The Dutch Pinball Open / Expo 2025

The Dutch Pinball Organisation organised their DPO Expo and tournament in 2025 in the weekend of November 21 - 23 in the congress center in Veldhoven.

This show has become one of the biggest pinball shows in Europe, attracting people from abroad. This year they even invited some special guest from the USA: Gary Stern and pinball designers Tony Ramunni, Steve Ritchie and Jack Danger. There were also seminars organised on both days.

In the free play are were about 250 machines on free play. There were also 'official' booths from Pinball Brothers with their newest Predator pinball machine, and importers like RS-Pinball with new machines such as Winchester Mistery House and the KingPin machine (only 9 produced). In addition there were some shops selling spare parts.

The pictures are from the free play area where everyone had access to. There was also a tournament section with several tournaments. The main tournament had 240 players, there were also side-challenges such as a classics, pin-golf and flip frenzy competitions.

Photos by Stefan C.

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