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It depends what Bowling you are doing there is ten pin bowling which would have 10 pins and there is also five pin bowling which obviously has 5.

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To give further detail to the above answer, in tenpin bowling there are 120 possible pins to be knocked down per game (stike = 10 pins, 12 possible strikes per game = 120 pins, total score for that game is 300).

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When the pros are bowling on TV in the tournament finals, each lane has 21 pins. This is so there will always be ten pins in the pinsetter to be placed on the lane immediately after one of the bowlers throws a strike so there will be no wasted time.

The typical house uses 21 pins for the pinsetter. This way there is always 10 pins available to set. Ten on the lane, eleven between the pit and the pinsetter cycling for the next frame.

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The answer would depend on a number of factors. If the center was a 10 pin, 5 pin, duck pin or candle pin center. The answer also depends on the number of lanes.

Generally, there are around 2 full sets of pins per lane loaded for a 10 pin bowling center. Centers will usually have extra sets of used pins or new pins and may rotate their pins for longer life, much like having two or three pairs of the same shoes and rotating them daily or weekly.

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The statistic is not being tracked. Each lane at a center typically has 20 pins in the machine.

The lifespan of pins is generally 1 to 2 years depending on if the lanes circulate them with other batches of pins to increase life. This concept is similar to buying two sets of the same shoes. If you just wear one pair until worn out and then switch to the other pair, you will not have the same amount of lifespan compared to alternating wearing each pair every day or every week.

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At least 22. A pinsetter has two sets of pins in it - ten for the bowler to play against, and ten to be put in the rack for the next frame. They throw in a few extra so the machine can work faster, and to (hopefully) make the pins last longer.

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10 pins are used in each frame. Total of number possible to be seen: 120

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There are 10 pins in Tenpin bowling. 300 pins knocked down in a game is the most.

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