Old Video Poker Machines

[LovePlusOne]

My favorite machines were those green Game Makers in Atlantic City. I played 5-of-a-Kind and hit jackpots a LOT. Of course they're long gone, but I can still see that pretty joker's head, and hear the happy music

[lazydeuce]

My theory is simply.....the older machines pay better because they have better pay schedules. Many of these older machines are 20+ years old and come from a time when corporate bean-counters were less common and therefore less likely to trim the schedules. These machines also tend to be found in mom-and-pop type smaller locals' casinos...and out of the corporate reach.
The Pioneer Casino in Laughlin, for example, still has a few full-pay, 9-6, jacks-or-better Gamemakers at the main bar.....and they still pay out in coins.
The Gold Strike in Jean, Nevada also has several full-pay deuces-wild and 8-5 bonus video poker games which also pay out in coins.   

[alpax]

The Pioneer Casino in Laughlin, for example, still has a few full-pay, 9-6, jacks-or-better Gamemakers at the main bar.....and they still pay out in coins.
The Gold Strike in Jean, Nevada also has several full-pay deuces-wild and 8-5 bonus video poker games which also pay out in coins.   

The Gold Strike even advertises on their screens as well that their machines still pay out in coins. With Nevada Landing long gone, I wonder how long they'll be around, hard to beat their T-Bone steak dinner specials.

Those coin droppers were the days before the Native American tribes got rights to Vegas style gaming. It was a big PIA to wait for a big balance to be paid out, lot of times the machines may not have enough coins to completely dispense out the entire balance so you'd sometimes have to wait longer for an attendant to refill the change machine. I suppose people love the sound of money making the clashing sounds.

Even before that, there was no coin sorting machines like CoinStar available, the cashiers would have to weigh the big cup-like container to see how much. Sometimes it was off and you'd get cheated a little.

[lazydeuce]

Indeed, Alpax. I always spend a night or two at the Gold Strike when on a Las Vegas trip. It's like a step back in time and the video poker is good.

Other casinos to find the old coin-dropping, full-pay machines are the Railroad Pass, the Skyline on Boulder Highway, and some of the downtown casinos, such as The D(upstairs), Main St. Station, the California, the Fremont, and the El Cortez.

The Skyline has the best offering......full-pay deuces-wild at 10 quarters per bet, which is about an 11.00/hour deal....playing quickly and properly.

Also, there are 2 small downtown casinos(Mermaids and Le Bayou) which are all coin and have some very old banking machines, such as Wild Cherry Pie, Diamond Mine, and the only CDS bingo machine(5-cent) in the state.