subsidiary industry casino games founded 1958 headquarters paradise nevada usa key people bernard shapiro parent century gaming website unitedcoin.com united coin machine co. is a slot route operator based in paradise nevada . it operates slot machines in locations such as bars convenience stores and grocery stores . it is owned by century gaming a montana based slot route operator . for many years united coin was the largest slot route operator in nevada . history edit 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 casino started the company after the royal nevada went out of business . 2 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. 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 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 edit liz benston july 3 2003 . new owner to retain united coin employees . las vegas sun . retrieved 2014 06 01 . tex maule april 29 1963 . players are not just people . sports illustrated . retrieved 2014 06 01 . robert metz september 3 1980 . advanced patent s future . new york times . via factiva subscription required advanced patent says bristol silver mines gets option for a unit . wall street journal . april 4 1980 . via proquest subscription required advanced patent says sec seeks information on stock sales . dow jones news service . july 2 1980 . via factiva subscription required las vegas based slot route operation sold for 118 million . las vegas sun . july 10 2000 . retrieved 2014 06 01 . david strow june 26 2001 . financial turnaround prompts cancellation of slot route deal . las vegas sun . retrieved 2014 06 01 . kevin rademacher july 1 2004 . shake up under way at alliance . las vegas sun . via factiva subscription required howard stutz march 3 2015 . century gaming wary of proposed new slot machine tax . las vegas review journal . retrieved 2015 03 09 . howard stutz july 14 2014 . united coin machine changes name to century gaming technologies . las vegas review journal . retrieved 2015 03 09 . external links edit united coin machine co. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title united coin machine & oldid 725280555 categories companies based in paradise nevadagambling companies of the united statescompanies established in 19581958 establishments in nevadaprivately held companies based in the las vegas valleyhidden categories subscription required using viapages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 june 2016 at 17 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view