Coin Slot Machines In Vegas
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.
- You can still find coin-operated video poker and slot machines in the following downtown Las Vegas casinos: The California; El Cortez; Fremont; Main Street Station; Plaza; I’m always looking for a way to work Sigma Derby into my day and coin-operated slot machines.
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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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Silver Strikers
Are you a Silver Strike Collector?
You know those commemorative coins from the casinos!
There is a club you can join and meet with friends who have the same interest. There is a national network out there waiting to trade, buy or sell silver strikes.
The Club holds events each year in Las Vegas welcoming all to attend for friendship, trading, education and fun. The Club publishes 2 newsletters annually, which will keep you abreast of the latest news about casinos and updates you on new issues of Silver Strikes.
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What is a Silver Strike?
The definition is Limited Edition silver token won from slot machines and is in a protective plastic holder. Some call them 'Silver Premium Tokens', but most of us just call them 'Silver Strikes'. These tokens are issued in many casinos throughout the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Cruise Ships. The first of these tokens were won from slot machines in the Reno/Tahoe area of Nevada in 1992.
The tokens have been issued with redeemable values of $2, $3, $5, $7, $10, $12, $20, $28, $40, $200, $300 and range in size from 1-1/2 inches to 3-1/2 inches in diameter depending on the value. The $200 & $300 are the only Silver Strikes to be paid by the attendant, due to its size and weight. The $12 tokens are from cruise ships.
The current Silver Strikes being issued today are almost all $10 denominations, with some $300 strikes. However, the machines in use today have the capability to dispense $40 strikes. All of the $2, $3, $5, $7, $20 & $28 Silver Strike machines have been removed from play for some time. To see an image of what a $2, $3, $7, $10, $20, $28, $40 and $200 strike looks like, click on this link. Silver Strike Images The $300 strike looks the same as a $200 strike.
Colored Capsules are considered chaser strikes, normally they are lower mintage, but that has not always been the case. A few casino's put older strikes in colored capsules in the past but as of 10/16/11 those casinos no longer have strike machines in play. Images of filling the current machines with strikes, click on this link.
Strike Composition
$2 and $3 strikes are made of Brass.
$7 strikes are .999 Silver with approximate weight of 0.65 troy ounces.
$10 strikes have a .999 Silver center insert (additional center info here), outer ring is Brass (additional rim info here), approximate Silver weight is 0.60 troy ounces of Silver. Sometime in 2005, a new thinner center insert strikes with less silver (~ 0.50) appeared. In 2009 CLAD (no .999) $10 strikes appeared, even some red capsules. However, the red capsules should return to .999 silver.
$20 strikes have a .999 Silver outer ring with some 24kt Heavy Electroplating (HE) and a Bronze 24kt Heavy Gold Electroplate (HGE) on the center insert, approximate Silver weight is 0.75 troy ounces of Silver.
$28 strikes are .999 Silver with 24kt Gold Plating (GP), approximate Silver weight is 0.65 troy ounces.
$40 strikes are .999 Silver with 24K Heavy Electroplate (HE), approximate Silver weight is 1.54 troy ounces for the large size $40 strikes and 1.26 troy ounces for the small size $40 strikes.
$200 strikes are 1 troy Pound (12 ounces) of Silver and may have some 24kt Heavy Electroplating or for the newer RWM mint strikes may have colorization.
$300 strikes are 1 troy Pound (12 ounces) of Silver and may have some 24kt Heavy Electroplating. Beginning 2011 the new $300's were changed to a 6 troy ounces center with a gold plated copper ring. Beginning March 2013 the $300's were changed to 6 troy ounces solid silver.
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Coin Slot Machines In Vegas
| Mint Mark | Mint |
|---|---|
| AM | American Mint |
| AN | American National Mint |
| CC | Continental Coin Corporation |
| CM | Columbia Mint |
| CT | Casino Tokens |
| F | Franklin Mint |
| FC | First Commemorative Mint, Farmingdale, NY |
| FM | Franklin Mint |
| G | Global Minting |
| GDC | Green Duck Corporation |
| HH | Hoffman & Hoffman |
| JCM | Jacques Cartier Mint |
| J | Jani Mint |
| JM | Jani Mint |
| LM | Letcher Mint |
| MIC | ? |
| NC | Nevada City |
| NCM | Nevada Coin Mart (Nevada Coin Minting) |
| NWTM | Northwest Territorial Mint |
| OC | Osborne Coinage |
| OPM | Ohio Precious Metals |
| PM | Pobjoy Mint |
| RMC | Rocky Mountain Coin |
| RW | Roger Williams Mint |
| RWM | Roger Williams Mint |
| S | Sunshine Mint |
| SS | ? |
| SSM | Silver State Mint |
| TPM | The Perth Mint |
| TWM | Roger Williams Mint |
| USM | United Silver Mint |