How many bowling pins are used in a professional bowling game?

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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.

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