{"id":13917,"date":"2016-03-24T23:44:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T06:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=13917"},"modified":"2016-03-24T23:44:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T06:44:41","slug":"el-cortez-and-ellis-island-exchange-coins-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/el-cortez-and-ellis-island-exchange-coins-free\/","title":{"rendered":"El Cortez and Ellis Island Make It Easy to Turn Spare Change Into Real Money, Fee-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The need to turn in one’s spare change for “real money” might not come up too frequently, but when it does, it’s nice to know there are still Las Vegas casinos that make exchanging coins for paper money easy.<\/p>\n

Downtown’s El Cortez is one of those Las Vegas casinos. This casino on Fremont East still has coin-operated slots, but the cage won’t accept pennies or dimes for paper currency.<\/p>\n

The casino does, however, have a convenient way to turn your coins into spendable cash.<\/p>\n

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The change sorting machine at El Cortez symbolizes what humankind can achieve if we’re able to take our eyes off the Kardashians for a damn second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The machine sits pretty close to the main casino cage, just outside the casino’s intimate high limit slots area.<\/p>\n

The machine takes a variety of coins, sorting them at high speed. If you’re a nerd for mechanical devices, you’ll find this one mesmerizing.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the change sorter in action.<\/p>\n

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