That must have been a regional thing. When I was growing up, Aladdin’s Castle was one of several local joints. Places were competing for your business! Galaxy Games. Urbana IL. They had red quarters. And maybe other colors. If you used the change machine and a red popped out, you actually got a bonus of a few more quarters from the atten…
That must have been a regional thing. When I was growing up, Aladdin’s Castle was one of several local joints. Places were competing for your business! Galaxy Games. Urbana IL. They had red quarters. And maybe other colors. If you used the change machine and a red popped out, you actually got a bonus of a few more quarters from the attendant. Think of it. A dollars worth of coins would play 4 games, but if you could get people to put in a few more bucks to get a red or blue, it was a win! They get a few quarters and probably spend their money there also.
I seem to remember some sort of colored quarter prize down the shore in NJ. I hadn't thought of that in a long time, but I can still picture the sign above the change machine with 4 colored quarters.
That must have been a regional thing. When I was growing up, Aladdin’s Castle was one of several local joints. Places were competing for your business! Galaxy Games. Urbana IL. They had red quarters. And maybe other colors. If you used the change machine and a red popped out, you actually got a bonus of a few more quarters from the attendant. Think of it. A dollars worth of coins would play 4 games, but if you could get people to put in a few more bucks to get a red or blue, it was a win! They get a few quarters and probably spend their money there also.
I seem to remember some sort of colored quarter prize down the shore in NJ. I hadn't thought of that in a long time, but I can still picture the sign above the change machine with 4 colored quarters.