It's not you. Claw machines are rigged.

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  • čas přidán 2. 06. 2015
  • If you have played a claw machine you probably haven't won many prizes and maybe even thought they are rigged. Find out what really happened to your allowance. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more: / philedwardsinc1
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Komentáře • 8K

  • @IJoeAceJRI
    @IJoeAceJRI Před 7 lety +1731

    How to win claw machine:
    Step 1: Break glass.
    Step 2: Claim Prize.

    • @user-lm6df2lv7y
      @user-lm6df2lv7y Před 7 lety +85

      This is amazing, I tried it and it worked! I'm not allowed to go there anymore, I guess it's because I'm too good!

    • @IJoeAceJRI
      @IJoeAceJRI Před 7 lety +21

      Cinnamon Apple Ikr?

    • @Vlaffffy
      @Vlaffffy Před 7 lety +53

      +JoeAceJR I'm so good that the police won't stop following me. I think they want me to give them tips.

    • @aggroknight4259
      @aggroknight4259 Před 7 lety +7

      JoeAceJR Step 3: Get banned from store/arcade/whatever.

    • @TheDeepThinker-sq3iy
      @TheDeepThinker-sq3iy Před 7 lety +9

      +Analytic31
      and step 4, possibly get jail time for breaking store property and illegally TAKING something that was not purchased..... lmao..

  • @paladin4074
    @paladin4074 Před 7 lety +12267

    I remember winning a toy from a claw machine for this random kid and he called me his hero.
    I felt so happy after that

  • @teddyxma627
    @teddyxma627 Před 5 lety +3886

    Me: * knowing this game is rig*
    *Still tries to win a toy*

  • @vitavukotic1236
    @vitavukotic1236 Před 4 lety +2161

    I remember once when I was a little kid, I was playing a claw machine. I couldn't win. Then this lady came up and she gave me every single coin she had until I won. Turns out she was the owner. 😂

    • @yg6484
      @yg6484 Před 4 lety +142

      Vita Vukotic nice story and nice owner.

    • @yg6484
      @yg6484 Před 4 lety +29

      Also how’s life?

    • @kittypixie.x
      @kittypixie.x Před 4 lety +20

      Where lol I’m going there😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @imfaraz9869
      @imfaraz9869 Před 4 lety +11

      What a story Mark

    • @kingdinodragonite3470
      @kingdinodragonite3470 Před 4 lety +11

      @@imfaraz9869 billy

  • @ZippetySticks
    @ZippetySticks Před 7 lety +1771

    Actually claw machines are not rigged. You just have to close your eyes and be the crane.

    • @jerbert6
      @jerbert6 Před 7 lety +82

      Sounds familiar

    • @bixeki4634
      @bixeki4634 Před 7 lety +56

      squidword just be the crane

    • @sansypaps7072
      @sansypaps7072 Před 7 lety +28

      ZippetySticks spongebob reference?

    • @regisord159
      @regisord159 Před 7 lety +64

      You didn't get a prize? You know what that means? It means you're a loser! I'm a winner see my prize, you're a loser who sits and cries!

    • @willbe_human
      @willbe_human Před 7 lety +27

      Be the crane.... be the crane...

  • @jaden6640
    @jaden6640 Před 7 lety +6745

    the sad thing is about 3 years ago i tried to explain this to a guy in my feild trip group to an amusment park but he wouldnt hear any of it and just said i'm an unskilled loser and was mad that i couldn't beat the machine. so i got pissed and walked away. about 10 minutes later he had a blue stuffed dog and boasted about how good he was. when it was time for lunch he only had 8 bucks left. the problem? he came to the park with 40 dollars. to make it worse in a gift shop at the end of a ride i saw the exact same blue dog for $3.50

    • @kikisburger111
      @kikisburger111 Před 7 lety +467

      **when reads comment** :o

    • @blade7506
      @blade7506 Před 7 lety +285

      Thundernugget LOL

    • @jerryhernandez1895
      @jerryhernandez1895 Před 7 lety +35

      Thundernugget Funny story HAHA

    • @kevflies
      @kevflies Před 7 lety +236

      i can picture all of that.lmao

    • @avril4119
      @avril4119 Před 7 lety +249

      Lol and whats worse is this story is porbably true. Like damn 32 frickin dollars?

  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos Před 5 lety +506

    The last time I played one of these, it was at Dave & Buster's. I got the toy, no sweat. Then as soon as it was suspended in air, the claw stopped and SHOOK IT OFF. At that point, I gave up.

    • @bullet4346
      @bullet4346 Před 4 lety +16

      Gabriel Schleifer bruh

    • @sunnycitruss
      @sunnycitruss Před 4 lety

      Was it the big one or a smaller claw machine?

    • @user-sd6lg8lf5c
      @user-sd6lg8lf5c Před 4 lety +49

      Gabriel Schleifer Now that’s true scamming, you should’ve like called the guys that own it and they would refund you or maybe even give more as an apology because seriously man that’s ridiculous.

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos Před 4 lety +2

      @@sunnycitruss Big one.

    • @hewhiz8985
      @hewhiz8985 Před 3 lety

      Gabriel Schleifer, I won 4 prizes at Dave and Buster’s just from claws and I’ve had similar amounts there several times.

