What is a Gumball Machine?
A gumball machine is a type of vending machine which dispenses gumballs, small balls of gum covered in brightly colored candy coatings. Gumball machines are among the most ubiquitous of vending machines, and they can be found all over the world, sometimes as standalone vending machines and sometimes in company with an array of vending machine choices. For vending machine operators, gumball machines can be used to turn a tidy profit, because the per-unit cost of gumballs is usually very low, and consumers can be enticed to pay many times that price.
