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Over the years, the endorphin triggering sound of coins hitting a metal tray has disappeared from casino floors across Las Vegas. It won’t surprise you that coin dispensing slots, with their million moving parts, require a significant amount of maintenance. In addition to maintenance, backfilling machines with coinage, and the requirement to handle all those coins is burdensome for the casino. Gameplay is also much faster when players use modern Ticket-in Ticket-out (TITO) technology vs. inserting and taking payment with coins and tokens.
As such, most casinos have moved to convert their coin slot machines and video poker to TITO operation because it is easier for the house, and less expensive.
For long time gamblers though, a slip of paper just doesn’t have the same allure or vintage feel that a bucket full of metal tokens does. Many of us still crave that metallic ting that has gone quiet on so many gaming floors.
With that in mind, we wanted to cover which Las Vegas casinos still offer coin-operated slots and video poker so that you can hunt them down!
Circus Circus offers one of the more extensive selections of token slots, about 20 machines, that dispense $1 tokens near the front entry.
Slots a Fun has about 8 quarter machines near the front of the casino that take and dispense real coins. Circus Circus and Slots a Fun are the only spot on the Strip to find coin slots at this time.
Main Street Station also doesn’t offer coin slot machines, however, it does have 15-20 quarter denomination video poker games that accept and dispense quarters.
Plaza has historically offered a number of coin-operated dollar slot machines, however, we’ve been informed that the last 2 coin-operated slot machines will be removed by November of 2019. Plaza will continue to offer several denominations of coin in/out video poker.
El Cortez features one of the more extensive collection of coin-operated machines with an assortment of over 200 video poker variants. Only one well-marked bank of dollar slots that accept and dispense tokens has survived, however, near Naked City Pizza.
The D has replaced nearly all of their coin-operated slots with TITO technology. They are, however, the last property in Las Vegas to offer the coin-operated Sigma Derby horse racing game. Make stopping over a priority as Sigma is notoriously challenging to maintain. MGM Grand recently removed the second to last unit in operation from their casino floor.
Realistically, coin and token-operated machines will continue to ride off into the sunset as parts becoming more scarce over time. At the 2019 Global Gaming Expo, a platform for gaming manufacturers to show off their new machines, there (not surprisingly) wasn’t a coin-operated unit to be found.
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Medal games (メダルゲーム, medaru gēmu) are a type of game commonly found in arcades and casinos, especially within Japan. In order to play a medal game, a customer must first exchange their cash into medals (metal coins, much like an arcade token). The rate of medals versus cash varies from arcade to arcade, but usually the cheapest range is from ¥300 all the way up to ¥10,000. While many of the medal games simulate gambling, the medals cannot be traded back into cash, but only used to play more games, or exchanged (via paper tickets) for prizes.
There are many types of medal games, but the two most popular are the gambling type and the pusher game type.
Gambling type[edit]
The gambling type of medal games has two types of games, those that simulate a Las Vegas style casino (Electronic/Mechanical roulette tables, video poker, video blackjack, slot machines, are all very common).
The other type is video horse racing. These are often set up in a quite lavish lounge set up, each player has a personal screen, often with a padded chair, an ashtray and cup holders. All of these personal seats are in front of a very large screen displaying the virtual horse race.
In the Philippines, video horse racing is also known as 'video karera'. These games are often raided by police as some proprietors try to evade taxes.
Pusher game type[edit]
These games are characterized by multiple levels filled with medals or coins. Behind these platforms are mechanical 'brooms' that push the coins forward. When a coin is dropped in, it falls onto one of the platforms and has the chance of pushing other coins (and possibly prizes placed on top of the coins) off the edge and being awarded to the player, unless they fall in the left and right 'lose' side of the edge. Timing in dropping the coin is a skill factor in the game.
In the United Kingdom, pusher games — often called 'penny falls'[1] — are very popular in arcades, and can often be found at tourist attractions such as theme parks and bowling alleys. Often, these machines use real coins rather than tokens (usually a low denomination such as the 2p or 10p), but otherwise behave in the same way as games that operate with medals or tokens.