  • @thefallenleaf8029
    @thefallenleaf8029 Před 5 lety +1329

    Those claw machines are cheating us. *_Why don't we cheat on them as payback?_*

    • @dailahaggan3535
      @dailahaggan3535 Před 5 lety +22

      The Fallen Leaf how

    • @vedran3775
      @vedran3775 Před 5 lety +126

      @@dailahaggan3535 just break the glass XD

    • @tabsicegiant369
      @tabsicegiant369 Před 5 lety +81

      Or simply not playing them at all

    • @breadbug6101
      @breadbug6101 Před 5 lety +28

      Blast the glass with a 12 gauge
      Because 12 gauges solve all your problems

    • @Bananappleboy
      @Bananappleboy Před 4 lety +25

      No, you have to throw eggs at it at infinite times. Glory to Howtobasic eggs.

  • @samadamson2194
    @samadamson2194 Před 7 lety +4088

    The claw machine be like,"It's not you, It's me."

  • @EiSen_A
    @EiSen_A Před 5 lety +4507

    How to win
    1.put a blindfold
    2.think you are the crane
    3.control the controller
    4.win and repeat

    • @Half-V
      @Half-V Před 5 lety +351

      Spongebob can only do that *correctly*

    • @vmarzein
      @vmarzein Před 5 lety +110

      Sounds familiar from a spongebob episodes

    • @cloroxbleach7377
      @cloroxbleach7377 Před 5 lety +83

      Only sponge bob is the chosen one not us

    • @kinga6565
      @kinga6565 Před 5 lety +31

      @@cloroxbleach7377 he is legend27

    • @cloroxbleach7377
      @cloroxbleach7377 Před 5 lety +16

      ??? ??? Yeah, he’s our god our leader

  • @seanalmario66
    @seanalmario66 Před 5 lety +2431

    SpongeBob once said...
    *"You just need to be the crane, Be the crane"*

  • @forgottenisconfused6706
    @forgottenisconfused6706 Před 4 lety +2157

    When I grow up,
    I wanna make a non-rigged claw machine.

    • @forgottenisconfused6706
      @forgottenisconfused6706 Před 4 lety +65

      Sure thing.

    • @kingchicken8232
      @kingchicken8232 Před 4 lety +114

      I’m sure many fair claw machines exist, they just aren’t well known because the majority of large businesses want profit and not entertainment.

    • @jaderomlucero8940
      @jaderomlucero8940 Před 4 lety +10

      PLEASE DO

    • @zoedavies3252
      @zoedavies3252 Před 4 lety +65

      You can actually just buy a machine and set it so that it's at full strength every time. There are also play-until-you-win claw machines but those aren't used often

    • @Infinite_Epicness
      @Infinite_Epicness Před 4 lety +42

      You can't. People make claw machines and they need to pay the people who make the toys some money. Let's say that you have a claw machine that's 50 cents to play. If a toy is worth 5 bucks then you need to pay the dude who made it however much he should get. He has to pay for the materials so he uses some of that. He only gets some of the money. If somebody wins his toy and he only gets 10 cents at the end of they day, he's gonna be kinda angry because he didn't get enough money, plus he has to pay people for the materials. Also, the people who are running the claw machine get some money too, so thats a lot less. Would you like it if you made a toy for a claw machine and only got a cent back? I don't think so. To sum it up, a non-rigged claw machine would either cost an obnoxious amount of money.. *or not be any fair.*

  • @b.sylphaen
    @b.sylphaen Před 7 lety +1020

    My way to always win:
    1. Play one time or watch someone play one time.
    2. Call someone that works there.
    3. "The machine doesn't work, the claw is failing."
    4. The worker will try it and lose. He/she will open, move the plushies around and give you the one you want, marking the machine as "out of order" and turning it down.
    Success!
    Extra:
    6. Go back in half an hour and see the machine running again without having been "fixed".

    • @chupacabra9357
      @chupacabra9357 Před 7 lety +42

      They might give you your money back but they aren't giving you the prize.

    • @b.sylphaen
      @b.sylphaen Před 7 lety +23

      Zain Chupacabra They always give me the prize

    • @cilliq
      @cilliq Před 7 lety +44

      Priscilla Ferrari seriously? how do the same people not know what you are doing..

    • @chupacabra9357
      @chupacabra9357 Před 7 lety +51

      Priscilla Ferrari If they do that you've got some real nice claw operators. Why would they give you a prize? Why can't they just give you your money back however much it was. They're terrible businessmen.

    • @QuartzIsAnOxide
      @QuartzIsAnOxide Před 7 lety +27

      Lol, if they give you the prize they're either being good to you or are really stupid.

  • @hetstandaardkanaal7167
    @hetstandaardkanaal7167 Před 7 lety +2987

    only spongebob is a pro in claw machines

    • @finkazafira2224
      @finkazafira2224 Před 7 lety +109

      hetstandaardkanaal
      The trick is:
      Just close your eyes and be the crane

    • @Takumi_Did_Nothing_Wrong
      @Takumi_Did_Nothing_Wrong Před 7 lety +20

      Beating the crane probably relies on dumb luck, so just act stupid.

