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Swamp_yankee_ninja t1_j0qkl7a wrote

Thankfully I don’t know, I have a unhealthy addiction to claw games. Logical risk part of my brain tells me the prize is worth .50 cents but the illogical, irrational part of my brain says put another dollar in and keep trying, it’s almost there!

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blueplasticgirl OP t1_j0rxky0 wrote

It's a real problem. Lol They're basically slot machines and they have payouts. Some are skill based though. I learned this wiggling the claw trick recently to swing the prize into the hole. I will say I won some squishmallows at Walmart after a few tries that are going for $30-40 a pop on Ebay.

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Swamp_yankee_ninja t1_j0rzpe0 wrote

Correct, the electro magnet that actuates the claw can be set to different strengths, essentially a random payout algorithm. How many times have we seen the claw perfectly grapple a item only for it to fall right off. We see this happen, know why it happened yet, we put in another dollar? I can walk past a slot machine, but those dam claw machines draw me in like a magnet.

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