Are Claw Machines a Scam?

[@roderickmorales]

“You’ll eventually win, but after the machine has made a profit off of you”.. heard that from another KZbinr. 💯 facts!

[@goofymonkey200]

773 likes and no comments? Let me change that.

[@Makenziethedog]

I hope everyone reading this finds the Lord God almighty and accepts that he came down from heaven, lived a perfect life, died for our sins and 3 days later rose from the dead. If you believe that, declare that Jesus is Lord and repent for your sins then you can go to heaven!! A place with no sin and sadness a perfect place! “May the Lord bless you and keep you make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 God bless and I hope to see you in heaven!

[@astraltints626]

​@@Makenziethedogi came here to read the comments not the bible

[@astraltints626]

But i still appreciate the comment :>

[@SizedPrune20010]

Gordon where is half life 3

[@Taco_Tantrum]

Believe it or not the ones at Walmart are skill based. The ones with payout rates can be anything the operator chooses. Not just 15, some go up to 1000

[@Darkness_GorillaTag]

I watch your vids all the time I was going to say the same thing 😂

[@elysses]

What guarantees that ALL the walmart claw machines are skill-based, if they are owned and operated by individual owners? I sense that you have claw machines in walmart and are trying to encourage people that they have a chance of winning with "skill", lol.

[@elysses]

Oh, just checked your profile and it's true, you make bank off of public playing your machines. Well I own a personal claw machine, and I will tell everyone, not all claw machines are the same, so the individual owners can set it to be rigged (I.e. the claw is too weak for the weight of the prizes). Don't let this businessman fool you.

[@elysses]

There are many factors that contribute to the claw grip, it is not just payout and skill, if the operator does not know how to properly set up the claw machine, it will always be rigged. So yes, walmart claw machines can be rigged as they aren't all set up by the same person.

[@Taco_Tantrum]

@@elysses I know from experience that the ones at Walmart are owned by a corporation called sugarloaf toys and they only use rainbow cranes. If you look up the manual it shows that there is one knob for the strength and admits to being skill based. Skill based means the claw isn’t gonna intentionally drop your prize, it means there’s one set strength for the whole duration of the play

[@carterjames8829]

They are most definitely scams, but it's so much more satisfying to play the claw machine to win rather than buying it off the shelf for some reason.

[@CivilizedOfficial]

I'd rather get it from the shelf, I've never played those claw machine games and when I look at those things, I get disgusted and just skip it because the only thing I think about is that it's too weak and will never give me anything

[@carterjames8829]

@@CivilizedOfficial well if you haven't ever played a claw machine, then you clearly don't understand it from my perspective.

[@CreepyKewlDude]

It’s like gambling

[@CivilizedOfficial]

@@carterjames8829 Yeah, since it grosses me out to look at a claw machine knowing that the hand is too weak, then I don't even think of trying to waste my money on it, but it would probably seem different if I would be using it, but I prefer not getting used to using it and then gambling on it to try to win a prize and then it would seem satisfying to move the controller to the item

[@hamizannaruto]

​@@CreepyKewlDudeWhich is bad, but its fun.

[@scottcantdance804]

I played a claw machine once when I was a kid, where I swear the toys were stitched together. You could see the toys surrounding the one you were going for, move slightly right before the claw slipped off, when they shouldn't have moved based on how they were resting. Got fully disenchanted with the machines at that point.

[@indigopines]

Thats... kinda genius on the part of the owner of the machine though, tbh

[@elysses]

Yeah, the owner of the claw machine can screw it with it all they want and people barely complain because they don't know who to go.

[@Makenziethedog]

I hope everyone reading this finds the Lord God almighty and accepts that he came down from heaven, lived a perfect life, died for our sins and 3 days later rose from the dead. If you believe that, declare that Jesus is Lord and repent for your sins then you can go to heaven!! A place with no sin and sadness a perfect place! “May the Lord bless you and keep you make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 God bless and I hope to see you in heaven!

[@leskynt]

​@@Makenziethedogqhar!!???!! wtf are u even talking about

[@12flyingchickens]

I remember one time I got a 5$ dino plushy thing in 2 tries (2 dollars I think).