    • @hetstandaardkanaal7167
      @hetstandaardkanaal7167 Před 7 lety +3

      Finka Zafira yesss

    • @shade9105
      @shade9105 Před 7 lety

      hetstandaardkanaal 8

    • @finkazafira2224
      @finkazafira2224 Před 7 lety +47

      Me: Oh, magic conch shell. Will I win the claw machine?
      Magic Conch Shell: No
      Me: Are the claw machines rigged?
      Magic Conch Shell: Please try again
      Me: Will I win the claw machine?
      Magic Conch Shell: No

  • @PrehistoricLEGO
    @PrehistoricLEGO Před 5 lety +546

    Claw machines are rigged
    *YOU DONT SAY*

  • @wxlfixe
    @wxlfixe Před 5 lety +308

    You: It’s not you. Claw Machines are rigged.
    Claw Machines: It’s not you. Humans are rigged.

    • @rapidmx6111
      @rapidmx6111 Před 4 lety

      Fallout Entertainment lol 😂

    • @jaderomlucero8940
      @jaderomlucero8940 Před 4 lety

      Well i saw a roblox toy from the claw and i tried to get it and i didnt

    • @Infinite_Epicness
      @Infinite_Epicness Před 4 lety

      @@jaderomlucero8940 If I saw that roblox toy, I'd instantly put in my dollar! (if I was allowed to :/). If I didn't win it..
      .. *I'd be on the floor crying* (again, if I was allowed to.)

  • @braidenanimates8949
    @braidenanimates8949 Před 5 lety +4785

    I think we should really do something about this. That's almost like scamming people.

    • @user-lt9bv8tj6d
      @user-lt9bv8tj6d Před 5 lety +266

      But it kept going until now

    • @ZombiePuppys
      @ZombiePuppys Před 5 lety +177

      Though they’re classified as gambling devices technically.

    • @Fewchore
      @Fewchore Před 5 lety +34

      People that do this repeatedly should see the consequences coming when they do.

    • @rafadydkiemmacha7543
      @rafadydkiemmacha7543 Před 5 lety +258

      Almost? This literally is a scam.

    • @problem9941
      @problem9941 Před 5 lety +3

      No Dip Sherlock

  • @ohwen
    @ohwen Před 7 lety +855

    "To play the claw machine, you must be the claw machine"

    • @asmaaalqattan1307
      @asmaaalqattan1307 Před 7 lety +19

      -spongebob squarepants. 😂 lol

    • @jocelynpalos5359
      @jocelynpalos5359 Před 7 lety +10

      RacerBeast 959 quote spongbob lol 😂

    • @bmax5928
      @bmax5928 Před 7 lety +6

      "With great power comes great responsibility"

    • @giraffeman326
      @giraffeman326 Před 7 lety

      FunnyFish 9999 I literally just watches spongebob

  • @skellythehappyskelliton223
    @skellythehappyskelliton223 Před 4 lety +131

    “Win a free phone!”
    Me:
    *that thing gonna fall 1000000 times and it STILL gonna be in good shape*

    • @nardalis4832
      @nardalis4832 Před 2 lety +4

      for that one I wish it was more like getting a code plate that would let you redeem it inside the store for the type of phone it was for. Phones dont hold forever, not like that lol

  • @eatanotherzio6811
    @eatanotherzio6811 Před 5 lety +52

    There was a claw machine in a walmart I went to years ago. The claw wasnt programmed right so after spending twenty bucks I left with 20 stuffed animals. Cleaned it out.

    • @empresssk
      @empresssk Před 2 lety +2

      lol what a lucky man!

    • @user-xe3yp6qp4o
      @user-xe3yp6qp4o Před 2 měsíci

      Going to report you, leave here your personal data.

  • @ValenWarden
    @ValenWarden Před 7 lety +333

    I remember when I was younger I went to a movie with my family and this guy was trying to win a Homer Simpson stuffed doll and I watched as he missed once or twice and then I said "Move it to the left a little" and he won the Homer Simpson and a little rainbow dog. He handed me the Homer and gave his kid the dog. I don't think I'll ever forget that.

    • @cosmicmouse2
      @cosmicmouse2 Před 7 lety +30

      Aww. Sweet story. Sure won't be something you'll forget. But two stuffed animals(Home has the mind of one) as you said that? That's some luck there!

    • @cereal4u
      @cereal4u Před 7 lety +2

      Valen Warden there was a claw game in mesa az in a Safeway. It was a radioactive man doll from Simpsons. It took 5 bucks but it's now mine!!! I still sleep with it

    • @cosmicmouse2
      @cosmicmouse2 Před 7 lety +2

      cereal4u There's a Filaburtos in Chandler that always has this one adorable toy in there but is always gone the next time I go. And I always forget my money.

    • @Bymie
      @Bymie Před 7 lety +2

      Valen Warden you like fma brah

    • @christianaquino5230
      @christianaquino5230 Před 7 lety

      Valen Warden lol

  • @camodudesecurity
    @camodudesecurity Před 5 lety +1887

    I tried to cheat with a claw machine. Now I am just trying to win back my severed hand.

    • @ilikepigeons6101
      @ilikepigeons6101 Před 5 lety +16

      Fightbot : xD

    • @adeolaruva8266
      @adeolaruva8266 Před 5 lety +12

      Camo Dude lol we have all been there

    • @michaelallen4331
      @michaelallen4331 Před 5 lety +11

      Camo Dude did you get that hand back?

