The noise is unmistakable, though it’s heard at fewer and fewer casinos these days. Clank-clank-clank-clank-clank.
That’s the sound of money – metal coins hitting a metal tray – signifying slot or video poker winnings at one of the dwindling number of coin-operated machines still in use in the Las Vegas area.
For some, the sound brings nostalgia for the city’s past. For one couple, the sound meant their wedding was paid for.
Neil and Audra Robison of Salt Lake City came to Las Vegas recently to remarry and stayed at Circus Circus, the only casino on the Strip still offering some coin-operated slot machines.