More than $17,000 was found under old slot machines at the former Sands Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, when workers collected the change that found its way there over the years.
The Casino Hotel in Atlantic City was closed in November 2006, after 30 years. Later this year it will be demolished and a new casino will be built in its place. Workers began cleaning out the casino, taking apart 2,350 slot machines to use at other casinos owned by the Sands' parent company.
The workers expected to find some cash on the floor, between the slot machines but they didn't expect to find so much money. They found $17,193.34, mostly in coins and casino tokens and even a $100 bill.
The money belongs to Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., the Las Vegas company that acquired the Sands in 2006. New Jersey state receives 8 percent of the money in taxes — the same as it would, had the money been won from gamblers.
Most of the money was found under the machines themselves and a small part of it was found in small spaces between the machines. Casino workers made guesses about how much money would be found but the amounts they thought of were much smaller than what was actually found, as most guessed that less than $8,000 would be found.
The non-gambling contents of the Sands will be sold off next month, and the building is to be demolished, probably with a huge controlled implosion, in the fall.
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