    • @sebby324
      @sebby324 Před 5 lety +12

      Camo Dude jeez if your a camo dude your gonna need that when they raid Area 51

    • @jkml68
      @jkml68 Před 5 lety +2

      @@sebby324 true

  • @Qatari2007
    @Qatari2007 Před 4 lety +42

    I remember me winning 3 toys at once and one kid yelling to his mum “LOOK WHAT THAT BOY GOOOOOOOTTTTTTTT”

  • @guys-in9vd
    @guys-in9vd Před 5 lety +116

    how to win
    1 put in 100 $ in cents
    2 kick it as hard as you can
    3 and pick up the prize through the broken window

  • @thevagabond1314
    @thevagabond1314 Před 7 lety +3021

    One time at an amusement park, my dad got so mad at the claw machine that he got an employee to open it for us, I got a WALL-E and MARIO plushie, true hero

  • @3DSuperWaffle
    @3DSuperWaffle Před 8 lety +414

    "claw machines are rigged"
    Coming soon:
    "water is wet"
    "you need air to breathe"
    "rocks are hard"
    "you shouldn't eat broken glass"

  • @Piratagarrapata
    @Piratagarrapata Před 4 lety +87

    me looking at claw mashines: Ah yes,
    enslaved failure

  • @cayennepep
    @cayennepep Před 4 lety +18

    They’re rare, but I absolutely love the idea of those winner every time claw machines. If you don’t get the bigger prizes on the first try, the claw moves to the bin of smaller prizes. If you don’t win a big prize then you get to try for a small one as many times as it takes to win something. I honestly think that these types of claw machines should become more popular over the traditional ones, because unlike the others you don’t get scammed.

  • @BitzelBlockington
    @BitzelBlockington Před 7 lety +2608

    I saw one where the claw didn't even close lmao

    • @TheM0nsterX
      @TheM0nsterX Před 7 lety +5

      found u

    • @yanyan-0000
      @yanyan-0000 Před 7 lety +39

      Bitzel same.
      I saw one where the claw didn't even drop. or close.

    • @BitzelBlockington
      @BitzelBlockington Před 7 lety +13

      MAYBE YOU ARE SECRETLY FOLLOWING ME OR PEOPLE HAPPEN TO ALWAYS LIKE MY COMMENTS
      That and we both like SkyWars

    • @BitzelBlockington
      @BitzelBlockington Před 7 lety +14

      ***** Or I am secretly following you.
      I mean, what? I didn't say anything.

    • @purrpletiger2159
      @purrpletiger2159 Před 7 lety +81

      I saw one where the claw didn't move when you played the joystick, or close, or go down.
      Oh wait I didn't put any quarters in.. huh

  • @ilikedonuts8771
    @ilikedonuts8771 Před 7 lety +590

    My way too win:
    step 1: play like 10 times
    step 2: give up
    step 3:see if someone is going to the same one
    step 4:wait until he/she wins
    step 5: push them and take the prize
    step 6:RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
    step 7: go to a other one and do it again

  • @TheLiamster
    @TheLiamster Před 4 lety +12

    One of my fondest memories as a child was winning an Angry Bird (he’s called Red) from a claw machine. I still have him to this day and I will always keep him.

  • @catsforlife2765
    @catsforlife2765 Před 4 lety +30

    How to win:
    Go for the medium toys that are on top.

  • @Hi-ey5zt
    @Hi-ey5zt Před 5 lety +531

    One time I played it then the machine broke so a dude who worked there opened the game and told me to pick any prize I wanted

    • @aquaticstarr4607
      @aquaticstarr4607 Před 4 lety +39

      Téanna Ang
      Well I wouldn’t blame them; they are the ones not getting paid a lot

    • @turborooster8548
      @turborooster8548 Před 4 lety +43

      and then everyone clapped

    • @fragostin
      @fragostin Před 3 lety +3

      @@turborooster8548 What?? No one was being funny here!

    • @NotFlip
      @NotFlip Před 3 lety +3

      Its enough to make a grown man cry

    • @Totally_Bonkers
      @Totally_Bonkers Před 2 lety

      thanks for the tip. I/'m gonna break it "on accident"

  • @AqierDesigns
    @AqierDesigns Před 7 lety +2276

    played it once, won a huge heart for my date. felt like a hero 😏

  • @mariellacusano
    @mariellacusano Před 3 lety +9

    A man saw me struggle win when I was little. He said, “I won for you” and gave me his prize. If you see this I love you

    • @ogditelton4751
      @ogditelton4751 Před 2 lety

      Wow so beautiful 😻 im reading this almost after one year

  • @PrepLmmiun
    @PrepLmmiun Před 5 lety +34

    I remember the very easy claw machine one time
    It "broke down"

  • @bengreen2735
    @bengreen2735 Před 7 lety +377

    I once came across a claw that was broken and not rigged properly, I won 5 smurfs in 5 goes. Believe if these weren't rigged, the toys would be way to easy to win.

    • @clawkings833
      @clawkings833 Před 7 lety +9

      Just because you don't win doesn't mean it's rigged. A lot of claw machines aren't rigged at ALL, they're just hard.

