How to tell the slot denomination of a machine at a distance

Have you ever lost someone in a casino and looked over the sea of slots and thought, no way will I ever find them?
Have you ever sat down at a machine ready to put your nickels in and found out it was a quarter machine?
Or put a $20 in thinking you were going to play quarters and look up and you just put your money in a $1 machine?
Maybe this will help.

Each slot machine has identifying clues. On top there is a little column with a light in it? That is a called a candle. When you need change, or when the hopper needs filling, or you win a jackpot, the light will light up or blink. If you look closely you will see they are color coded.

White is for Pennies

Red is for Nickels

Yellow is for Quarters

Gold/Orange is for Half Dollars

Blue is for Dollars

Now, if you lose that friend or spouse in the sea of machines and you know they play dollars, look for the blue candles. Makes searching easier.

If you want to play nickels make sure the candle is red.

Hope this helps!

Please don't forget to read the pay tables. You don't want the disappointment of thinking you won a progressive jackpot to find out you only played one coin and didn't win anything or less.