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    Default Old pachinko news stories from the late 50's

    Attached are some old pachinko news stories from 1952 & 1954.
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    Default Re: Old pachinko news stories from the late 50's

    I like that second article, 4 million parlors with 2.5 million games, so wouldn't that mean there's 1.5 million parlors that are empty? or do they share

    I don't know if there were ever more than 20-30,000, about 16,000 now.

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    Default Re: Old pachinko news stories from the late 50's

    never believe what you read in the paper
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    Default Re: Old pachinko news stories from the late 50's

    Quote Originally Posted by luckydog View Post
    never believe what you read in the paper
    Or da Internets!

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