

Good luck!

Our friends at Flip N Out Pinball LLC sent us a Transformers Premium directly to Pinburgh for the players to experience!
07/24/2026

Our friends at Flip N Out Pinball LLC sent us a Transformers Premium directly to Pinburgh for the players to experience!

Let’s go!
07/22/2026

Let’s go!

07/22/2026

Sign up for the Barrels of Fun Wi******er Mystery House high score competition (2-6pm, Wednesday) are live. Players will see how high they can score within 2 minutes (or 3 balls whichever comes first). Top 3 will win prizes from Barrels of Fun Pinball! Cost: free!

Sign ups are first come, first served.

Here's a link to the form:
https://forms.gle/dKWt6aMz9knzU88U8

Here's a link to the sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KsWwBwY-4DCIZxdKki8HhDZHL4ag_2VcDNAVbzzRV6o/edit?usp=sharing

The FINAL 2026 Pinburgh Group. Presented by Pocketeer Billiards & Bar!
07/20/2026

The FINAL 2026 Pinburgh Group. Presented by Pocketeer Billiards & Bar!

Group 25 is presented by ColorDMD Pinball Displays!
07/19/2026

Group 25 is presented by ColorDMD Pinball Displays!

Foxcitiespinball Pinball Stream will be streaming the Pinburgh festivities and is the proud sponsor of group 24!
07/18/2026

Foxcitiespinball Pinball Stream will be streaming the Pinburgh festivities and is the proud sponsor of group 24!

Phoenix Theatres Luxury 14 + PTX presents group 23!
07/18/2026

Phoenix Theatres Luxury 14 + PTX presents group 23!

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