Slot machine
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Sega's beginnings were founded on their manufacture and sale of slot machines.
History
Early years
The production of early Sega slot machines lasted roughly from 1952 to the mid-1960s and encompassed dozens of models. In 1952, when the United States outlawed slot machines, Martin Bromley saw the emerging Japanese market as an opportunity for gaming. He purchased slot machines from the government, and set up a company to import them to Japan—Service Games. Later in the 1960s, when slot machines were made legal in the US again, Sega began importing slot machines into the market; however, several models used Alfred E Newman's trademark face from MAD Magazine and the company was told that if these models came to the US, that MAD Company would sue over the trademark issue, so these models were sold overseas to areas such as the UK and Australia.
Most Sega slot machines during this period were manufactured in Japan, but used original Mills dies and tools. Mills had three sets of dies; one was hardly used and Sega bought this set when Mills went out of business. The slot machines on this page are organized by what is thought to be chronological order, but there is no known dating of these at this time.
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