Bowling Alley

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A bowling alley (or bowling center) is a facility where the sport of bowling is played. Bowling alleys contain long and narrow synthetic or wooden lanes. The number of lanes inside of a bowling alley is variable. With 116 lanes, the Inazawa Grand Bowl in Japan is the largest bowling alley in the world. Before World War II, manual pinsetters were used at bowling alleys to set up the pins for ten-pin lanes. Modern ten-pin bowling alleys have automatic or mechanical pinsetters. Bowling alleys are predominantly used by middle-class families for recreation and are found worldwide often in suburban shopping centers and urbanized areas. Some bowling alleys may be conjoined with a billiard hall.

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