    • @bengreen2735
      @bengreen2735 Před 7 lety +28

      Claw Kings No believe me this machine was broken, I played on it like a week later and it was impossible to win anything.

    • @NetAndyCz
      @NetAndyCz Před 6 lety

      A lot of claw machines have crap items that are bought in bulk and cost less than a try. You pay $1 for 3 goes but stuff you wwin is worth only 25 cents on average per item...

  • @camodudesecurity
    @camodudesecurity Před 5 lety +1283

    Claw machines are really just vending machines that malfunction all the time.

  • @afton1650
    @afton1650 Před 4 lety +12

    I still feel like it's me. I live in Japan, and I swear whenever I go to an arcade with claw machines you have no clue how many "master claw machine" people I see with up to five bags stuffed to the brim with plushies. I've only gotten one thing from a claw machine, and that was a rainbow hello kitty plushie. But, I mean, it's Japan. What else did I expect.

  • @leaadane9090
    @leaadane9090 Před 4 lety +31

    I remember winning a toy from a claw machine once, but I had glass shards on my body and they were bleeding as heck.

  • @blammers
    @blammers Před 9 lety +228

    "I am not the problem. The claw machine is the problem." A profound revelation.

    • @Bauppi
      @Bauppi Před 9 lety +60

      Benbot I'll tell that to myself every morning :D

    • @MikeyDavis
      @MikeyDavis Před 9 lety +3

      +Bauppi 9/1/2015
      It is the 91st day since this masterpiece in law and logic has been dropped upon the worlds most sophisticated hominid species. As this has become the 11th commandment, we must repeat this mantra once a weekday, twice a weekend, and 3 times on the Sabbath.
      Thank you for having the foresight to commit to this on your own.

  • @randomeggthatworksforthefb7172

    "All I want people to know is that they are not the problem, the claw machine is the problem."
    The claw machine is technically not the problem...

  • @randy5633
    @randy5633 Před 5 lety +36

    so the claw opens as soon as I press the button and then while it’s dropping it closes to early :/

  • @blizzard2586
    @blizzard2586 Před 7 lety +203

    How to win the skill crane:
    BE THE CRANE.

  • @GeneralBullworth
    @GeneralBullworth Před 5 lety +9

    Once I got a plushie first try from a claw machine 😂

  • @martywoodruff2331
    @martywoodruff2331 Před 5 lety +17

    Once I got 25 plushies in a row at like an off brand chucky cheese's and gave them to random kids

  • @bwdoggrooming4482
    @bwdoggrooming4482 Před 7 lety +401

    Idk how but my uncle can get a toy from a claw machine almost every time

    • @Yzyenthusiast
      @Yzyenthusiast Před 7 lety

      Thewifeswapped lol

    • @matthewfanous8468
      @matthewfanous8468 Před 7 lety +17

      some poeple are just good at claw machines, but most arent

    • @Quietbut_Deadly
      @Quietbut_Deadly Před 7 lety +9

      Thewifeswapped everyone has a really good uncle

    • @matthewfanous8468
      @matthewfanous8468 Před 7 lety +61

      Quietbut_Deadly "my uncle works at nintendo"

    • @TaccRaccoon
      @TaccRaccoon Před 7 lety +57

      Thewifeswapped he knows the trick.
      Close your eyes. And be the crane

  • @abramrodriguez5919
    @abramrodriguez5919 Před 8 lety +432

    "you have to close your eyes and be the crane!"

  • @IsMe-Abby
    @IsMe-Abby Před 4 lety +5

    The only time I ever won a stuffed animal from a claw machine myself was when I was 8 and I got an owl at Walmart. You shoulda seen the look at everyone’s face 😂

  • @ihateorphans
    @ihateorphans Před 3 lety +2

    Look at 0:58, the word "desired profit" changed to "expected profit" for a split second before get minimized.

  • @bitchslapthesun
    @bitchslapthesun Před 8 lety +679

    *sees title*
    Me: I FUCKING KNEW IT

  • @lisluvsu
    @lisluvsu Před 6 lety +2140

    I won at a rigged game

  • @wuwuink
    @wuwuink Před 3 lety

    I still remember going to an arcade in 5th grade, waiting for my friends by playing for a bit. I remember this one game where you had to position it correctly to push out the prizes. I played twice, lost, felt sad and moved to get some ice cream. When I came back, these older teenagers played around with the machine, but lost and moved to walk away. I swapped, and played. I actually won a pair of headphones. The teenagers from before just gaped, completely slapped by a young child barely 11 years old winning when their group hadn't.
    Still honestly the best memory I have to this day.

  • @bruh-lg6ch
    @bruh-lg6ch Před 4 lety +20

    Me at 2 am in front of the bathroom mirror, tears still flowing down my face: You are NOT the problem. The claw machine is the problem

  • @Lonely_4_Ever
    @Lonely_4_Ever Před 7 lety +275

    Meanwhile in Japan, the skill cranes are easy to win.

    • @snowcold5932
      @snowcold5932 Před 7 lety +119

      Tringapore Cause the Japanese have Morals and Pride, unlike the greedy and no-morals Occidental company bosses ;_;

    • @Lonely_4_Ever
      @Lonely_4_Ever Před 7 lety +30

      That one requires actual skill and precision though.

