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Atlantic City Casino Back To “Real” Money

There’s something to be said about the sound of rain – and we’re not talking about the patter of a storm on your roof overhead. Slot machine players call the sound of coins falling into the tray after a win “the sound of rain,” and especially for older players, it’s an integral part of the whole gambling experience. So much, in fact, that these players have become upset with the trend towards coinless slot games that utilize vouchers in and out as an accounting method. The “ticket-in, ticket-out” system is utilized in an estimated ninety percent of American slot machines in casinos, but TITO is not the friendly presence that the acronym suggests. In fact, some players in Atlantic City, New Jersey, were complaining to resort management that these pokies didn’t feel “real” to them. Luckily, management at the oldest casino on the Shore heeded their gripes.

Resorts Atlantic City has brought in some eight coin-operated slot machines to their gaming floor, and word is that they are already tremendously popular. Resorts was the first legalized casino outside Las Vegas, and it is setting a new trend with the re-emergence of its coin-operated slots. Casinos like the TITO system because they do not have to pay employees to handle the time-consuming process of counting and rolling coins, but players feel like they are being cheated of a major, hands-on part of the playing experience. Modern-day terminals have replaced the clatters of coins falling from the machine with LCD displays of digital fireworks and plenty of flashing lights and sound effects, but there will remain those players who want to get their hands dirty.

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