N.J. state investigators test boardwalk games of chance for impossible odds

We all suspect it, but is it true? Are boardwalk games rigged? State investigators from an under-the-radar unit at the state's Division of Consumer Affairs will often follow up on complaints by covertly visiting outlets at peak hours and ferreting out violations of the laws that govern "games of chance." That can mean anything from lopsided basketball hoops, to immovable prizes, to darts missing the fins that keep them steady. Despite the widespread notion that boardwalk game operators tilt the odds in their favor, investigators with the DCA's Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission say most licensed operators are in compliance. The games are just hard. Commission officers joined county health officials at the boardwalk in Point Pleasant yesterday to launch the state's "Safe Summer 2011" task force. In addition to assessing the level of fair play, officials also tested food and toys. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-Ledger)

[@ZeeVolte]

Little Susie it looks like your darts are missing a fin, I'm going to have to detain you.

[@Texass117]

Maybe we can work something out and I won't have to call the police!!!

[@Lurod_]

Steven Phelps hmmm

[@stevethea5250]

@@Texass117 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@lmaonah2260]

LOL

[@mynintendogamingfeed5208]

Nope. You, Susie, are going straight into Death Row, immediately.

[@Grungulon]

There needs to be a tv show about these investigators.

[@ObiTrev]

Air Bud It wouldn't last long.

[@SamuelKLT]

+ObiTrev It doesn't have to last long, it just needs to bring in revenue.

[@brandonwagner4129]

Ik there should be

[@EIfinlocks]

Josh B lolya

[@justkeepitoriginal]

They should call it the jersey shore

[@thomasfamilyentertainment9720]

So, What are you in jail for? Well, I was missing a fin on my dart game.

[@bryanthardin5323]

Thomas Family Entertainment lmao

[@lovejetfuel4071]

Hey, in America you never know, they give jail Sentences out like its prozac

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

@@lovejetfuel4071 that’s for sure, plus they don’t even give Prozac away in America lmao

[@Kushomatik11]

Who on gods green earth spends 50 dollars on a claw machine.

[@joshschneider3134]

Yeah but shes hot

[@detanaka5131]

That’s how gambling gets you. Once you’re in you don’t want to stop lol

[@newstarcadefan]

If you think that's bad...you ain't seen nothing yet in the coin pusher.

[@cranium33333]

Mc? The 2 idiots that said they did😂

[@TwoStacks217]

The kind of person that has $50 to waste on a crane machine

[@tria7271]

Exposing people for scamming other seems like a pretty fun job

[@joecascade5105]

I would like to expose these investigators for fraud, in that they are over paid metermaid hall monitor/cops, who do the least they can for New Jersey citizens, in exchange for their high salaries. Corrupt police union of New Jersey drains the livelihood of citizens of N.J.

[@thomasfamilyentertainment9720]

Actually, it's very bad for small business. They were nit picking.

[@theerealatm]

john raponkus exactly... wtf kinda job is this? No way they pay a livable wage and if they do... someone is getting ripped off in the grand scheme. You can literally never have A hard days work with this kinda job.

[@elielsaf3362]

I want to see an HBO miniseries about a hardened, deep undercover, veteran of the consumer carnie investigation bureau (or whatever they are called), just burned out and taking justice into his own hands.

[@walterbabst2218]

0:57 like she gives a shit, just a teenage worker earning minimum wage.

[@dtczyk8976]

+Joey Baseball dude people who work at banks don't give a shit

[@Kanders190]

+pkmanlol6 She may not be responsible when it comes to potential fines but as the operator on duty she is responsible for fixing the violations. I would assume that the faulty darts would just need to stopped being used until they are repaired. That is her responsibility to remove them from use until that's done.

[@walterbabst2218]

Kanders190 Yeah but i'm guessing the owner or manager/boss didn't explain to her that faulty darts need to be removed. She can claim ignorance. Get off your fucking high horse, she's just a worker, blame the owner or manager.

[@Kanders190]

+Walter Babst Haha what high horse? It doesn't matter that she's "just a worker" and it doesn't matter if she claims ignorance. The people that do these audits don't care that she's "just a teenager worker earning minimum wage", if she's the one there operating the game, she has to know what to do. They give you two options. Fix the problem or shut down. I've had experience with similar groups like the guys in the video and they are usually pretty nice. They tell you exactly what you need to do to fix the problem. I'm sure they just told her that those particular darts can't be used anymore until they are repaired. I'm sorry that you're upset at my preposterous idea that the individual working there would have to do her job. My bad, yo.