    • @tsurugizaki
      @tsurugizaki Před 7 lety +49

      When I was about 6 or so I was visiting family in Japan, and there was a toy in the claw machine that I really wanted. We tried to get it several times but it didn't work. Then one of the people working at the arcade came over and my mum told him which toy I wanted and he opened the machine and got it for me. Gotta love Japan.

    • @neoseeker007
      @neoseeker007 Před 7 lety +10

      LIES i live in Japan and Japanese claw machines are just as rigged as everywhere in the world.

    • @Lonely_4_Ever
      @Lonely_4_Ever Před 7 lety +1

      神様 Bruh! I am talking about the one where you have to make the figurine drop. I won so many of those to the point the game centre changed the way to win when I returned.

  • @GigglyIggly
    @GigglyIggly Před 7 lety +366

    my best luck in a claw machine was winning a red ball that was almost bigger than the claw its self on the first try in like 2007 its defladed now but its still one of the most memerable moments for some reason

    • @abrahambrown713
      @abrahambrown713 Před 7 lety +16

      Shonk I won an iPod gen 3 back in the day

    • @peytonthecat4476
      @peytonthecat4476 Před 7 lety +9

      I won a ugly bee thing. And I never won anything ever again.

    • @merlin_merlot
      @merlin_merlot Před 7 lety +3

      I once one this pretty weird stuffed animal at a claw machine in a theater. I dunno where it is.

    • @ceppoc
      @ceppoc Před 7 lety +9

      Shonk Every time I try to get a cute thing it just doesn't pick it up, bet then... just when I get an ugly thing it goes just like nothing is hard..

    • @jonathonm8702
      @jonathonm8702 Před 7 lety +1

      Shonk oh hey, it's another fellow TF2 player.

  • @lim8
    @lim8 Před 5 lety +19

    Phew I thought it was just me
    Once I almost did it but my little brother saw a big red button and....
    Pushed it......

  • @soha4kt
    @soha4kt Před 5 lety +3

    “ThE cLaW” part in toy story had me dead 😂😂💯

  • @andysaulnier2995
    @andysaulnier2995 Před 7 lety +919

    The 1k dislikes are salty claw machine owners

    • @skinnylegend2071
      @skinnylegend2071 Před 6 lety +2

      Barbariangamer Star no they aren’t

    • @impulse5674
      @impulse5674 Před 6 lety +61

      •Skinny Legend• man its a joke don’t ruin it with your logic

    • @Bobelponge123
      @Bobelponge123 Před 6 lety +4

      Actually they are the claw machines

    • @thatkidandrew7818
      @thatkidandrew7818 Před 6 lety

      Real Laundry Sauce no how ? Tho

    • @thatkidandrew7818
      @thatkidandrew7818 Před 6 lety

      Barbariangamer Star you don’t know much at all then little kid you probably suck at playing the machine anyways

  • @Sonicfan1661
    @Sonicfan1661 Před 6 lety +1342

    I was playing a claw machine at Wal-Mart last night and I thought for sure the claw would grab a bear I saw, but you wanna know what actually happened?
    It didn't even make it to the bear. It went back up before it even got a chance to grab it.
    Bullshit claw machines.

  • @StarrySkies
    @StarrySkies Před 4 lety +16

    Lol, my dad asked the guy if we could have the toy inside, and he opened it and gave it to me

    • @Tg_154
      @Tg_154 Před rokem +1

      bruh

    • @StarrySkies
      @StarrySkies Před rokem +1

      @@Tg_154 probably cause we blee a ton of cash on it and he thought it was okay¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

    • @emojiguy8907
      @emojiguy8907 Před rokem +1

      @@StarrySkies nah bruh in the claw game where the prizes are tickets the jackpot was in the dead zone i asked the guy to put it in the front and i got it 1st try,

    • @StarrySkies
      @StarrySkies Před rokem +1

      @@emojiguy8907 oooh ✨

  • @anqie1076
    @anqie1076 Před 4 lety +7

    Claw machines are rigged?
    Me: **Looks at all the prizes I won in 10 minutes**

  • @eitkoml
    @eitkoml Před 8 lety +304

    How to beat a claw machine. The way is to use tools like a hammer, an axe, a crowbar, the crowbar would probably be the most useful, a cutting torch has too much risk of destroying the stuff in the machine.

    • @williamturner6352
      @williamturner6352 Před 8 lety

      +asdfghjkl Come on there just claw machines the glass is most likely not bullet proof......now the question is ill the glass shatter to let you get it or is it like car glass?

    • @eitkoml
      @eitkoml Před 8 lety

      William Turner They're most likely plexiglass, not glass.

    • @kaylasolace
      @kaylasolace Před 8 lety

      +William Turner if it's tempered glass (Car window glass) then hitting it right in the corner will make it completely shatter EVERYWHERE on the whole pannel.

