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 ...

The sound of coins hitting the tray below, a metal-on-metal clank that makes slot machines so appealing to so many. “The biggest game that people play in casinos is slots,” said Jon Friedl, of Ohio.

It used to be the signature sound of gambling: the clacking of coins spilling into metal trays on slot machines. But newer electronic machines that spit paper vouchers or credit winnings to cards now ...

Like other casinos, the Eastside Cannery on Boulder Highway tries to keep players coming back by installing the latest and most elaborate slot machines on the market. Yet the chairs in front of most ...