Basically if you strike on the colored pins and make you splits, you get $.50 - $10. So it's free bowling + whatever else you make.
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185 avg with 8lb polyester ball

Back in the 80's when my local house had moonlight bowling (and part of the 90's), you would get a dollar for a red head pin strike, and if the colored pins appeared in the 1-7-10 spots and you struck it was $10. Splits varied from $ .50 for a baby split to $50 for the 7-10. You also got money for games over 200, and I think a 300 game was $100.

Sometimes for the $10 fee to bowl I would come away making double that...but most of the time it was a donation as the lanes were very dry.

Matt

Sure.  What I like about it is they usually put out a more difficult tournament shot here.  Cuts down of the natural strikes, but a great opportunity to throw on something besides a THS.

Some places pay decent for the colored pins.  Our place does $1, $2, $5 + snackbar nachos for 4 in a row natural + $5 for 5 in a row natural.  Not too far away, they do $2, $5, and $10 for the colored pins.  I don't see how the house makes any money because it's an incredibly easy shot.  The real money is in the strike pots.  If it doesn't get hit the first 2 games, it might go for $700 the 3rd.
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