[@jasonx2539]

dad+Kanders190

[@hellsingscult6929]

What kind of a world do we live in when you can't even trust carnies

[@havoc3147]

Hellsing's Pyre insert joker society meme

[@chrisd5554]

you could never trust them lol

[@pokes986]

That's how they make their money lol all the games are rigged... you should know that. It's the fun of playing that people don't mind spending money to try

[@MrNateSPF]

@@pokes986 The prizes cost less than the price to play, so they don't lose money when you win. Obviously they need to pay employees, rent, electric, etc. so they don't want everyone to win, but it needs to be possible to win.

[@pokes986]

Spoken like a die hard Carney! Lmao

[@TheNastyJ]

I'd watch a reality show following theses guys state to state busting Carnival Games, and hope they'd stop here.

[@skrtiee]

i would just watch cause it seems interesting.

[@maj12boy]

Nas

[@hikoplays]

that would be a good idea

[@tywright2060]

K

[@Kevin-fr2zx]

Nasty J ®™ At Santas Enchanted Forest

[@ROGER2095]

My uncle had a concession on the Jersey boardwalk back in the 50's - It was the game where there were three milk bottles stacked up and you had to knock them down with a ball. Then one summer there was a terrible hurricane and it destroyed the entire boardwalk. When the storm ended, the only thing left standing was. . . . those three milk bottles. (Woody Allen)

[@walitas747]

ROGER2095 superglue is a marvelous invention ain’t it

[@allanwatts2357]

😂😂😂

[@bitmundane5688]

MAGNETS!!!!

[@Callabungah]

Oh poop, he cheated

[@normieslayer1169]

Damn that game Hella rigged.

[@M3Vader]

It’s actually nice to know there are investigators policing these “chance” games.

[@kurtlessnar8497]

No it’s not bozo do they do this for casinos I can guarantee they don’t

[@fierykilljoy5921]

@@kurtlessnar8497 i can assure you there are people investigating those games and if they are fair i used to work on a show for 15 years those games are heavily regulated and checked at every spot and they are all able to be played and won whether the player has the skill to do so is on them the are meant to be a challenge.

[@DI-uk9rj]

@@kurtlessnar8497 Casinos are maybe the single worst example you could have thought of, Casinos are extremely regulated and monitored

[@theerealatm]

What a dumb job... waste of money.

[@willgregg1076]

@@theerealatm it pays

[@HardlyWins]

I never understood why the claw games with the stuffed animals were rigged to that extent. The thing can't cost more than 2 cents to make and you're making it so every $100 dollars that goes into the machine causes it to spit out one.

[@mcshakycheese7396]

+SoaR Hardly The games all have internal settings that you can adjust to change the difficulty of the game. The most common thing to do is to set a "payout ratio," which would allow for the claw to grip with appropriate strength every x out of y times. Of course, this doesn't help the case shown in the video where the prize is impossible to grab, regardless of the strength of the claw. It's similar to gambling in that you're paying for the chance to be that lucky person the jackpot lands on, but you've got to go in with the mindset knowing that there is not that much skill involved. I tend to stick to the actual skill based games, because knowing what I know makes the other games a whole lot less fun.

[@Brettlifts]

i love you hardly

[@starandfox601]

actually the plush cost more then 2 cents they often cost at a least dollar for smaller generic plush.once you start talking bigger licensed plush it starts to get into the 10 to 15 dollar range. also they aren't all impossible to win(they actually legally can't be).older claws can't be rigged to change pay out and even on ones with set pay out rates if you are skilled enough you can beat the claw.also if they really are impossible to win call the game board cause legally all claw machines have to be win able.

[@elleynde]

+SoaR Hardly because it's the best $ trap out there for a nice parent. you walk by with the kids, kids point at one of the plush toys, and you want to be the nice dad or the cool mom that beat the game to get the prize for a small price, yet you flunk 10 or maybe even 20$ and can't get it out or to get it. 1 to 5$ plush bring in 100% profit and more.

[@thearcadehackerofficial]

+SoaR Hardly not always, some machine have a payout rate. i own my very own machine.and i can make it to where, i can win a prize every single time, workers do it so they can make money, yea the prize cost more than 2 cents to make, but the owner has to buy that for more than a dollar each! the owner isn't the one who makes them, he sells them, this is known as vending.

[@biker932012]

Rigged or not, if you spend $50 at one claw machine, that's on you.

[@kymd9887]

biker932012 Yeah only a fool would keep spending cash after losing constantly. I would stop after $3 or 3 tries max.

