# United Coin Machine

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American slot route operator

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**United Coin Machine Co.** was an American [slot route operator](/source/Slot_route_operator) based in [Paradise, Nevada](/source/Paradise%2C_Nevada). It operated [slot machines](/source/Slot_machines) in locations such as bars, [convenience stores](/source/Convenience_store), and grocery stores. For many years, United Coin was the largest slot route operator in Nevada.

## History

United Coin was founded in 1958.[1] Bernard Shapiro, who had owned a coin machine business in Northern California, and a small stake in the [Royal Nevada](/source/Royal_Nevada) casino, started the company after the Royal Nevada went out of business.[2]

[Advanced Patent Technology](/source/Advanced_Patent_Technology) purchased the company in 1979.[3]

In 1980, Advanced Patent reached an agreement to sell United Coin to [Bristol Silver Mines Co.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Silver_Mines_Co.&action=edit&redlink=1) for $13 million in cash and stock.[4] Advanced Patent withdrew from the offer three months later, though, saying that United Coin was now "more desirable".[5]

In 2000, United Coin's parent, now known as Alliance Gaming, agreed to sell the company for $112 million in cash plus $6 million in [preferred stock](/source/Preferred_stock) to gaming developers Michael Luzich and Daniel Kehl.[6] Alliance canceled the deal a year later due to increased profits at United Coin.[7]

In 2004, Century Gaming bought United Coin for $100 million cash plus $5 million in assumed debt.[8]

The company sold off its operations in Northern Nevada to another slot route operator in 2013, but then returned to the region in 2015, placing machines at a chain of sports bars.[9]

In July 2014, the company dropped the United Coin name and rebranded its operations in Nevada and Montana as Century Gaming Technologies.[10]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Liz Benston (July 3, 2003). ["New owner to retain United Coin employees"](http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/jul/03/new-owner-to-retain-united-coin-employees/). *Las Vegas Sun*. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Tex Maule (April 29, 1963). ["Players are not just people"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111125192955/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1074722/2/index.htm). *Sports Illustrated*. Archived from [the original](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1074722/2/index.htm) on November 25, 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Robert Metz (September 3, 1980). ["Advanced Patent's future"](https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&an=NYTF000020060708dc9300cwd&cat=a&ep=ASE). *New York Times*. (subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Advanced Patent says Bristol Silver Mines gets option for a unit". *Wall Street Journal*. April 4, 1980. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [134383954](https://www.proquest.com/docview/134383954). (subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Advanced Patent says SEC seeks information on stock sales"](https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&an=dj00000020011126dc72033rd&cat=a&ep=ASE). *Dow Jones News Service*. July 2, 1980. (subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Las Vegas-based slot route operation sold for $118 million"](http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2000/jul/10/las-vegas-based-slot-route-operation-sold-for-118-/). *Las Vegas Sun*. July 10, 2000. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** David Strow (June 26, 2001). ["Financial turnaround prompts cancellation of slot route deal"](http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2001/jun/26/financial-turnaround-prompts-cancellation-of-slot-/). *Las Vegas Sun*. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Kevin Rademacher (July 1, 2004). ["Shake-up under way at Alliance"](https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&an=LVSN000020040709e0710002n&cat=a&ep=ASE). *Las Vegas Sun*. (subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Howard Stutz (March 3, 2015). ["Century Gaming wary of proposed new slot machine tax"](http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/century-gaming-wary-proposed-new-slot-machine-tax). *Las Vegas Review-Journal*. Retrieved 2015-03-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Howard Stutz (July 14, 2014). ["United Coin Machine changes name to Century Gaming Technologies"](http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/united-coin-machine-changes-name-century-gaming-technologies). *Las Vegas Review-Journal*. Retrieved 2015-03-09.

## External links

- [United Coin Machine Co.](http://www.unitedcoin.com/)

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