http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8697
--- Comment #7 from quasi-anonymous user from bugmenot.com winehqbugs@bugmenot.com 2010-07-20 10:39:51 --- Simulation still doesn't work with Visual Pinball 9.0.7 and Wine 1.2. (although editor works)
VP is now Opensource. Perhaps this could help. You can download it at sourcforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vpinball/