I have a relative who works in a casino. Recently he sent me some of his finds to check out. Blank cent planchet from BWR: More to follow.
"Ever wonder what coins/currency go into a casino?" No, but I often wonder what coins come "out" of a Casino. Did you know that the US Mint gives a "blank cent planchet" to every YN that goes on a US Mint Tour? Well they used to. As such, even though its cool, it just does not impress me anywhere near as much as the quarters! That many quarters if VERY sweet!
With the "Ticket In/Ticket Out" technology taking over most of the machines today, even at the cashier cages of casinos, they are becoming harder and harder to find. With that said, I used to enjoy going to the Cal Neva whenever I was in Reno because they had three 25c machines that paid out silver dollars and/or silver eagles. It has been a few years, so I don't know if these machines still exist, but if they do, I'm sure they are probably only paying out in eagles. When I used to play these machines (at 25c per game) I would usually win 2-4 silver dollars for each roll of quarters played. Chris
The casinos here in WNY, do not accept coins, nor do they pay out in coins. They take $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills, and the payouts are on printed tickets that you can cash in at any cashiers window, or change machine. Cuts down on the old divert and swipe theft at the slots.
Most are like that. I haven't seen a machine that accepts coins since my last trip to Vegas, and even there they were getting rare. 25 years ago we took a road trip to Vegas after graduating college, (something like 2000 miles). At the "Slots o Fun" casino there I won 400 quarters. I was going through them and found about 15 silver ones. I was looking at them and a "helpful" waittress offered to help me "swap those out for real quarters". I declined her generous offer.
Every machine I have seen in this facility prints out a ticket upon cash out which can be redeemed at the cashier window. These are just a sample of what customers have cashed in. My relative said customers have showed up with containers full of coins looking to cash them in order to play in the casino. Currency which may be too wrinkled to put in machines just gets exchanged as well.