Variations on the pusher game can be much more complex. They often involve a Plinko-style[2] chute that causes the coin to drop in which there are different slots the dropped medal can fall into, causing various in game effects. Some slots may have the machine drop in more coins, others may initiate a video slot machine built into the machine. From the video slot machine more coins and other bonuses can be awarded. Many pusher games are connected to one another, some even with shared platforms, to form mega jackpots, sometimes as many as 100,000+ medals. Sometimes a video mini game can be activated, in which coins must be dropped or rolled to hit specific targets, or buttons on the machine must be pressed in order to play. For example, a mini game could involve pressing a star shaped button to make Mario jump and hit coin blocks, which could give coins.
Another aspect of the pusher games is that they are often themed on things targeted towards children, such as video game and cartoon characters.
List of games[edit]
Game | Manufacturer | Type | Year |
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World Bingo | Sega | Casino | 1986 |
World Derby | Horse racing | 1988 | |
Bingo Circus | Casino | ||
Kamen Racing | Banpresto | Racing | 1991 |
Tsuriko Penta | Konami | Timing | |
Royal Ascot | Sega | Horse racing | |
Imo Hori Penta | Konami | Timing | 1992 |
Caribbean Roule | Sega | Casino | |
Bingo Party | |||
Kung Fu Kid | Konami | Fighting | 1993 |
Shuriken Boy | Timing | ||
Fusen Penta | |||
Wai Wai Poker | Casino | ||
Super Dice Craps | Sega | Casino | 1994 |
Spiral Fall | Namco | Coin pusher | |
Dum Dum Boy | Konami | Timing | |
Buttobi Striker | |||
Bingo Party Multicard | Sega | Casino | |
GI Classic | Konami | Horse racing | 1995 |
Tsukande Toru Chitchi | Timing | ||
Pitto Nako Zaorus | |||
GI Classic Winds | Horse racing | 1996 | |
Space Pokan | Timing | ||
Dobo Chan | |||
Pac Eight | Namco | Casino | |
Pac Carnivel | |||
Pac Slot | |||
Bingo Party Phoenix | Sega | Casino | |
Bingo Fantasy | |||
Tekken Card World | Namco | Poker | 1997 |
Bingo Planet | Sega | Casino | |
Royal Ascot | Horse racing | ||
Royal Ascot 2 | |||
Korokoro Pen Kai | Konami | Timing | |
Kureyon Shin Chan No Daruma Otoshi Dazo | Banpresto | Slot simulation | 1998 |
The Bingo Show | Namco | Bingo | |
G1 Classic EX | Konami | Horse racing | |
G1 Classic EX Winds | |||
Bobble Roulette | Taito | Casino | |
Treasure Rokomo | Sammy | Timing | 1999 |
G1 Leading Sire | Konami | Horse racing | |
Shate Kizzu | Sammy | Timing | |
Dokidoki Goldfish Sukui | |||
Tobikose Jump Man | Namco | ||
Animal Catcher | Sammy | Timing | 2000 |
Itazura Monkey | |||
Otoshi Cha Ottotto | |||
Sugoroku Adventure Noto | Namco | Casino | |
Star Horse | Sega | Horse racing | |
Hana Pu | Konami | Timing | |
Taiho De Dobon | Sammy | ||
Pai Nage Takai | |||
Bubble No KuruKuru Jump! | Taito | ||
Pikkari Chansu! | Konami | ||
Fan Cube | Namco | Casino | |
Run Run Puppy! | Konami | Timing | |
Muscle Ranking Kick Target | Konami | 2001 | |
Neko Shot | Namco | ||
Star Horse 2001 | Sega | Horse racing | |
Neratte Don Don | Konami | Timing | |
Pakkun Restaurant | Namco | ||
