Vending machines in Las Vegas NV

Here is a report on the few machines I tried:

Monorail out of service - so I could not try the fare machines...

Pepsi machines in the Palace Station accepted Golden Dollars without a problem. ($1.50 for
20 oz.).

Coke machines in the Sands Expo Center (at the Venetian) accepted $2 bills and Golden
Dollars and would give change for either in quarters. ($2.50 for 20 oz.).

Rio seafood buffet: You pay a machine like you self-checkout at Wal-Mart. One human stands
guard over 4 machines. I dined with 2 other people and we fed in around $115 in Apollo XI
and Golden Dollar coins. Did not accept $2s and I told the manager. He said he would talk
to the technician. Tons of crab legs. Yum....

Big Kitchen Buffet at Bally's: Paid human cashier in Twos and GDs. Folks behind us in line
bought some from register and chatted about them. They dug them and did not know you could
get them at a bank (by asking/insisting). Crab legs were even better than Rio.

Somehow I did not gain weight. Could be the hours at the craps table. I won a little and
played a long time at various places. Sprinkled some Twos on the tables. Again, favorable
comments.

None of the slots accepted the new $50s. I had to throw those around on the tables. They
were stamped with the Golden Dollar promotional message.

-Fred Shecter

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