[@Hey_its_Koda]

5 bucks limit. Damn 50? Dont take that girl to the casino. Lol

[@Nationof300]

True lol

[@seaturtledog]

Steve Martin in the Jerk figured it out that the prizes are junk, so the operator can't lose. In fact I would pay them not to give me one of those giant animals that are made in China.

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Oh It's a profit game!

[@dylansullivan380]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@jetta.josh4]

KZbin Heroes wear capes...

[@pika62221]

Harambe is Batman, they faked his death!!

[@jerryrose4446]

Dylan Sullivan Not all dictators are foreign.

[@alexj.5207]

Dylan Sullivan yeah

[@WallyCODM]

Dylan Sullivan Deadpool

[@tcsbaseball1]

What do you want to be when you grow up kid? “I want to work for the Division of consumer affairs and make sure nobody cheats on dart throwing!”

[@winstonsmith3696]

It's more of a job you find yourself at after your wife divorced you because you lost your job at the DMV

[@Iamonepercent]

@@winstonsmith3696 lol lose your job at the DMV, that doesn't happen.

[@zp-4373]

tcsbaseball1 wouldn’t actually mind that job, it pays well.

[@jeromycaballero91]

"I just spent 50 bucks on that one." There's your problem right there.

[@maxbui276]

"So what do you do for a living?" "Oh yeah I check to see if carnival games aren't rigged"

[@dicksonyurmouf5477]

Still makes 5x your salary, sadly.

[@millardfilmore1403]

considering they get paid by the state, I highly doubt that.

[@Kooaid-9]

I'd be proud to say that xDDD

[@smorcsavage9234]

albeit tho a salary of 25k-30k a year to just walk around checking claws 40 hours a week 5 days on a set schedule isn't bad for the average unmotivated american.

[@maxbui276]

Dirty Dan im still in school ya dingus

[@funnyhappyharry746]

We all remember toy story. We'll see the claw game is this simple, you didn't choose the claw, the claw didn't choose you.

[@davidmann9467]

funnyhappyharry the claaaaw!

[@Cause023]

funnyhappyharry You're incorrect. The Claw is much simpler than that. Close your eyes and be the claw.

[@clawkings833]

Being a KZbinr who films claw machines, I can tell you that's not the case. Every claw they investigated here was made by a company called "Elaut" that makes rigged claw machines. Most claw machines are just skill, or have a payout rate of 1 to 4. You can watch some of our videos if you need proof.

[@TheDopedup]

Claw Kings you film claw machines? momma must be proud lol

[@Cause023]

TheDopedup Fucking savage lol

[@SpecialEDy]

I was a manager at a restaurant with an arcade, I used to ask the arcade techs questions whenever they came out. One of them showed me the control box in the claw machine, it is programmed to know the cost of the prizes and the cost to play. Only after it had made back the cost of the prize in tokens, would the computer increase the claw strength for random players. The odds were fixed to 1:300 for that particular game.

[@Gumbocinno]

Man that one little girl was like 15, chill out she's just trying to make a few bucks.

[@alexanderchippel]

She wouldn't have gotten in any trouble. The owner of the stand would.

[@calvin3448]

She was probably a worker or volunteer of a fundraiser.

[@DarkReapersGrim1]

Little Becky is going to learn today.

[@chriss4258]

They totally did chill, and just told her one dart is broken...

[@Conservingtheworld]

Gordon "butch nigga" Ramsay

[@dariusrucker7854]

Narrator: Tantilizing prizes like Black Berries Me: This is at least 10 years old

[@loudmouf9246]

Matthew Nichols black berries are the shit.

[@ItsJustAllyHer3]

Close. 8 years.

[@richferguson6860]

The videos new, the prizes are 10 years old because nobody won them yet

[@knucklecutter1188]

@@richferguson6860 lol

[@zstick]

I appreciate them keeping the games honest, but let's not pretend that the 16-year-olds working them have any say in how the games are designed, constructed, or carried out. Yeah, maybe one or two of them they have some influence in the set up, but almost all of them are just employees, right?

[@jeezythecat]

They're not gonna slap her in cuffs bro, she just happened to be running the booth when the inspector came lol. Of course the owner is responsible.

[@zstick]

Yeah I know, it just sucks that the kids working the booths get stuck in the middle answering the inspectors' questions when they don't really have any meaningful answers to give.

[@ThoosieJP]

She will end up telling her superviser or it will end up going to the company running the booth there just telling her whats going on.

[@ronyeahright9536]

so? The 16 year old is the one that is there on the premises, so who else should the state investigator be talking to? The owner is certainly almost never there, right?