[@ARzzzSleepy]

They manually lower the strength of the claw it's a scam my boi 😭

[@CorpseCousin]

Well it’s set to get strong enough to get the toy AFTER you payed for well over the price of the stuffy

[@exiaR2x78]

​@@CorpseCousin There is a bunch of different types some are outright skill based, others have set pay outs. Some have set pay outs and are packed in a bs way that theyre impossible to win, there is also some where the claw strength decreases after picking things up and is possible to move it closer to the prize hole and tip/bounce it in. I used to work at a big box store that was trying having a claw machine by the check outs. When it came in we had notice in the staff room about it, was set to a pay out of $7 but was the type that would pick things up and drop it on the way to the hole. Managed to win it twice in a row one from pay out other from tipping a prize in

[@briandavid3637]

​@@exiaR2x78also if the person filling it is careless and has it stacked to high you can just use the claw to drag it to the drop bin,claw doesn't even have to open 😁

[@mip4422]

If it was manually lowered the strength you would see the workers physically adjusting it

[@BrotatoeGod]

I love your content So underrated and humorous

[@gregwilson2160]

was jus about to say the same!!

[@zootsuiter]

$2 toy for $11? ABSOLUTELY A SCAM!!

[@TiqProductions]

Its luck based and not a scam 💀 $2 toy for $11? ABSOLUTELY A SCAM!! - 👶

[@lukeypooki]

​@@TiqProductions Nah, it's a scam. The people who stock the machines usually pay a dollar, if not a couple CENTS for the toys. Meanwhile, you're paying dollars to use an intentionally weak claw.

[@TiqProductions]

@@lukeypooki it’s not tho imagine having 0 luck

[@jellydad6113]

​@@TiqProductionsit is, you can literally see it not closing after getting on the toy in this video

[@Idkee_plays]

I don’t believe it’s 2 dollar there like 20 bucks

[@Mr_Miner_102]

“Sir sir, malfunction sir. We must put it back sir.”

[@Mr_Miner_102]

@dannytv12 it did happen to me but It was doing it for a little kid who seemed sad so I refused to give it back

[@last_dutch_hero258]

I single-handidly broke a game in the Dutch amusement park Walibi once. It was one of those pick-a-ducky ones where there where a bunch of low numbered ones and only 1 number 100. I walked by and noticed they made a mistake in the setup, namely the waterflow was angled. I took notice and kept track of all the duckies and notified the worker there as it’s a actual fair chance-based minigame IMO. Afther that i saw the 100 flip by, said to the person “Since i notified you of the error i would like 1 pass plz, heres money” and i f’ing joinked top-prize… still have the giant dragon plushie on my closet in my bedroom even afther like 6 years… might even be 8 already sheesh im old…

[@lu0912302727]

Those game mostly for the experiences and memories only ❤ read your story make me nostalgic

[@Redd_74]

Still probably wouldn’t spend money just for those odds

[@CivilizedOfficial]

The ones that promise to give Apple things are a scam, once there was this KZbinr that played a game where you have to correctly insert the key for it to fall, and then when the iPad came out, then the owner of the machine came all the way to where he was and kicked him out of the bowling place he was in

[@Its_WillyWonka]

@@CivilizedOfficialI watched that video yesterday

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@CivilizedOfficialshould have sued

[@CivilizedOfficial]

@@serraramayfield9230 I guess he did film it

[@MMPPYT]

As a claw machine master theres a payout rate most of them have it at 1/50 but some have 1/20 or anything higher and some claws get stuck and the claw doesn't clamp but jt depends on the claw that your at

[@CompetativeChaos]

Your girlfriend seems more proud of the plush than my dad is proud of me

[@wapper7777]

It’s so sad because I remember a time when it legitimately was skill based and you could win every time if you are careful and take your time to place it right

[@VannTheDawn]

In the US where it’s 1$ a try, it might be considered scummy. In my country it’s around 10 cents per try.

[@telholland]

The class can be tightened and loosened as the owner pleases. They basically let some people win for a day or so then they can just loosen it and take the money in.

[@jesseb9362]

My daughter is 4 and she wins every single time she plays the damn thing. It got to the point we have to do that last so we arent carrying her stuffed animals around all day

[@Chikeneater-bf6ft]

The workers operate the claw machines they were probably nice beacause its a kid

[@mcalann]

🧢

[@tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616]

@@Chikeneater-bf6ft no, she's just better than adults are. Vendors don't come in everytime she does

[@tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616]

she really needs to school people including the OP of this video

[@Chikeneater-bf6ft]

Yall right because i dont think employees would do that

[@Caramel6027]

When I was eight years old, a bunch of kids were gathered around a claw machine that had small rubber ball toys in animal patterns, and no one had been able to do it. So I walked over, took 4 tries, and 4 dollars to win the ghost ball. We all celebrate. They were strangers. And it wasn't a play to win.

