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Coin pusher machine from China

The hard part is what the machine pays out: coins, tokens, tickets or prizes each fall under different national rules, and a home-market board may be set for a payout your country does not allow.

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

Coin pusher machine

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What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price
01

Payout type and board settings

Ask for every board setting in writing: what the machine pays out, and whether payout can be adjusted. Whether you may run it, and with what payout, depends on the licence rules where it stands.

02

Coin or token size

Pushers built for tokens use a token size that may not match euro coins. Ask which coin or token the playfield, hopper and acceptor are built for.

03

Stations and footprint

Ask the number of player stations, the footprint, and whether stations share one playfield or run separately.

04

Hopper, tilt and meters

Ask how jams in the hopper are cleared, whether a tilt sensor stops play when the cabinet is shaken, and whether in and out meters survive a reset.

02

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

03

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require thisA pass looks like
Photograph every board menu page and set the payout mode you need.The mode holds after a power cycle and the menu shows no hidden alternative settings.
Play each station with your coins or tokens for a sustained run.No hopper jam, and meters match the coins counted in and out.
Shake and tilt the cabinet during play.The tilt sensor stops play and logs the event.

04

The documents that must arrive with it.

The one people forget. The board manual. A licensing authority may ask how payout is set, and a Chinese-only menu cannot answer it.

05

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged
01

Local rules do not allow the payout you planned.

Buy a basketball arcade machine or other skill game that pays tickets or nothing.

02

You want a guaranteed item for every play.

Buy a capsule toy vending machine, which sells an item rather than a chance.

06

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

07

Related machines.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Vending & arcade page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European coin pusher machine: which is better?+

A used European unit is often already set for local coins and rules. A Chinese unit needs its board, coin size and payout confirmed first.

What goes on a coin pusher machine inspection checklist?+

Board settings photographed, coin or token size, hopper run, tilt sensor, meters after reset, and importer details on the plate.

What EU compliance applies to a coin pusher machine?+

Machinery, low voltage and EMC law for the cabinet. Gaming and prize rules are national, so the licence question sits with you.

Who is the EU importer of a coin pusher machine?+

The EU business that first places it on the market, usually you. Your name goes on the machine or papers.

Contact

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