[@SallyGucci]

Shrigis I have to disagree because if u are in a car with somebody and the do a crime you don’t even have to kno about it but somehow you still guilty in the court of law same thine

[@kaduisaui4596]

The poor girl running the balloon stand...

[@ppavacado419]

Kadui Saui lucky i want to run one for fun

[@ppavacado419]

insted of sitting my ass on my ps4

[@johnmiller7220]

Kadui Saui She is the master mind behind the whole thing nation wide maybe even world wide. Little girl... I don't think so she was sent by the Russians to take all our quarters and dollar bills. NO ONE WOULD EVER GIVE HER A SECOND LOOK. Well you can't fool me, I see the lies....you're in on it aren't you.

[@reesalvin6539]

Ya missing a fin here, gonna put this one aside

[@christophersmith8486]

She was like “bro I just work here” 😂😂😂😂

[@ohno7454]

im glad these people exist

[@12345balla12345]

This is perfect for a episode of South Park 😂

[@hirooooooo6848]

@Matthew Estrada which one?

[@hainedubstep]

@@hirooooooo6848 s02e13 "Cow Days"

[@apersonontheinternet7595]

*somehow wins the rigged iPad thing* “You uhh, can keep the plastic box! We can give you a discount too!”

[@skillethead15]

The first time I ever played a claw game I knew it was rigged. Those weak ass claws couldn’t hold a feather.

[@janpieter862]

Who the fuck spends 50 bucks on these machines???

[@MichaelMartinez777]

Freek Eigenraam youd be suprised

[@ashape-shiftingreptillian5659]

LEVELSABOVE *Their

[@dieselbiggins]

It's about the excitement of possibly winning, then getting the blow job!

[@nicklaswallin804]

haha jaa

[@jeezythecat]

Either somebody who is stunningly air-headed, or just has buckets of money to throw away.

[@ultra_ridge7]

Guy at the end was like "yeah MY $50 down the drain."

[@NuclearAbyss]

who is dumb enough to spend $50 dollars on a claw machine.

[@ironmatic1]

Alex Re Yeah, like it's easier and cheaper to just buy the toy instead of getting it from a claw.

[@user-hp6hx3bf8k]

Alex Re probably wasn't her 50. Haha

[@thormatt2963]

Simple. It's not her money....it's his. The only reason he gave it to her is because he thinks by doing so, he'll get some action later.

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

He won't though, she is just like omgz i wanna play the claw then 9/11 happened and the world was a different place.

[@dickurkel6910]

ironmatic 1 because it's satisfying to win

[@jaisheh]

A new crew to keep games fair. These are the heros we all need.

[@MightyYoungSir]

lol why they walk in like the mafia "one of these dart fins are missin' eh' huh??" :D

[@Mrkevi123]

Many of these newer games like the claw or digital games are programs to only allow a single win for every other 200game played or so. This means that even though you should have won, the game was programmed so you would lose unless that number had Ben satisfied.

[@aptsys]

Who is Ben and why do we need to satisfy him?

[@braulioluna3394]

+Dr. Lecter lol

[@laddaevolta]

hahahah good one

[@theheat3615]

+Dr. Lecter Ben is the guy sitting inside the machine

[@Meekerextreme]

They understand how the games work, do you and Ben?

[@geminirox8635]

took a girl on a date to movie theater and the claw game was set to win every time. Literally cleared that thing out of prizes. Couldn't carry them all

[@Froz3nProduce]

I found the same thing at a Dave & Buster's. I started giving the prizes to kids around me; I had nowhere to put them haha.

[@bmil38]

Lol it's the same with those spiky balls, a machine had 50 balls in it and I won all of them I was questioned about my bag of balls and I told them that they need to watch the security cameras

[@KSUcasey13]

+naw nope There used to be a claw machine like that at a Red Robin near my house. I literally never lost.

[@justinneilsonn2665]

Investigator: Is this the first time you were inspected this year? Little Girl: yeaah

[@Dornatum]

Oh Jesus, when you say it like that 😂

[@PiranhaJaw22]

"i just spent $50 on that one!" glad i'm not with her!

[@ASAP_Kenny]

The narrator sounds like a nerdy version of the watchmojo host

[@man5379]

Q

[@jinhaung457]

Jimbles Notronbo

[@danseo1996]

I was expecting the Serial opening theme to start.

[@lukewilliams6193]

Dead 💀💀💀💀

[@thedoodovaryondeer3003]

These type of people suck. They rig the games and make people spend money. Good thing we have these inspectors making sure everything is a-okay.

[@jordantyo7839]

"Make people spend money." Just wanted to highlight that.