[@muggs105]

There's two types of claw machines, the ones that after you click fall all the way down and grab the stuffed animal or the ones that descend as long as you press the button. The first one is what you could call the one that "scams" you while the second one is the one that with practice you can "scam". The system relies on not only the grip of the claw but also how tight you place the plushies one to another.

[@chorko696]

I remember explaining to a friend how claw machines are a scam at a local arcade, when I accidentally hit the button for lifting the prize. The machine roared itself to power, then lifted a football and placed it inside the prize area. Turns out someone from the stuff forgot to rewire it the day before! I took the football and ran like the wind with my friend - did see security coming after us but didn't stop.

[@souptikchakraborty2004]

This reminds me, once I tried out a claw machine when I was 11...i almost got a teddy bear, but it dropped off the last moment...and I got a little upset Luckly, the guy owning the machine watched the whole thing, he took out his key, opened the machine and gave me the bear 😊 Seriously he was really wholesome My father wanted to pay him for the bear, but he refused, and let me get the bear as a gift ❤❤

[@RewindOGTeeHee]

Didn’t even have to test this, these things are designed to be either super hard or impossible to win. Absolutely scams.

[@musical_kait]

"Not a scam!" Spends almost $22 on a plushy could have gotten at Five Below 😂

[@programmerII]

But how 22$ if there is only 15 attempts each attempt 1 dollar?

[@CivilizedOfficial]

​@@programmerIIYou know what he means

[@programmerII]

@@CivilizedOfficial no

[@tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616]

it would be 30.00 maybe more on store shelves

[@musical_kait]

@tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616 I have seen exactly the same plushies if not better at Five Below, so no it wouldn't be.

[@ghotyolocanisyn2880]

It took 11 tries for the claw to “actually grab” the toy instead of not even grabbing it or letting go.

[@W0mP_W0Mp_01]

I love claw machines but never get a toy!

[@elysses]

Play at the arcade claw machines, not the claw machines in public places like laundry places or grocery stores because those are always owner by individual owners who can set up the machine to be to weak to even grab a prize, resulting in people putting in money and never wining a prize.

[@tommydavibe1957]

I win 3,500€ with a claw machine

[@Pickup_LilBro]

@@tommydavibe1957that’s a lot, but hoe much does it cost to own one? do you profit much from it?

[@misterezioauditore]

Some don’t even have a payout rate and the claw is just loosened by the owner and can only grab with certain strength.

[@funtimetuber093]

One time a claw machine drove me into insanity

[@BoopTheShloop]

I once won two stuffed animals on one shot, it was a neon green bear, and a purple flamingo from D&B’s.

[@TTPD13_368]

There’s an inside edition video where it talks abt claw machines getting rigged. The owner gets to decide how weak the claw can actually be

[@tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616]

that can't be said for the claws in this video

[@3reddytop]

My brother is really good at these somehow. He can tell you how many times it will take for him to get the prize of your choice. However if it's a machine that he has never used before he will say that he needs to test the machine first. Apparently he found out that some machines are set to close only partially or at partial strength unless there is a certain amount of income in the machine and while it is possible to get prizes while they're like that if the target amount of money is met while he's adjusting the prizes positions it can throw off the amount of tries needed by 2-3 more.

[@SensibleDuck]

The machine owner can set the grip strength of the claw when it picks up the item, when the claw is done retracting, and when it moves over to the prize pit. These strengths will slowly move up over time to make you keep playing and eventually win.

[@lushfulthinking]

cucumber elephant. worth it 😂

[@PongoXBongo]

There's a reason that they're set up as scams. There was a plushie claw machine at my local bowling alley as a kid that _wasn't_ rigged and we regularly cleaned it out. Sadly, they got wise after a while and the entire machine was removed, lol.

[@bub6469]

Bro literally a 100 year olds hand has more grip strength then those machines 😂

[@Cool-Spot]

I only try claw machines if there's a prize I like. These generic stuffed animals would only be worth a try to me at a quarter

[@jacktion1546]

Paying $11 to get something worth $2.50 sure seems like a scam to me.

[@logancarter4489]

Bro’s face when he got the elephant😂😂😂😂😂

[@kittyazzzie]

Claw machines are a lot easier in Canada, (the claws are really strong).

