September, 2010
Virtual currency company Rixty hopes to have solved problems for online gamers who don’t have a credit card through their new Coinstar partnership. In order for non-credit carrying players to gain access to virtual goods through Rixty, all they need to do is put spare change in one of the 10,000 participating Coinstar machines across the country and they will receive a 16-digit code good in any games managed by any of the 50 Rixty partners, including FarmVille on Facebook. Using the service will incur a charge that is comparable to using a credit card for the same purpose.