$17K Found Under Old NJ Slot Machines

[JamieC]

NEWS - US NATIONAL - Comcast.net

Wed Apr 4, 12:09 AM

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - It's the casino equivalent of reaching under your couch cushions and finding a buck or so in loose change.

Only the take at the former Sands Casino Hotel topped $17,000 worth of coins that fell under or around slot machines over the past three decades.

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 in Atlantic City, 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.

"We never expected this much," said Carmen Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for Pinnacle Atlantic City. "It was just shocking."

The money belongs to Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., the Las Vegas company that purchased the Sands last year. New Jersey gets 8 percent of the money in taxes _ the same as it would had the money been won from gamblers.

The money was coins, casino tokens and even a $100 bill.

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.

Workers even found money under the carpet.

"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."

The Sands is to be demolished, probably with a huge controlled implosion, in the fall.
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* Wish I could find that much cash stashed in between the slots here in Vegas. Jus t my luck tho, I won't happen. *

[Corals]

You can always try turning the machines over!! LOL

[ardamus]

Originally Posted by Corals

You can always try turning the machines over!! LOL

if i lost my job, i'd look for my bonus and servants package in those slot machines

[JamieC]

Originally Posted by Corals

You can always try turning the machines over!! LOL

LOL!!! Corals you crazy.

[jimihaze]

How come I could not find that money? If it was not for bad luck I would not have any luck at all.

[MadameX]

Originally Posted by jimihaze

If was not for bad luck I would not have any luck at all.

Don't say that Sista Jimi. Your luck might be on the upswing, luck is mindset.

[MadameX]

Originally Posted by jimihaze

If it was not for bad luck I would not have any luck at all.

Sista Jimi, it dawned on me that your statement takes me back to song by Albert King. "Born on bad sign, been down since I've been able to crawl. If it wasn't for bad luck then, I woudn't have no luck all."

[afrocentric]

What would I do if I found that much cash laying around? ...mmmm....

Swimming naked in the beautiful lake of Jamaica. A fine black mocha brother comes out of the water... takes my hand...oh wait.....sorry about that. Kinda lost myself there.

......hmph, where was I?...oh yeah if i found that money better believe i wouldn't give it back to noone and you wouldnt read about it b/c i wouldn't tell no one . people just can't keep their mouth shut!