[@Pikman100]

I’ll never forget when me and my brother spent 20 minutes trying to win a Mario toy (and we won!) it’s still one of my favorites in my collection.

[@FrappeInsider]

I own one. Anything can be adjusted. Payout exists. Any number vendor wants.

[@tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616]

not in the claws in this video

[@FrappeInsider]

@@tim-obeartheclawmachineguy9616 no most definetly and especially the claws in this video. you can also rig them to make the fail look more like the prize happened to slip out

[@orange_vap22]

POV me when I was 6 seeing Spiderman at my friends bday party:

[@chrisg3193]

the real winner is the one who owns the machine, made $11 off one person and that covered 5 stuffies

[@eisenbahnerharthausen]

,,It's not a scam" *Paying the 10 times value of the actual product*

[@Strang_Slam]

i literally go to claw machines at the arcade and my little brother uses all of his money and the claw doesnt even close and just stays open. big scam. dont waste your money on shit

[@sethsnow796]

I played a claw machine once as a child and won two prizes with one grab and decided I would never play it again because my luck would never be that good again

[@stlrickyjones]

When my kids were younger I’d always win at dennys. It never failed. They had tooo many plushies round the house.

[@brodywebb7859]

I actually won a claw machine toy at a mall once. It was toad from Mario which helped because its head was the perfect size for the claw

[@MidstForger]

Cool channel bro, subscribed. It’s neat that you get to go around testing all this stuff and get paid for it - living the dream! Good on ya

[@fredbearbutters5609]

I find claw machines really easy, atleast in my experience. I’ve gotten like 4 different toys from just 2 different machines.

[@carolbledsoe538]

I won a dolpin and another animal from the claw machine at Wal-Mart. While the dolphin was picked up, it knocked the other animal in the slot.

[@thornmallow1]

They are absolutely skill based. I really wish that people would STOP giving up after they unearth a prize and just win the darn thing!

[@BingChillingCitizen]

How they work is after a claw machine gets a stuffed animal, the next one is weak. It’ll be weak for a lot more tries. Then it will get stronger. But it still can fail during that time, so it’ll keep being strong. You can get it even when it’s weak, but it’ll make the rest weak. The claw machine becomes weak and strong.

[@rasbearity6594]

That plushy is so cute lmao

[@anthonygentile8968]

Beyond a scam, its a crime

[@arcadeclawpro2851]

Depending which machine you play. Around where I live (in New Jersey), there are a lot of claw machines that are Play Until You Win.

[@N0Fupy]

its like "LETS GO GAMLING"' and end with "AH DANG IT" 😅

[@donaldcarr26-ff3ko]

Most of them have tension settings inside the machine for the claw. So if the owner is feeling generous, which they never are. They can either pick up a brick or not pick up a piece of styrofoam.

[@makssharshkin7611]

Claw machines are scams because the claws are so weak that it couldn't hold the toy.

[@Hero-3]

You can’t buy it single though. You have to buy it in bulk. So you would have to spend 150-300 just to have that specific plush. And I don’t think you want 50-130 plush. So $8-15 isn’t too bad. You walk into any mall plush store you’re spending $8 on average retail. $15+for license plush.

[@novafiregalaxy204]

Depends on skill and the payout rate. The gas station at the end of the road had one for years. I won 12 times in a week.

[@danielwhitmore6244]

My grandad used to work in q factory that made these, and he says that they use weaker springs to make it harder.

[@SilentDecepticon]

I’d call $11 for a $2 toy a scam.

[@Cloud-xr4cg]

I spent 20$ on a claw machine once and one 6 or 7 toys. I'm good at claw machines.

[@s1ow_DayZ]

Nah that “keymaster” machine be creasing me to the bone 😭😭

[@rachelxx1991]

My dad is good at the claw machines. We had a trash bag full of stuffed animals from claw machines that he won for my mother.

[@RetroPennsylvania]

At least at my Walmart the claw machines have a payout of like 9 dollars per win

[@thecutealena3601]

11 dollars for a just one toy is crazy 💩

[@burnum]

More so nowadays with the grip loosened on the claw.

[@ResiEvilGuru]

It limits the power to the claw to make you lose and once it feels like that its made money off of you then it will not limit the power to the claw and let you win

[@R0BL0X_Y2K78]

His face when the toy is coming in the price chute 😂❤😊

[@NanobanaKinako]

Yup, this is the only machine that isn't a scam. The rest are.

