Lawsuit Accuses Lucky Strike of Building a Bowling Monopoly

The classic bowling pins at Garage Billiards Bowl in Seattle were replaced with new pins attached to strings. An hour of bowling for one in Yonkers, N.Y., cost about $60, before food and drink, and the lane wasn’t even oiled. And in Oakland, Calif., a bowling center’s pin-setting machines often break.

These were just a few of the complaints in a lawsuit against Lucky Strike Entertainment Corporation this week by regular customers from across the United States whose community bowling alleys have been taken over by what they call a “Wall Street goliath.”

The lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, says Lucky Strike has built a bowling monopoly and is responsible for “the veritable destruction of the decades-old pastime of bowling in America.” The plaintiffs’s lawyers are seeking class-action status for the lawsuit, which asks for an undisclosed amount in damages.

Lucky Strike, which was formerly known as Bowlero, operates more than 360 bowling alleys in North America.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/bowling-lucky-strike-lawsuit.html