punchboard
- n a small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize
- At week's end the committee was back in Washington quizzing bookies and investigating the "billion-dollar" punchboard racket.
- Just three weeks ago, Chairman Arnold Grant forced the resignations of President Ralph Stolkin and one director who had been in out of trouble for their punchboard and other .
- In Manhattan, spurred to clean-up pitch by Mayor LaGuardia's zealous reform administration, police corralled scores of petty gamblers, slot machine punchboard operators.