New slot machines and pinball games are designed to look modern and up to date. They have flashing lights and moving decorations and they make lots of noise. Studies show that all of these features ...

Zoltar the Fortune Teller is the coin-operated machine in the movie "Big" that changed Tom Hanks' character into a grown-up. The publicity from the movie created a market for the machine, and copies ...

The noise is unmistakable, though it’s heard at fewer and fewer casinos these days. Clank-clank-clank-clank-clank. That’s the sound of money — metal coins hitting a metal tray — signifying slot or ...

Morphy Auctions, the Denver-based auction house, will host a three-day auction May 4-6 featuring more than 2,100 19th-century and early 20th-century antique coin-operated arcade, music, gambling, ...

Coin-operated machines have a longer history than you might think. Ancient temples used them to dispense, for example, holy water to the faithful in return for their coins. Old payphones rang a bell ...

ATLANTA – Legislation aimed at reforming Georgia’s coin-operated amusement machines (COAM) industry is headed to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk after squeaking through the state Senate.