Workers Find $17K Under Old Slot Machines At Sands

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Workers Find $17K Under Old Slot Machines At Sands

(CBS/AP) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. It's the casino equivalent of reaching under your couch cushions and finding a buck or so in loose change.

Only the take at the former Sands Casino Hotel topped $17,000 worth of coins that fell under or around slot machines over the past three decades.

The casino was closed last November and will be torn down later this year to make way for a new gambling hall. So when workers began removing the 2,350 slot machines for use at other casinos owned by the Sands' parent company, they expected to find some stray cash.

Just how much, however, was a surprise. It was $17,193.34, to be exact.

And I was happy finding 3 bucks inside the couch.