[@OneLove-ij2ss]

Yeah, last week some Carny pulled a gun on me and forced me to spend $20 bucks on his rigged ring toss game. I didn't want to play his rigged game, but he made me. Damn Carny's.

[@VagueMemory]

"They rig the games and make people spend money." .. What a ridiculous statement. These people do not make you spend money and smart people do not waste money at games like this because they are aware the games are obviously meant to give you very little chance of winning and that the prizes are never worth the investment. If you are losing money at these games, you should be blaming yourself every bit as much as the game operators.

[@Bangcat]

@@VagueMemory My arcade simply wanted to give people more tickets if they did well at a game. The Games of Chance Commission called it gambling and said we had to give everyone the same amount of tickets. That's what these commission people really are everywhere that's not one of their precious, 'designated resort areas.' They're not the heroes this fluff piece stands them up to be.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Don't say it that way, thedood. What the concessions are forcing upon the player is a different lower probability of winning than the agreed-upon probability of winning.

Put $10 in the change machine and got $9.99 back!

[@97336cf]

I once found an owners manual for a claw machine in the basement of a former job. Reading it revealed that it could actually be set for a number of different cheats, such as programming when the claw has enough strength to pick up an object; or even how many tries you get when before claw moves a few MM as it lowers to miss the object

[@walkerhartfield5306]

Every state should have this

[@ImAlrightITHINK]

"not all heroes wear capes" this is the greatest example.

[@JanMichael-Vincent]

I was wondering why this was in my recommended, but then it turned out to be interesting said no person ever

[@rushxeno8891]

It's hilarious how they talk like they are sport coaches 😂🤣

[@KNGexp]

Thank you for making NJ Boardwalks a fun, fair experience. The state is the best to play Arcades & Casinos. The most reasonable aspect is right how the man said it. There has to be the ability to actually win, you can't just rig it.

I hate KZbin's new algorithm.

[@Sammyg123]

Jım Holguín me too

[@The_Viktor_Reznov]

Then why did you even click the video?

[@Dom-Perignon]

Viktor Reznov to complain

[@The_Viktor_Reznov]

iCeleport Fair enough I guess.

[@lait3967]

KZbinS DA ENEMY LIKE IF U AGREE!!!! (uses the site anyway)

[@livefree1030]

you can adjust the claw tension and release timer settings.

[@Magic_Mann]

morelli tech how

[@msport_erick]

Mario Hernandez there's a box that has a dial which changes the tension and timing (when the claw will grip and how much). You can find videos on KZbin or google it

[@livefree1030]

yup, my cousin owns a vending business and he has a claw machine at his house. during family events he adjust the setting so all the kids are guaranteed to get a prize every try.

[@Tofuey]

Don't play claw games. Rarely are the not rigged.

[@padminishrivastav7598]

owen west most of them have payout rates but if it has super expensive stuff it probably is illegal and rigged

[@MrFroggyMan]

M I've never played a claw game that was rigged

[@MrFroggyMan]

J.R. Spingly nope

[@kakarotjr7877]

legend has it that the investigators are still contemplating whether to check out the faulty $50 claw machine...

[@vincentcappello4746]

This is incredible. I am 100% convinced Gateway 26 on Wildwoods Boardwalk rigs every crane game they have. The prizes are too heavy, or buried way too deep in the plastic beads. It also seems like the grips on the claw is just not strong enough. The thing about these investigations is, once they are done what is the frequency of which they go back? They can just reset it back to their cheating ways once the investigations are done.

[@eep9391]

Why the actual fuck was this recommended to me?

[@V_morales98]

BigSharkHands same here

[@jorthover6191]

BigSharkHands same

[@austinrhoden3008]

BigSharkHands sameee

[@nyusufffff]

Same here. Not even mad though the video was mad interesting

[@levelsabove7631]

This video hurt my brain to the point where I pooed on the floor and didn't clean it up.

[@HotrodsMotorcycling]

I used to be able to win on the old claw machines, the new ones are a lot harder to win on.

[@Mrbradboy1]

at 3:29 with those cases the claw had to grab the handle, otherwise it's going to be very difficult.!!

[@MrHeman55]

Actually there are things that can loosen the newer machines and make the claw able too hold less it's real

[@huntzkush]

Because you're winning $500+ prizes

[@seahawks1185]

Claw games have tension screws on the claws to adjust the strength in which it grips and opens, most of them are set so loose it's a miracle to win anything.

[@AbsoluteRandomness]

my brother won an iPad a few years back. The other people in the arcade treated us like celebrities and watched us play other games.

