One of the first vending machines most of us ever encountered involved a penny, a knob, and a colorful piece of gum. At one time, gumball machines could be found almost everywhere, from grocery stores ...

For some people, a favorite sound may be the patter of summer rainfall, a soft breeze rustling through trees, or the purring of a contented cat. For Robert Levy, it was the ka-ching of change dropping ...

Coin-operated gumball machines aren’t as common as they used to be. With sales slowly dwindling over the years and high domestic sugar prices, America’s sole remaining gumball maker has been branching ...

Coinstar Inc., the owner of the DVD vendor Redbox, said on Wednesday that it has closed the sale of its business of coin-operated gumball machines, children’s rides, and video games. Coinstar sold the ...