The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 14, April 8, 2007, Article 36

CASINO DEMOLITION CREW FINDS LOST COINS AND CHIPS

Workers moving slot machines from the soon-to-be-demolished Sands Casino 
Hotel in Atlantic City have discovered over $17,000 worth of coins and 
chips that fell under or around slot machines over the last 26 years.

"The casino was closed last November and will be torn down later this 
year to make way for a new gambling hall. The 2,350 machines had not been 
moved in the 26 years the Sands operated, so workers removing them 
expected to find some stray cash. 

"Just how much, however, was a surprise. It was $17,193.34, to be exact." 

"Some had rolled into small spaces between machines, but most of it was 
found underneath them. The older-style machines contained buckets inside 
to hold coins that were deposited, and when they overflowed, sometimes 
coins rolled underneath the machines. 

""Some of the coins we had to pry up," Gonzalez said. "They were stuck to 
the floor, they had been there so long. They were real gunky and dirty, 
and had become like part of the cement. We had to dig them out of the 
floor with a knife." 

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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