[@KiritoNoiharaQuartz]

Claw machines can be set to any pay rate to win. I used one inside a pizza place and won 5 stuffies in a row. Only lost my first try. Total of 6 tries on that thing. It all depends on if they are stuck or not.

[@kingi7894]

The pizza place in my hometown had a claw machine. I eventually learned how to position the claw in a way that it would easily lift the toy and I started winning almost every time. After about the third teddy bear they changed the game out for a new one that barely even closes the claw.

[@drbanana8778]

The claws go to only 40% strength after you grab the thing so that is drops, unless the 1/whatever the operator chooses is right. Rigged

[@projectkingpin4066]

It took 11 tries to get it because the machine is rigged to give you a tighter grip the more money you waste on it. Thats why it didnt even close the first time.

[@ClawMachineWins]

This crane is manufactured by Rainbow Inc so these machines are actually all skill based not rigged

[@Tajworks]

I was gonna say first but I have braincells

[@Game_Geek_]

First

[@lu0912302727]

First

[@NVS3992]

First x3

[@CivilizedOfficial]

First or Fourth

[@KrystPl]

but in the fifth word, you said "first" so that means you... still have braincells cuz u didnt say anything if you still say it.

[@Pixelezs]

It's always when you think you lost all hope

[@lGH05Tl]

recently, there have been multiple claw machines here where the claw didn't even close at all. that's definitely not a coincidence

[@gokublacktube7665]

As kid i train alot by my own money until i make 4 success tries out of 5 fr i still have the skill

[@williamsyoutubechannel9820]

Can you come to Canada and try their snacks?

[@WhatIsTomeeDoingNow]

its like listening to a windows destruction all over again :,)

[@ninjatubes9219]

99% of gamblers quit before they win big

[@samchu5890]

Claw machines are like the carnival. All make profit. You spend big bucks on winning a prize that literally costs about $2.

[@DrGameboyPHD]

I worked at an arcade/amusement park back in 2004 (SW Florida) and the one machine, when doing basic maintenance on it, I noticed there's two knobs. 1) is for the initial grip. You can make it SUPER strong, and 2) the other knob is for the carry strength from the grabbing of the prize to the chute. So I noticed it was rigged for everyone to lose, so when I quit I cranked both up to max grip and left. When I came back a week later, nearly every prize was gone. Take that ya filthy animals!

[@thearcadehackerofficial]

It’s a sugarloaf. Fixed strength. Not payout.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

You are a true gentleman

[@MyDogTheTom]

Some arcade machines keep giving you tries until you win one

[@FallenOfSolaCida]

Just go buy her a stuffed animal.

[@whynohappen3712]

Yea most ones in arcades usually have a control by the operator that determines how hard the claw is going to grip after a certain amount of attempts

[@artg6700]

Girlfriend just broke up with me :/ seeing you two happy together makes me feel a little better

[@angelajeon1562]

Easier way is you see the tag on them? If your lucky enough to the claw machine to get on the the tag. And it picks up and drops that’s how you get it

[@debbstraw579]

Let be real, nobody would go out of their way to buy a $2 generic plush. Its alot more valuable to us when theirs a challenge for them. And when we win its a good memory of the time you won it

[@noisypr6048]

I mean yeah you can buy it for 2 bucks but that feeling you get by winning it I think is worth it

[@xoxo.mel.the.goddess]

If it has grips, it's not rigged.

[@Foxy_Bully]

In my country, it's not a scam, I got like 12 dolls from the same place😂

[@Никита-р2щ1р]

I got like 50 or so

[@theowinslow9566]

I think the price of the toy compared to the amount spent on the game doesn’t really matter because you are mostly paying for the experience of winning a toy yourself instead of just buying a lousy $1 toy

[@marylesperance8859]

This is like gambling, you don't it for the prize you do it for the happiness it brings you

[@Krusha_ParodyGuy]

I once won a Sonic plush from a claw machine that I think only took me one or 2 tries. Most claw machines are basically about angles and lining it properly up. I’d gotten my Sonic plush when it was grabbed right on the head

[@TYEArcade]

I LOVE the Walmart claw machines

[@stelthy3450]

Gotta calculate in the experience of it as a whole. You played a game. You had let down, excitement, close calls, and for 11 dollars, you got your girl a gift. Buying it for 2 dollars would have been far less thought and meaning.