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by foobahhhhh 399 days ago
Did that start with that merger in 2004 so back in the Sonic heyday it wasn't in to gambling?
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Yes.

Sega was mostly into normal arcade games, and Sammy baught them for their expertise to improve Sammy's much more profitable gambling machines. It's Sammy's CEO that took the lead, and Sonic and console games became a mere side business.