[@GiTxSHuM]

I went to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk last month and in the game room, I just watched this mother spend two hours on a fortnite doll with the jackpot key to win in the claw machine. I know cause it is at the main entrance of the place and when I left she was still there yelling at the machine. That’s determination.

[@Great_America]

Lesson to learn? Don’t play these games.

[@NotoriousRG]

If you spend $50 on a claw machine... Without winning anything from it, I'm sorry but that is due to your own stupidity.

[@NotoriousRG]

john papple Lol. The thing is, I agree with you. You're 100% right... BUT if you (the person in the video) is going to complain about losing $50 on a claw machine, why wouldn't you stop feeding it money after losing the first $5-$10? ..Hell even if you're dumb enough to put $25 in a claw machine without winning anything, why wouldn't you stop after that amount? ..The ONLY logical reason I can come up with is that they were having fun doing it so therefore maybe it was worth losing $50.. There is a problem with that idea too. I can't see having the time on my life on a claw machine to the point where I forget how hard I work for a few slices of paper. Anyways, FUCK MONEY, GET BITCHES, amIrite? You tryin to come over to my place & drink a few shots of olive oil & punch a sperm whale in it's punk-ass dorsal fin?

[@Daniel-qf5un]

+Notorious Peez its the fun that counts. better than going to a football game and spending 500$ on tix

[@NotoriousRG]

Jeff Smith Lol. Exactly. Hell. I might invest with you. lol. Let's make some $$$.

[@JPMorganSuckBalls]

They're in communist NJ...let that state go under water including liberals.

[@garyjohal7825]

+john papple Why not just buy a bear from the store smh

[@26scribble]

these guys are childrens heros

[@loganfiscus3818]

So true

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

Carnies.. small hands, and smell like cabbage

[@one7decimal2eight]

Da' Beetus Cat. rofl.

[@Ezrax77]

Was Trump a carnie?

[@Hey_its_Koda]

Lol

[@carminecdinoproductions]

Blinky Pinky Inky and Clyde WE’RE BEING SCAMMED!

[@Astrithor]

Solid reference game there. The other thing? NUCLEAR WAR.

[@brendonrausch5894]

Moe: "This rim is slanted, seize him!" Curly: "Yeah, I sees him" Larry: "Yeah, he's right there" Moe: Slaps them both

[@Nesto38]

So these are what hall monitors grow up to be. Hero's of the people.

[@sammyb7134]

Who knew that carnival game police was a real thing if I was that kid working I would think they're pranking me or some shit

[@dolomikal]

It's outrageous that tax dollars are spent regulating these things

[@ccggenius]

It's Jersey... preserving the integrity of the boardwalk is a cultural heritage thing.

[@Kawlinz]

I'm so glad taxes pay for the salaries of people to investigate carnival games.

[@jonedbob8851]

+Kawlinz Me too! Carneys are the real terrorists!

[@MrBath1985]

+Kawlinz and you think thats the only job they do ? and that there are like thousands of them? stupid

[@Kawlinz]

MrBath1985 I dont care if they only do this one day per 10 year period. It's still a waste.

[@MrBath1985]

Ok so conning people out of money and prizes is ok?

[@Kawlinz]

+MrBath1985 it's only a con if you're a dumb shit. maybe someone like you would fall for it.

[@Gears1Fan]

I am from New Jersey and i can assure you, this is the most New Jersey thing I've ever seen.

[@genxmurse7019]

Just buy your precious prizes online. It's a lot cheaper!

[@fangzea]

It's not really about getting them, but winning them.

[@thecrippledpancake9455]

Don’t give money to these phonies!

[@jaspermp3674]

It's more money buying a ps4 in a claw machine than it is online

[@Comicsandstuff]

The pleasure is to play, make no difference what you say.

[@MadWorldDesigns]

I still love it when people see a $400 prize in a $1.00 game and hear them complain that they can't win everytime lol. Of course some games are rigged. It doesn't mean you can't win. You just have to play and hope the game is ready to pay out. That is why you play a few time and walk away.

[@erikf6849]

these guys are the real mvp

[@jbrady8755]

These guys are true heroes tbh

[@michaelparker2449]

Most of these claw machines work by it being set to only give the claw enough strength to hold after a certain amount of plays.

[@randomvideos-df1gx]

yeap. The ones that are stack the blocks game until a certain amount is fed into the machine the top one or two rows have a fraction of a second speed up and a fraction of a second delay when you push the button on the one it has to stop on. It is imperceptible to the human eye and mind. If you record it with a high speed camcorder you can see it and you can hear the click of the button and compare the speed in whice it stops the first few times when the last row it can see the difference.

