This article was last updated July 30, 2026 with the latest information available. Availability is subject to change.
Slot machines and video poker games dropped coins to pay winning players until the early 2000s when IGT introduced ticket-in, ticket-out technology. The Nevada field tests started in 2000. By 2001, the technology was approved, and coin droppers were being replaced.
Today, there are only five Las Vegas casinos with at least one coin-dropping machine. Of the estimated 150,000 machines in Las Vegas casinos, only about 150 still accept and dispense coins. The sections below show where to find these games.
Slots-A-Fun
Slots-A-Fun is a small casino steps away from Circus Circus on the Las Vegas Strip. Both casinos operate under the same gaming license and players club. In 2024, after years of neglect and little business, Circus Circus moved dozens of coin slots over to Slots-A-Fun, turning it into a retro casino. The company bought dozens more from local slot repair shops. About 80 coin slots are available on the casino floor. The denominations are $0.25, $1, and $5.
All coin slots are old-style reels. The dollar games advertise a 97.4% payback, which is much higher than modern Las Vegas slots. Slots-A-Fun does not have any coin video poker machines. There are about 20 ticket-in, ticket-out ones, including the bar tops.
El Cortez
UPDATED 7/4/26: El Cortez in downtown Las Vegas has coin video poker and coin slot machines. The back room by the parking deck has about 30 video poker machines and five $1 reels. These are the best paytables at El Cortez. Most are unusual titles, like Double Deuces Wild, Triple Bonus, Joker Poker, and Deuces Wild Bonus. The denominations are quarter and dollar. A bank of dollar coin reel slots is available near the back bar.
Skyline
Skyline is the last Las Vegas locals casino with coin games. It has a bank of quarter slot reels and a few dozen video poker ones. The video poker options include unusual games like Double Deuces Wild, White Hot Aces, Joker Poker, Loose Deuces, Nevada Bonus Poker, and Sevens Wild. Deuces Wild and Double Double Bonus are other options. Denominations are quarter and dollar.
The Deuces Wild paytable is unusual. The games are found in the Deuces Wild Corral room. These machines were once quarter full-pay Deuces Wild. Some allowed bets up to 10 coins. In 2019, the paytables were downgraded. A wild royal flush now pays 20. Five of a kind has a 12-coin payout. A straight flush in nine, while quads maintained the five-coin pay.
Golden Gate
Updated 7/30/26 to reflect the new location of Sigma Derby.
The D is in downtown Las Vegas. When it rebranded from Fitzgeralds in 2012, the upstairs was full of slots and video poker that dropped coins. The D acquired many older ticket-in/ticket-out machines from Riviera when it closed in 2015. Coin games were slowly replaced with ticket ones over the following months.
Recently Sigma Derby, an antique horse racing simulation game, and at that point the only coin-operated machine left at The D, was moved to sister property Golden Gate. It only accepts quarters. Sigma Derby does not have bill acceptors. A quarter machine is available next to the game.
Recent Coin Game Uninstalls
Several Las Vegas casinos have removed coin video poker and coin slot machines in the last five years. In 2019, Plaza removed its last 12 coin machines including $1 Catch the Heat slot reels, nickel keno, and nickel, quarter and half-dollar video poker. Four of the machines were full-pay Joker Poker. Plaza installed four ticket versions of this game later in 2019. One is still left on the floor. It is the best Las Vegas video poker game. Poker Palace in North Las Vegas also removed its last few coin video poker and keno machines in 2019.
When Fremont reopened after the pandemic closure, it did so without the dozens of coin games it had near the hotel lobby. Main Street Station reopened in 2021 without its selection of coin-operated video poker. Jerry’s Nugget opened after the COVID-19 closure with dozens of coin video poker games, including full-pay Jacks or Better. These were removed in 2021.
UPDATED 6/19/26: If you enjoyed the coin games at The Cal, they are all gone. The ticket machines that replaced them have $0.25, $0.50 and $1 full-pay Jacks or Better, which was a paytable on about 10 of the MIA coin droppers.
Thanks for this information on the coin slots, I thought they were all gone, other than derby. Now I know where to catch a glimpse of history at.
We’re glad you found it helpful, and wish you luck should you seek them out on your next visit!
Coin games are fun to play and have their moments. Waiting for a fill because the hopper ran out of coins $11 before completely paying you off is not one of them. Cheers,
Fair point – players tend to get a bit salty even today about “handpays” that are the machines failing to print out a ticket, and coin slots have a higher risk of needing to be refilled if they’re out of coins before completing a payout.