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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Were they still a playing card company then?

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Right until 1970 when they took a hard pivot into the new-fangled tech called "Computers"

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought they pivoted to pachinko machines before going digital

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

Aye, and just before that to toys

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Weren't they involved with brothels at some point?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sorry, I don't know their history well though to answer that.