[@netrogue1]

+Michael Parker Correct.

[@bigmacattk]

Most ofthe manufactures of the claw game allows owners to set the odds of winning manually. You are right, strength not given til a certain amount of plays

[@eltravo2112]

Carnie: All you have to do is get the ball through Jennifer Love Hewitts mouth. Kyle: Shenanigans! I’m declaring shenanigans!

[@rivergraham3323]

Trav D. South Park reference

[@loon2032]

The only thing I wish government would step in on.

[@berywildbrielle]

"Yeah it's rigged but I've been playing for hours anyway" 🙄

[@raulreyes7139]

Brielle Dior why?

[@TwoStacks217]

Were you at the beach when you left this comment if so that's hilarious

[@sportagus3]

Here's a question, why would you keep spending the money if you keep losing. Dummy's are why the claw machine stay in business. I think I'll put one in my house for my visitors

[@Mr.StrongVII]

We "dummies" use the claw machines and put out hard earned cash for the fun of the game. These people who investigate the machines to insure the fun, difficulty, and reward of the games. Another reason why we play these games is the high risk, high reward. It's no fun to work 8 hours, for the past 2-4 weeks, just to get your giant angry bird plushy or iPad 2. I have a point so don't try to argue with me.

[@SmokeyBluntRoach]

this dummy has no problems winning. last time i spent a few on a claw machine, i walked away with a walking dead plush zombie, a green domo, a thor plush, a raphael plush, a transformers hat (optimus prime) and a knock-off angry bird and a few random bears for my two kids. the true "dummies" are the ones trying to win prizes that are buried, or ones that the claw doesn't fit around, causing the claw to slide right off. now games like key master, stacker, and other modern machines can actually have odds set, as high as 1 in 2500 at random. at random means it could be game 50, or it could be game 2031 that wins. so for example stacker, thats up to 2,500 games possibly considering you can get to the major prize line every time. then again, if there has been 1000 games played, and 1001 is the magic number set at random by the machine, and you get to the major prize line, you can win an ipad. the more expensive the prizes, the higher the odds. just gotta know what to look for and what to expect.

[@billwaters6528]

Guys its just people having fun, why the need to call them dummies. I like playing the cranes, seeing something and then trying to win it. I also like seeing other people playing and the smiles on little kids faces when maybe their parent wins a prize they were trying for. If you don't win or its a bad crane you walk away and try another. And I do have one in my house.

[@StevenGabbard]

SmokeyBluntRoach Sounds like you walked away with a bunch of garbage. But, glad you won.

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

yeah some of those claw machines only fully grab every 15-20 tries, but in this case, the box was way to heavy

[@Lyro92]

The thing is that it should never be too heavy to never get. It's not a game where you have to pick the right box, it's supposed to be about skill in order to grip something the right way. That's the point.

[@ShiftyReaperGaming]

3:12 the games operator is like damn I was caught scamming people! 😂😂😂😅

[@alejandroarellano9071]

They should add rubber tips to the claws

[@mathewparrett]

They should add a brick to the prize.

[@ralphnortham1314]

Has the state of NJ run out of options on ways to waste money

[@smorcsavage9234]

heh, people wouldn't have to do that if we weren't already scouring the couch cushions of the 1%.

[@cooliomoo7404]

How can you call the 1% greedy when they contribute a huge amount in taxes that benefit everyone?

[@smorcsavage9234]

Coolio MOO but they don't. I guess you don't know how many breaks they get from taxes. It's kind of a huge topic in every election lol...

[@cooliomoo7404]

The 1% pays for around 40% of all federal income tax. That seems pretty fair. While some do find loopholes the only reason they do is because the tax rate is so high.

[@kurtsaidwhat]

Coolio MOO but the top 1% owns 90% of the nation's wealth

[@speedosam5221]

The old guy being a hard add to that young girl. lmao, Id watch this show also

[@blokejr4801]

Speedo Sam *ass?

[@KarenRamirez-hz9bz]

Am I the only one who couldn’t see the thumbnail on the recommended or are y’all still wondering why this was even on our recommendeds😂💀

[@kaytea42]

Karen Ramirez yeah

[@song-rz6hi]

I imagine the guys who run those machines have to give "protection money" to the local goodfellows. Sony: "Eddie, wtf, how come your envelopes are so light nowadays?" Eddie: "They busted my machines, Sony---I got to run them straight now, and I ain't making no money." Sony: "So that's my problem?"

[@drewdawg4203]

Yea out of all of them the claw game is the most bullshity out of all of them

[@brnoamik]

If you get that hook in proper you can fish out some decent prizes.

