I used to play the slots sometimes when I was working in Nevada quite a bit in the 80s. I’d wander around with my little bucket of coins, trying whatever machine caught my eye, and the sound of bells ringing and coins dropping into slot machine trays was almost constant. Too bad it was practically never the machine I happened to be playing.
About 15 years ago my wife and I went to Las Vegas and it was really odd to be in the slot room of a casino and not hear that noise. It was all paper tickets, and a lot of the fun was gone. I don’t think the machines even have handles to pull now. For all I know, they run on phone apps these days.
Most slots don’t have handles now, but a few do and you have a choice of pulling the handle or pushing a button. We too miss the sound of bells ringing and coins dropping in the trays. We have been quite lucky with big wins on the slots.