Back in the day, coin-operated rides were all the rage at the local grocery store, but they've since disappeared completely.

Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 1, 2008, and has been updated. It was excerpted from our Coin-Operated Laundry start-up guide, available from Entrepreneur Bookstore.

Potential investors poured into the convention of the National Institute of Dry-cleaning two years ago, clamoring to find out about a new “wonder business” that was virtually guaranteed to coin ...

There was a time before portable TVs and personal media players when the idea of putting coin-operated TVs everywhere, from restaurants to airports and laundromats, would have seemed like a solid ...

Morphy Auctions, the Denver-based auction house, will host a three-day auction May 4-6 featuring more than 2,100 19th-century and early 20th-century antique coin-operated arcade, music, gambling, ...