Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 1, 2008, and has been updated. It was excerpted from our Coin-Operated Laundry start-up guide, available from Entrepreneur Bookstore.

For most people who grew up in the suburbs, a trip to the grocery store looked and felt like a completely different experience than what it is today. Children often accompanied—or rather, were dragged ...

TL;DR: Hardware engineer MrYeester demonstrates how to convert a PC into a coin-activated gaming rig by replacing the power button with a coin acceptor that detects specific coins to trigger startup.

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 ...

WTF?! Remember the days of inserting a quarter (or several) to play a few minutes of an arcade game? A YouTube channel took on the challenge of moving this transactional system to a gaming PC, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As Mayor Justin Bibb looks to swap out Cleveland’s coin-operated parking meters with ones that can accept credit cards, Northeast Ohioans of all stripes are supporters of the move.

HOUSTON-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Carvana, a better way to buy a car, announced today the opening of the nation’s largest fully-automated, coin-operated Car Vending Machine in Houston – the second of its ...

I hadn’t seen a coin-operated toilet in more than 50 years, until I recently visited the library in downtown Wichita. They’re Baaack. In an effort to fight vandalism and misconduct, two of the three ...

LAS VEGAS >> As Las Vegas becomes more modernized, there’s a crowd of tourists looking for ways to experience the old days. Few things activate the senses like the sound and feel of playing coin- and ...

On May 5, millionaires, billionaires, and CEOs shelled out a reported $1.5 million per plate to dine with President Donald Trump. The proceeds from the night went to a political action committee ...

Morphy Auctions, the Denver-based auction house, will host a three-day auction May 4-6 featuring more than 2,100 19th-century and early 20th-century antique coin-operated arcade, music, gambling, ...