For some people, a favorite sound may be the patter of summer rainfall, a soft breeze rustling through trees, or the purring of a contented cat. For Robert Levy, it was the ka-ching of change dropping ...

The noise is unmistakable, though it’s heard at fewer and fewer casinos these days. Clank-clank-clank-clank-clank. That’s the sound of money — metal coins hitting a metal tray — signifying slot or ...

Zoltar the Fortune Teller is the coin-operated machine in the movie "Big" that changed Tom Hanks' character into a grown-up. The publicity from the movie created a market for the machine, and copies ...