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Don't let your kids waste their money on claw games

Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:07 pm
Posted by LSU Tiger Jason
Member since Nov 2005
1169 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:07 pm
claw games are rigged


Always knew they were rigged but had no idea this much
Posted by VaBamaMan
North AL
Member since Apr 2013
8039 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:07 pm to
Kid in my youth group won an ipad air on a claw game 6 days ago.
Posted by LSU Tiger Jason
Member since Nov 2005
1169 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:08 pm to
damn
Posted by WreckinRams05
Houston, Texas
Member since Dec 2005
6365 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:08 pm to
I always win on those things
Posted by LSU Tiger Jason
Member since Nov 2005
1169 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:09 pm to
i guess i just suck at it
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:09 pm to
I thought everyone knew this
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
67786 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:11 pm to
look at how complex that shite is....and it's for a fricking claw machine
Posted by ManBearTiger
BRLA
Member since Jun 2007
22308 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:12 pm to
This has been common knowledge for years.
Posted by WDE24
Member since Oct 2010
54836 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:13 pm to
My 7 year old won a ball he wanted on the first try.
Posted by CBLSU316
Far Right of Left
Member since Jun 2008
11419 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:15 pm to
El Josey Wales son destroys those claw games. Dude can go to the arcade and walk out with arm loads of loot.........I've seent it.
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
113860 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:20 pm to
That's how my dad is... he can tell on the first try if it's a good machine or not. If he thinks it's good he can pretty much sit there and empty it.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:21 pm to
quote:

Kid in my youth group won an ipad air on a claw game 6 days ago.



Well, he won it for the same reason some people actually win at the slots. Timing.

FWIW, I spent a lot of money on these claw machines in my childhood, even if I didn't care about the prize. Obviously everyone knows the claw is weak is hell, and I figured the functionality of the claw was more or less rigged to a certain level based on the value of the prized, but I personally had no idea they were programmed to such a finite degree like a slot machine.
Posted by BigB0882
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
5417 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:22 pm to
I knew this is how they did it for the games on cruise ships and in casinos where the machines are filled with cash but I didn't know this is is how it worked for stupid stuffed animals. I almost always can win those stuffed animals so long as the animals are sitting up high enough. They tend to keep you from winning by not stuffing the machine too high and to pack them in tightly.

This makes the machines much closer in nature to a slot machine, one that is set to "pay out" depending on luck and timing. Shouldn't this be considered gambling and therefore not allowed for children or to be in most public places?
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118229 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:24 pm to
The trick is to have a friend with a skinny arm that can reach up into the bin and grab shite you should have won, since the tpos is rigged.

Posted by BoostAddict
Member since Jun 2007
3152 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:25 pm to
LOL... fricking Vox.

They print more retractions than articles.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
48994 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:29 pm to
quote:

That's how my dad is... he can tell on the first try if it's a good machine or not. If he thinks it's good he can pretty much sit there and empty it.

I can too. I'll just say I had a summer of unlimited tries on a couple machines at a local establishment as a teen. It's transpired into winning tons of shite for the kids at everywhere from Walmart to the old tinsel town to the new Bowling alley in Gonzales.
This post was edited on 6/4/15 at 10:30 pm
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15643 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:31 pm to
I worked in a bar for a while that had a claw machine. The most effective method I have seen is to use another patrons head to smash through the glass

Bloody Bears for errrbody. The claw machine was gone the next day.
Posted by OneMoreTime
Florida Gulf Coast Fan
Member since Dec 2008
61860 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:36 pm to
I won about 10 watches out of the one at Lazer tag in BR, when I was younger. Those idiots put rubber bands near the tips of the claw, which made them easy to get.
Posted by theantiquetiger
Paid Premium Member Plus
Member since Feb 2005
20041 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:40 pm to
I've actually had the lady filling the machines ask me to stop playing or she was going to turn the machine off, because I was winning so much. It was at Walmart in Prairieville. She just finished loading the machine and was loading the machine next to it. I was winning about 2 out of 3 plays. I was just giving the prizes to kids as they passed by.

The bitch got all mad, saying I need to stop playing. I just laughed at her until my credits ran out.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
48994 posts
Posted on 6/4/15 at 10:41 pm to
quote:

I've actually had the lady filling the machines ask me to stop playing or she was going to turn the machine off, because I was winning so much. It was at Walmart in Prairieville

Same machine I've won 2/2 hah.
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