    • @keithskyrave2026
      @keithskyrave2026 Před 8 lety

      Rofl 😂

    • @supremeal5879
      @supremeal5879 Před 8 lety +1

      +asdfghjkl and then the camera inside catches you and you go to jail LMAOO

  • @naufalaldzaki650
    @naufalaldzaki650 Před 7 lety +177

    *Insert so many coins*
    Me: Dang, This thing is rigged
    *Friend come*
    Wat'cha doin' Man?
    Me: This machine is rigged.
    Friend: *Nailed it on 1st try*

  • @IMAVG
    @IMAVG Před 5 lety +12

    Just the fact that I was hugging my stuffed koala while watching this 🐨

  • @matthewscott1091
    @matthewscott1091 Před 2 lety +5

    I think they should have to put a visible notice on the machine, “You have an 2% chance of winning a prize” because the video is right, it’s basically a form of gambling because the odds of winning are so stacked against you. If there’s no notice, then it’s just another form of fraud.

    • @Adifferentlife318
      @Adifferentlife318 Před 2 lety

      Is not 2% chances and is possible to win with skill. Is just that some of the owner make it too difficult to win. The machine is not at fault is the owner who set it this way. If you think the machine is rigged then you should stop after the first try. You need to gauge whether isit a bad machine or good one.

    • @themindeclectic9821
      @themindeclectic9821 Před rokem

      @@Adifferentlife318 the owner doesn't program the machine

    • @Adifferentlife318
      @Adifferentlife318 Před rokem

      @@themindeclectic9821 They dont programe it. but the machine is created with function to control of claw strength, the length to a certain extent and other function such as a payout rate where player gets item once they hit the amount of gameplay if they fail to get anything before the payout rate is hit. and by adding some rubber glove it could give it a good grip. The Owner can find ways to make it easier or harder. for example they can even reduce the blocking chute height.

    • @themindeclectic9821
      @themindeclectic9821 Před rokem

      @@Adifferentlife318 Yes I watched the video too. How do you propose the owners reconfigure their machines to make them easier for you? The only people who know their way around these machines are the companies who make them rigged to begin with.

  • @bryantnojang709
    @bryantnojang709 Před 7 lety +545

    My boy SpongeBob would disagree "be the crane" ...I live by it to this day

  • @UrbanizedGeek
    @UrbanizedGeek Před 8 lety +196

    so we just need to hack it and max of the claw strength if we want to win

    • @areyouserious9893
      @areyouserious9893 Před 8 lety +26

      let's be real here, most of us don't have the time breaking into a claw machine for a stuffed teddy bear

    • @tomfoolyaface9862
      @tomfoolyaface9862 Před 8 lety +22

      +are you serious it's not just for us.. Think about the children, one man hacks, and everyone else gets rewarded

    • @tomfoolyaface9862
      @tomfoolyaface9862 Před 8 lety +1

      +tomfoolyaface yknow until someone catches on

    • @MrNateSPF
      @MrNateSPF Před 8 lety +1

      +tomfoolyaface After you break into the machine just steal all the prizes, no need to hack.

    • @edragoninja317
      @edragoninja317 Před 8 lety +1

      Or wait till we're lucky enough to get 100% strength

  • @Caitluz
    @Caitluz Před 5 lety +2

    Once in Rhyl there was a claw machine with Thomas the tank engine plushies in and my brother really wanted one and tried to get one, but it didn't pick it up. He started crying and a worker at the arcade was so nice and used the keys to get not one, but 2 Thomas the tank engine plushies for him! She was so kind!
    Also, once at WizzKids this little boy had put his money into a claw machine (a win every time one) didn't get a prize and then his parents called him to go home because they didn't realise it was a winner every time one so once they left I just went straight to it and won a free dolphin plushie! 😂

  • @echoflight5789
    @echoflight5789 Před 4 lety +2

    One time I got incredibly lucky with a Claw Machine. It was one of the candy ones, with a ton of little candy packages like mini m&ms and skittles.
    So, I put in the coin, tried as usual to get a candy bag (it was a Skittles) and just as the timer was about to end, I somehow got two bags of candy?! I gave one to my brother, and I remember feeling SO happy, because I’d never gotten two pieces of candy, or ANYTHING, in a claw machine before. Has anyone else had experiences like this? I’m curious to hear your stories!

  • @camodudesecurity
    @camodudesecurity Před 5 lety +298

    A claw machine is what happens when a vending machine joins the circus.

    • @JosephBallin320
      @JosephBallin320 Před 5 lety

      a vending machine but it does what a claw machine does just succesfully

  • @rat.mp4879
    @rat.mp4879 Před 7 lety +143

    Just be the crane. Also, you need to live underwater as a sponge and have a star fish as your best friend.

    • @wdgaster2480
      @wdgaster2480 Před 7 lety +8

      have a crab boss and a neighbour that doesnt like and is a squid

    • @emojiguy8907
      @emojiguy8907 Před rokem

      @@wdgaster2480 and wait for your boss to order a "skill crane" and be the crane and win 299293939299 times

  • @Devourthebook15
    @Devourthebook15 Před 2 lety +2

    I'll never forget the day I defied physics and won a small yellow M&M plush from the grocery store claw machine. Still the high point of my life.

  • @katelyn_playz9348
    @katelyn_playz9348 Před 5 lety +9

    Me: sees worker restarting the crane machine and placing the toys and forgot to rig the crane machine.
    Me: wins a GIANT STUFF TOY
    other people: such a pro..