[@MHupdates]

The basketball rims are usually bent for a definite miss

[@mrbow50001]

Not at my carnival, sometimes the ceiling is too low.

[@dmytronovycov6817]

Rich Porter or you just have a terrible shot

[@MHupdates]

Dmytro Novycov Lol naw, I've seen these rims from the side. They're definitely bent.

[@AxisX7]

Rich Porter The basketball carnival game across the Pavilion Arcade in Point Pleasant is actually winnable. It's really just a matter of watching other people play first, and see if any wins occur.

[@dailynewsforgta3058]

She's the woman who commentated the GTA online trailer

[@xXHomovWizard69Xx]

DailyNewsForGTA omg you're right

[@Kooaid-9]

DailyNewsForGTA oh yeah haha

[@rbreeze789]

DailyNewsForGTA "you can spend your money on fast cars or tatoos"

[@ethanp.535]

The carnival employees knew they were screwed right when they walked in the door LMAO

[@kevmmm]

Everybody knows their getting their money taken, people go there just to have fun.

[@11Kate23]

If an adult decides to waste $50 on a claw game, they deserve to lose $50 on a claw game.

[@flyboy2099]

On the claws, the owner/operator is LEGALLY allowed to rig it for larger payouts.

[@jacobmelanson3210]

But it can't be impossible though man. the iPhone claw game was impossible to do.

[@cs1maniac]

And yet these claw machines operate the same regardless of any inspections...

[@goldengemgamehacks2574]

You wanna know why? Government person: "We're coming to check your games." Theme park owner: "Technician! Make sure the machines always win for when the people come over!" Yeah that's why.

[@ac130bg]

Employees getting their games checked by inspectors like: 👁👄👁

[@JohnSmith-sb2et]

good for New Jersey for having these investigators I wonder does all states have these investigators

[@jamesfoley1359]

Who the hell spends 50 bucks on an arcade machine in Jersey, for the chance to win a 2 dollar stuffed animal

[@kille78]

So are there people that check the games at traveling carnivals and fairs? Because I've never seen a game at those that wasnt beyond obviously rigged.

[@happypremed1088]

Faith in humanity restored

[@Savage_Gamer777]

Jacqueline D you’re beautiful 😊

[@tacocat1938]

👍

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

They aren't really doing anything, just reporting it. If they try to shut the game down they just pay off the officials. Happens all the time with carnival games. I used to know somebody who ran one at the local fair and I saw it happen.

[@MonsterMetalManiac]

So sleazy... so many unethical, fixed games designed to fleece honest, unsuspecting hard working consumers. Should be outlawed.

[@Frenite]

It’s all about money, folks!

[@RolandDuke]

No really they're fixed? No way???

[@southcoastdub]

Raul Duke yeah they should be called the common sense enforcement agency

[@svenniepennie4237]

Thing is, if these games are rigged, which they are, they should be classified as games of chance. But they're not.

[@JustinRCampbell88]

I thought I've heard that those claw games could be programmed so that the claw is strong enough only a percentage of the time

[@luisnumba10]

SHENANIGANS!!! SHENANIGANS!!!!

[@chedderz66]

luisnumba10 get your broom!

[@Do_not_assume]

Even here in the UK, those claw games are COMPLETELY RIGGED. They sick you in with iphones, expensive computer gadgets. They should be banned.

[@kenweis7913]

The claw pressure is rigged to only give good grabs every 10th try

[@nickshaffer3991]

the game where you throw a ball into a tub, I once won that game

[@jakesmith6369]

I live in Ocean City New Jersey and I can confirm this 100%

[@muffinsandbeans714]

same here and they were in the same arcade i go to as well

[@KingKafei]

It's a fucking claw machine, of course it isn't strong enough to hold the prize unless you were playing after it hit it's set payout rate.

[@santiagoarvayo9190]

KingKafei they payout price doesn't matter in this situation, you saw them force it in the claw and the claw couldn't hold it

[@KingKafei]

It couldn't hold it because it didn't hit the payout yet. The claw is going to drop it every single time until the machine makes enough money so that the owner is leaving with a profit. Otherwise the owner would be throwing money away with the kind of prizes that were in that machine.

[@ShortFingeredShreder]

They're game inspectors, they know what they're doing. I'm sure they know that and overridden that system. It still wasn't strong enough.

[@KingKafei]

If the set the claw to it's strongest setting that's a problem to take up with the company creating the claw.

[@ShortFingeredShreder]

KingKafei Or how about the arcade that owns the machine doesn't put items in it that are impossible to grab? It's not the machine manufacture's fault.