Vegas Q&A: Can I Reuse My Slot Machine Tickets?
UPDATED: 10:29 a.m. EST March 8, 2004
Question: Once I cash out on "coinless" slots and get my slip, can this slip be used as like paper money on another machine or do I have to go to a cashier and get it redeemed for real money?
Tree in Federal Way, Wash.
Answer: First, a brief update for those who aren't familiar with the new "coinless" slot machines.
These are regular slot machines in every way, except that when you hit the cash out button, instead of a bunch of coins raining down into the little bin you get a clean, tidy little paper ticket with your winnings. The machines are rapidly advancing throughout Las Vegas, with many of the major casinos now featuring them exclusively. In other words, no more buckets of quarters.
They met with fierce resistance at first. Traditionalists complained that the visceral thrill of coins was a necessary component in slot machine gambling. But all you have to do is play for a while and you'll probably be won over. You don't have to deal with those dirty coin trays anymore, you'll never have to wait for an attendant to restock the hopper when it runs out, and you're able to move around to your favorite machines more quickly and with less fuss.
Casinos love them because they don't have to pay as many people to handle all those coins (counting and hauling them costs millions of dollars a year) and it gets people to gamble more quickly, in that in the time you would spend waiting for a machine to spit out the hundred quarters you just won you could have already lost them on another neighboring machine.
All the machines have bill and ticket receptors. You can start by putting in a $1, $5, $10, $20 or $100 bill. Some of the machines still accept coins, but many do not.
When you cash out you get a ticket with a bar code and the dollar amount on it. You have a choice at this point -- you can either go to the cashier cage and exchange it for money or you can just stick that ticket right back in a compatible machine.
The problem I ran into at a couple of casinos is they are only partially coinless, so you'll get a ticket at one machine and walk up to another machine but it won't take the tickets. I actually broke a machine by putting a ticket in one that didn't accept them, so be sure to look before you leap.
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Answer: First, a brief update for those who aren't familiar with the new "coinless" slot machines.
These are regular slot machines in every way, except that when you hit the cash out button, instead of a bunch of coins raining down into the little bin you get a clean, tidy little paper ticket with your winnings. The machines are rapidly advancing throughout Las Vegas, with many of the major casinos now featuring them exclusively. In other words, no more buckets of quarters.
They met with fierce resistance at first. Traditionalists complained that the visceral thrill of coins was a necessary component in slot machine gambling. But all you have to do is play for a while and you'll probably be won over. You don't have to deal with those dirty coin trays anymore, you'll never have to wait for an attendant to restock the hopper when it runs out, and you're able to move around to your favorite machines more quickly and with less fuss.
Casinos love them because they don't have to pay as many people to handle all those coins (counting and hauling them costs millions of dollars a year) and it gets people to gamble more quickly, in that in the time you would spend waiting for a machine to spit out the hundred quarters you just won you could have already lost them on another neighboring machine.
All the machines have bill and ticket receptors. You can start by putting in a $1, $5, $10, $20 or $100 bill. Some of the machines still accept coins, but many do not.
When you cash out you get a ticket with a bar code and the dollar amount on it. You have a choice at this point -- you can either go to the cashier cage and exchange it for money or you can just stick that ticket right back in a compatible machine.
The problem I ran into at a couple of casinos is they are only partially coinless, so you'll get a ticket at one machine and walk up to another machine but it won't take the tickets. I actually broke a machine by putting a ticket in one that didn't accept them, so be sure to look before you leap.
If you have a question you'd like to submit, click here.
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