The PAPA 17 world championships are coming up Aug 14-17 at the PAPA headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA.  Even if you don’t compete, this is one of the two times per year that the PAPA facility is open to the public.  During the Pinburgh tournament, all 400 players play each round at the same time.  Although there are probably 50 to 75 machines available for public play during the rounds, the majority of the machines are in use during qualifying rounds.  At PAPA 17, a bank of qualifying machines will be used to qualify players for the finals with the majority of the machines available for free play.  This is the best chance all year to play the machines in the PAPA facility,