With the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia striking the final circulating pennies and officially ending production of the one-cent coin after more than 230 years, Americans are saying goodbye to one of the most familiar — and least valuable — pieces of money in their pockets.
From the first large copper cents of 1793 to today’s Lincoln cent, the penny has survived wars, depressions, and several redesigns. But it couldn’t survive basic math: in recent years, each penny has cost nearly four cents to produce, prompting Treasury officials to finally shut down the presses and save taxpayers an estimated $50–60 million a year. Yet there’s one place the penny isn’t going quietly: penny slots.
The last penny is far from its last spin
While retailers adjust to rounding and coin jars become time capsules, Hard Rock Bet Casino is one corner of the entertainment world where the penny’s spirit is still very much alive.
On our digital casino floor, “penny slots” — games where players can wager as little as a cent per line per spin — remain among the most approachable ways for casual players to enjoy casino-style entertainment in small, manageable increments. At Hard Rock Bet Casino, players can find 50 penny slots to choose from.
This isn’t just a cute metaphor, either. In May, Justin from Plumsted, New Jersey turned a single penny spin on IGT’s Wolf Run slot into over $70,000, winning Hard Rock Bet Casino’s weekly Big Sunday Jackpot with an astonishing 7,071,764x return on his $0.01 wager. It’s proof that even in a world without new pennies, one cent can still carry five-figure upside on the reels.
“The Mint may have struck the last physical penny, but low-stakes fun that almost anyone can afford is still spinning on Hard Rock Bet Casino,” said Rich Criado, VP-Casino at Hard Rock Bet Casino. “Penny slots have always been about stretching a small stake into a long session of entertainment, and that’s not changing just because the presses in Philadelphia have gone quiet.”
Even as physical pennies phase out of our pockets, players in eligible states, like New Jersey, can still choose games where the penny lives on as a reminder that casino entertainment doesn’t have to mean high stakes or big risk.
Penny slots on Hard Rock Bet Casino
Hard Rock Bet Casino currently offers more than 3,600 different games to choose from, many of which come equipped with a minimum bet of just one cent. Play all of the following online penny slots today:
- Doctor Love on Vacation
- 100,000 Pyramid
- Fortune Temple
- White Orchid
- Game King Video Poker Jackpot
- Bloodlore Wolf Pack
- Bullion Bars – Grab the Gold
- USA Flip
- Berry Berry Bonanza
- Egyptian Emeralds
- Zeus
- Cash Cave
- Halloween Fortune
- Dragon Lines
- Golden Tour
- Scratch Irish Eyes 2
- Extra Cash
- Great Blue
- Bingo Billions
- Penny Roulette
- Doctor Love
- Double Cash Spinner
- Super Safari
- Lotto Madness
- Heads Up HoldEm
- Wolf Run
- Ghost Pirates
- Irish Luck
- Scratch Volcano Eruption
- Treasures of the Pyramids
- Mustang Money
- Safari Heat
- Gaelic Luck
- Cleopatra
- Mad Mad Monkey
- Ancient Thunder
- Prairie Thunder
- Cherry Blossoms
- 1Can 2Can
- Sweet Gold O’Mine
- Kronos
- Game King Video Poker
- Carnival of Calacas
- Dragon Drop
- Invading Vegas
- Scratch Merlin’s Millions
- Wild Star Stacks
- Desert Treasure
- Houdini
- Cats
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