coin-operated machine

How the courts rule could have ramifications for those profiting from the games: coin-operated machine distributors, bars, pizza parlors, groceries, corner stores, bowling alleys, tobacco shops and even the greeting card store steps away from the attorney general’s office.

How the courts rule could have ramifications for those profiting from the games: coin-operated machine distributors, bars, pizza parlors, groceries, corner stores, bowling alleys, tobacco shops and even the greeting card store steps away from the attorney general’s office.

I found her sitting in the hallway, leaning back on the wall with her knees to her chest, holding a cup of coffee that must have come from the little coin-operated machine that was out there.

And look it, we’ll tell Frank Erico, the barber, ‘We represent Wilson’s Coin-Operated Machine Company, and we have a proposition from Mr. Wilson. It’s at no risk to you. Let’s put this nickel machine in the back, Mr. Erico, and your customers can play while they wait. And we’ll split the money.’

An antique jukebox tells the tale of how a rat helped trigger a fire in 1949, which killed a worker cleaning a coin-operated machine with petrol.