Coin Pusher Casino Game—Do You Play These?

[RockHoundTX]

Many years ago they used to have tokens for T-shirts, hats, etc. It was much more fun back then. I jokingly have my "$40 cruise polo shirt". Now they juat have the BINGO tokens (one of which is almost never present). We walk by them every time we walk through the casino. Probably 20% of the time there is a random quarter that has fallen. Once we have 4 or 5 quarters and see a "ripe" machine, we usually play it back in. I think the most we ever won on one push was about $15. Overall, put more money in than we got our but otherwise a fun time. Anyone that says they make money on the push machines is both super lucky and super selective. 

[CntPAcruiser]

On 3/24/2024 at 2:21 AM, Coralc said:

Many years ago, we were on the old Carnival Jubilee during a storm and high waves. The casino was just about empty, and I was playing a slot machine near the quarter pusher. Periodically, a dollar or two in quarters would fall out of the machine, and I would scoop them up and put them in the slot machine I was playing. 😄

 

The next morning it was turned off and had yellow tape around it. 

 

They are fun, like any gambling, and we play with them a little bit sometimes. 😊

 

At one point during our cruise, it got a bit rough and they shut down the quarter pusher machines for that reason. But I do think the motion of the ship can help a little even under normal seas. 

[mafig]

I watched one during rough seas and the money did not move at all.

 

If you look at them carefully, you can see there's a lip at the end, so the coins and $ have to go uphill.

 

 

[JupiterTwo]

On 3/23/2024 at 6:13 PM, bambam2972 said:

I once won like .75 by standing near one while the ship was rocking. 😅

 

I make a point of walking by one of these every day. I usually end up with about $5 in quarters by the end of the cruise.

[NoShoes2]

We've played it on the last few cruises. It's fun! My $ last longer there than it does at the Blackjack table LOL

If we break even we are happy, but usually not.  

[yogimax]

On the surface, this appears to be a break even game.  All the quarters put in will eventually fall out.  Right?

 

Not so.  What I observed was a significant number of quarters falling off the sides of the visible area before coming down to the payout area in the middle (I hope this makes sense).

 

Having said that, the game is fun and you may luck out and win a bill.

[Baron Barracuda]

Years ago when Explorer was doing Caribbean sailings out of NJ we hit rough seas causing captain to deploy stabilizers. Something went wrong with starboard side one causing ship to lean violently to starboard.  I was on promenade and watched carts of liquor bottles roll across deck and crash.  Most of the dishes in Portofino fell and broke.  Tropical fish from the display tanks flopped all over the floor.  Only smart one was my daughter who ran to casino and made quite a haul from these machines.

[jk04]

DH LOVES these machines.  I apparently prefer to go broke quicker and play slots. 😂

[CntPAcruiser]

On 3/25/2024 at 3:45 PM, yogimax said:

On the surface, this appears to be a break even game.  All the quarters put in will eventually fall out.  Right?

 

Not so.  What I observed was a significant number of quarters falling off the sides of the visible area before coming down to the payout area in the middle (I hope this makes sense).

 

Having said that, the game is fun and you may luck out and win a bill.

 

We saw that, too. The house always wins--in this instance by having a gap on the sides of the tray where the coins that fall through go into the collection box, not the winners' tray. Boo!!

 

We still had lots of fun watching those who were very serious about playing and also very unseriously attempting it ourselves with a few quarters (including a few rescued ones).

[Arizona Wildcat]

On 3/25/2024 at 8:46 PM, Baron Barracuda said:

Years ago when Explorer was doing Caribbean sailings out of NJ we hit rough seas causing captain to deploy stabilizers. Something went wrong with starboard side one causing ship to lean violently to starboard.  I was on promenade and watched carts of liquor bottles roll across deck and crash.  Most of the dishes in Portofino fell and broke.  Tropical fish from the display tanks flopped all over the floor.  Only smart one was my daughter who ran to casino and made quite a haul from these machines.

The days of collecting quarters that drop are sadly gone.  A chute pops forward about 30-40 seconds after the last quarter is played to catch them.  Years ago collected about $400 on a South America cruise.

No.more.

[sergeant655]

Newer machines may have the chute that catches money for the house.  Older machines ( branded grand casino and six sided ) don’t have this feature and still drop coins like crazy.. radiance class has this kind of machine.  Once I had a bartender get annoyed with me for collecting quarters out of it. I watched from a distance the next day and found that he was taking them. He managed to stay in the casino bar for more than one cruise. (they usually rotate the bartenders around to different bars from Cruise to cruise .)

Edited September 17 by sergeant655

[vwlmember]

Yes. Every cruise my wife and I are on includes a few sessions with these machines. We know it is a losing proposition, as most gambling will be, but the experience is much more engaging than a slot machine. We have a great time playing and enjoy the experience. It's vacation time and you are supposed to do stupid things just for the fun of it!

[bruce85]

Do these machines take actual quarters, or do you have to get tokens. We watched it last cruise, my wife wanted to try them, but it looked like tokens, she wanted to use the quarters in her bag 

[TeeRick]

35 minutes ago, vwlmember said:

Yes. Every cruise my wife and I are on includes a few sessions with these machines. We know it is a losing proposition, as most gambling will be, but the experience is much more engaging than a slot machine. We have a great time playing and enjoy the experience. It's vacation time and you are supposed to do stupid things just for the fun of it!

Yes this is a very good comment.  It is all about having fun and being entertained on a cruise.  We go to the casino a few times a cruise for just that reason.  We know we will lose money.  But we consider it paying for our entertainment.  Never played these specific quarter drop machines but after this thread maybe I will try on my next cruise!

[George C]

Occasionally I will gamble on anything 😁😁😁

[neverbeenhere]

42 minutes ago, George C said:

Occasionally I will gamble on anything 😁😁😁

 

I'll give you two to one, if you can prove this isn't true.

[yogimax]

5 hours ago, bruce85 said:

Do these machines take actual quarters, or do you have to get tokens. We watched it last cruise, my wife wanted to try them, but it looked like tokens, she wanted to use the quarters in her bag 

Actual quarters

[Harrisonkid]

It’s fun to play !!! but it’s a “Carny “ game with a very low probability of winning