In the 1950s slot machines were made illegal in the us bad news for gamblers there but an opportunity for one entrepreneur.
Sega slot machine.
The sega bell coin operated slot machine by sega enterprises inc.
He saw the ban on slot games as an opportunity to buy them cheap and take them to a new market.
In 1952 when the united states outlawed slot machines martin bromley saw the emerging japanese market as an opportunity for gaming.
Martin bromley was one of the founding members of service games which was the precursor to the company known as sega today.
He purchased slot machines from the government and set up a company to import them to japan service games.
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