![]() When she was through, she gave me $552 in cash, which was a decent amount counted at the casino, but far less than $1,000 in coins sometimes brought in. She quickly went to work, pouring my coin stash into a machine. She slid plastic containers through an opening. People bring in coins to be counted a few dozen times during a work shift, she said. A friendly woman behind the counter’s steel bars wasn’t surprised to see me. I lugged my heavy bags of coins past the dinging game machines and blackjack tables to the cashier counter at the rear of the casino. I may someday try a Coinstar machine to buy a plane ticket or a barbecue, but I greatly prefer an old coin-counting standby, Soboba Casino, the popular Indian gaming enterprise just east of San Jacinto. Southwest Airlines, Sears and Lowe’s were among the choices. The coins can be counted without a fee if they go toward gift certificates for several companies. The Coinstar machine did have a free option. ![]()
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