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}}{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}'''{{fileref|Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems 1969 (United States Government Printing Office).pdf|page=1840}}, also known as '''CSOI''', was an amusement machine distributor headquartered in Panama with connections to the earliest incarnation of [[Sega]], [[Service Games, Hawaii]]. It was headed by [[Richard Stewart]]{{fileref|Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems 1969 (United States Government Printing Office).pdf|page=1843}}{{magref|cb|1970-03-21|71}}.
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}}{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}'''{{fileref|Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems 1969 (United States Government Printing Office).pdf|page=1840}}, also known as '''CSOI''', was an amusement machine distributor headquartered in Panama as a continuation of [[Service Games, Panama]]. It was headed by [[Richard Stewart]]{{fileref|Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems 1969 (United States Government Printing Office).pdf|page=1843}}{{magref|cb|1970-03-21|71}}, with the renaming occuring on 12th April, 1962{{fileref|Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems 1969 (United States Government Printing Office).pdf|page=1884}}.
  
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Initially Service Games was a distributor of products in what it called the "Pacific Ocean area", however by the late 1950s, its Japanese arm, [[Service Games, Japan]] was beginning to manufacture products of its own, and the focus of the business changed. As such, CSOI was likely established to distribute these products across the world (including the areas formerly covered by Service Games directly), establishing channels in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands by the early 1960s.
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CSOI continued to act as "worldwide" distributor of Service Games (and later Sega) products throughout the 1960s. Sega would handle the domestic Japanese market, and after re-establishing itself in the US, would handle that territory too. From May 31st, 1973, Sega ditched CSOI and began working with local distribution partners directly{{magref|cb|1973-06-09|61}}.
  
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CSOI continued to act as "worldwide" distributor of Service Games (and later Sega) products throughout the 1960s. Sega would handle the domestic Japanese market, and after re-establishing itself in the US, would handle that territory too. From May 31st, 1973, Sega ditched CSOI and began working with local distribution partners directly{{magref|cb|1973-06-09|61}}.
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==Softography==
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Club Specialty Overseas, Inc.[3], also known as CSOI, was an amusement machine distributor headquartered in Panama as a continuation of Service Games, Panama. It was headed by Richard Stewart[4][5], with the renaming occuring on 12th April, 1962[2].

CSOI continued to act as "worldwide" distributor of Service Games (and later Sega) products throughout the 1960s. Sega would handle the domestic Japanese market, and after re-establishing itself in the US, would handle that territory too. From May 31st, 1973, Sega ditched CSOI and began working with local distribution partners directly[6].

Softography

References

  1. ↑ File:ContinentalBigJack SlotMachine Flyer 2.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems/Illegal Currency Manipulations Affecting South Vietnam: US Senate Hearings (1969-09-30 — 1969-10-07), page 1884
  3. ↑ Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems/Illegal Currency Manipulations Affecting South Vietnam: US Senate Hearings (1969-09-30 — 1969-10-07), page 1840
  4. ↑ Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems/Illegal Currency Manipulations Affecting South Vietnam: US Senate Hearings (1969-09-30 — 1969-10-07), page 1843
  5. ↑ Cash Box, "March 21, 1970" (US; 1970-03-21), page 71
  6. ↑ Cash Box, "June 9, 1973" (US; 1973-06-09), page 61
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