Ever wonder why you never win a stuffed animal at the claw machine?
Despite inserting many quarters, and trying to perfectly position that claw with steady pressure, you still fail to grab a plush toy.
We are here to tell you that it is not your imagination that those stuffed animals are hard to grab, and after watching a video by Vox we now know why.
They say the claw is programmed to grab tightly only part of the time, and this isn’t a closely kept secret either.
It is publicly available information pulled straight from the instruction guides for the biggest claw games out there.
Black Tie Toys’ Advanced Crane Machine, page 8, section “Claw Strength”:
The machine’s owner can adjust the strength of the claw beforehand so its grip is only strong a fraction of the time, and they can manually adjust the “dropping skill” as well, meaning that on a given number of times, the claw will drop a prize that it’s grabbed before it’s given to you.
The machines also enable the owner to select a desired level of profit and then automatically adjust the claw strength to make sure that players are only winning a limited number of times!
Are you surprised to hear this?
Watch the full video below:
Will you continue playing the claw games knowing that they are rigged?
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