Fortune Orb | Konami | Coin Pusher | |
Oten Kiten Chan | Namco | Timing | 2002 |
Karate Man | Sammy | ||
Star Horse 2002 | Sega | Horse racing | |
Nigaoe Pittanko | Namco | Timing | |
Bingo Party Splash | Sega | Casino | |
Bun Bun Boomerang | Namco | Timing | |
Kan Ransha | |||
G1 Turf Wild | Konami | Horse racing | 2003 |
Star Horse Progress | Sega | Horse racing | |
Fortune Orb 2 Legend | Konami | Casino | |
G1 Turf Wild 2 | Konami | Horse racing | 2004 |
Bingo Party Splash SP | Sega | Casino | |
Pac-Man Ball | Namco | Coin pusher | |
G1 Turf Wild 3 | Sega | Horse Racing | 2005 |
G1 Horse Park | Konami | ||
Star Horse 2 | Sega | ||
Rockman EXE: The Medal Operation | Capcom | Timing | |
G1 Horse Park EX | Konami | Online horse racing | 2006 |
Star Horse 2 Second Fusion | Sega | ||
Fortune Orb 3 Gem Kingdom | Coin pusher | ||
Shibukuru | Atlus | Casino | 2007 |
Sibu Dinosaurs | |||
Alien Legends | Capcom | Coin pusher | |
Medal Mahjong Mokari Bancho | Cave | Mahjong | |
Eternal Knights | Konami | RPG | |
Spin Fever | Konami | Coin pusher | |
Twinkle Drop | Casino | ||
Panic Pirates | |||
Euro Queen | |||
Sega Network Casino Club | Sega | Online casino | |
Club Majesty | Casino | ||
Star Horse 2 Third Evolution | Online horse racing | ||
To Ami-Gyo | Timing | ||
Bingo Galaxy | Casino | ||
Bingo Party Pirates | |||
Fantasy Arena | |||
Mirage World | |||
Medalink | |||
Dyno Max | Taito | Coin pusher | |
Crayon Shin-Chan game | Namco Bandai | ||
Taiko no Tatsujin game | |||
Kinnikuman game | Banpresto | Casino | |
Crayon Shin-Chan game | |||
Lupin III game | |||
Kinnikuman game | |||
Chibi Maruko-chan game | Capcom | Coin pusher | 2008 |
Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher | |||
Eternal Knights 2 | Konami | Online RPG | |
Grand Cross | Online coin pusher | ||
Fantastic Fever | |||
Castlevania game | Casino | ||
Meteor Spark | Coin pusher | ||
Motor X | Racing | ||
Ascot Garden | Sega | Horse racing | |
GAlilEO FACTORY | Coin pusher | ||
Kizzu Yatai Mura Kingyosukui | Timing | ||
Club Majesty: Where is Wally? | Casino | ||
Club Majesty: Gatling Poker | |||
Star Horse 2: Fourth Ambition | Online horse Racing | ||
Sega Network Casino Club Ver. 2 | Online casino | ||
Black Jack Nailed Ace | Casino | ||
Medalink - UNO game | |||
Monopoly game | |||
Infinity Rings | Konami | Online Casino | 2009 |
Kizzu Yatai-Mura Shateki | Sega | Timing | |
GAlilEO FACTORY 2 | Sega | Coin pusher | |
Galaxy World Panic Hunter | Konami | Casino | |
Grand Cross Premium | Coin Pusher | ||
Spin Fever | |||
G1 Horse Park GX | Horse Racing | ||
Star Horse: Fifth Expansion | Sega | ||
Star Horse: Progress Returns | |||
Sega Network Casino Club Ver. 2 | Casino | ||
Fantasy Coliseum | Taito | Coin Pusher |
See also[edit]
- Tipping Point, a UK game show based around a giant pusher machine
References[edit]
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- ^https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/for-the-public/Safer-gambling/Consumer-guides/Quick-guide-fairs-and-fairgrounds.aspx
- ^A game where a player drops a chip through a sloped series of pegs. This game is commonly played on The Price Is Right