  • @sparklesky7945
    @sparklesky7945 Před 6 lety +356

    I won an mp3 player from a claw machine once and it wouldnt download any songs. When I tested it i discovered it had Barbie girl on it and there was no space for more songs

    • @TheAwesomeGardenOfEden
      @TheAwesomeGardenOfEden Před 6 lety +72

      At least you get an uhhhh....Kinda good song?

    • @BeeWhistler
      @BeeWhistler Před 6 lety +69

      Dang, that's worse than the one my son won... he got an ipod shuffle in 2 tries and it lasted maybe 6 months, at which point we found out it was so old they didn't even support it. They tried to sell me a new one but I passed. The kid got 6 months of use for $2. Why spoil it that sweet little victory by dropping money on an almost identical device that they're willing to support? I got him a cheap replacement and he was just as happy.

    • @damiennguyen5143
      @damiennguyen5143 Před 6 lety +4

      Sparkle Sky there are mp3s online for 3$

    • @thatkidandrew7818
      @thatkidandrew7818 Před 6 lety +1

      Amy Nguyen yeah they are broke

    • @nyahh8992
      @nyahh8992 Před 6 lety +2

      Wtf?

  • @tristangray8046
    @tristangray8046 Před 7 lety +170

    claw machines are way too rigged. when I was a kid I once picked up a toy in the opposite corner of the book, and when the claw was about an inch away from being over the box, the claw opened completely, went over the box, closed and then re opened. it didn't barely slip out of the claw, it OPENED COMPLETELY. never played another claw game again

    • @skinnylegend2071
      @skinnylegend2071 Před 6 lety +1

      Gray Wolf not all I think people are so butthurt from some of their experiences they just get rage and want everyone else to play it

    • @thatkidandrew7818
      @thatkidandrew7818 Před 6 lety

      Gray Wolf some people just do not know how to play it idiots

  • @noahsocute
    @noahsocute Před 4 lety +1

    I won an adorable pikachu holding a real wicker basket with flowers on my first try
    Me: I have been chosen!

  • @graceparker9798
    @graceparker9798 Před 4 lety

    My sound was not working so I kept going on different videos trying to find out what was wrong with my laptop, and I found out I accidentally muted youtube.

  • @talesofdanielredcliff1210
    @talesofdanielredcliff1210 Před 6 lety +283

    I remember one in Malaysia where the claw didn’t even reach the toys

  • @shaycs1
    @shaycs1 Před 7 lety +137

    Guess who's not playing claw machines anymore.

    • @realvivifromloona
      @realvivifromloona Před 7 lety +20

      let me guess... everyone?

    • @Looneluxxe
      @Looneluxxe Před 7 lety +2

      Nah, I still play claw machines, I'm fairly lucky with them.

    • @mariopokemon955
      @mariopokemon955 Před 7 lety +2

      LooneLuxxe not luck, skill, just don't play at the Walmart ones those are 100% rigged (still won, I heard a click right before I won one) but play ones at Tops grocery stores

    • @johnschwalb
      @johnschwalb Před 7 lety +2

      Koopa Camerupt I use to beat the one at my local Walmart every time. then one day the claw just stopped even fake grabbing the toys?

    • @maruthecat3415
      @maruthecat3415 Před 7 lety

      yeah cause the gambling industry totally isn't huge and people definitely don't like gambling

  • @baconninja4481
    @baconninja4481 Před 3 lety +1

    Claw Machine: Drops toy
    Me: *Heavy Breathing*
    Palpating: Do it

  • @Tiffahorror
    @Tiffahorror Před 4 lety +2

    That's so weird. My dad would get me a toy out of those things every time. He never made it past the 8th grade but he always won the claw machines and carnival games.

  • @anhx7884
    @anhx7884 Před 7 lety +662

    There is this one claw machine filled with stuffed ducks in the mall where I live and it costs a dollar to play it. The good thing is that u get to keep trying until u get a stuffed duck. Some ppl didn't know that, and I didn't know that until I tried it and lost the first time, and then my lil brother tried to play it and I told him that he needs more money, but then the claw started moving and he didn't get a duck that time too. So then, I tried it again without paying any money, and I figured out that u get multiple tries until u get a duck. I got 3 ducks using 3 dollars with like, 20 tries on that day. There was also a line of like, 5 ppl behind me wanting to play because I guess after seeing me figure out the secret, they wanted to try too. Thx to my brother, I now know that one of the claw machines in the mall secretly let u continue trying to get a stuffed duck even after u lost the first time 😂 all of the other claw machines were so rigged tho

    • @NimsChannel
      @NimsChannel Před 7 lety +49

      My guess is the ducks were stuffed with cocaine.

    • @haykguy4946
      @haykguy4946 Před 7 lety +35

      BRUH YESS!!! I CANT BELIEVE YOU DESCRIBED IT SO CLOSE. My little sister played the same game and after she lost my dad didnt want to pay more so he went away, but then she tried again until she won

    • @dayynish3107
      @dayynish3107 Před 7 lety +1

      Anh L0L I once played the same, but with stuffed dolphins. I got THREE dolphins in one try..It grabbed three of them, and I got all three. For like, 10kr. (I live in Denmark).

    • @stephenmichael8263
      @stephenmichael8263 Před 7 lety +5

      Anh L0L Lol everybody knows that the claw machine is play until you win it literally says it on the side of the machine. I have the exact same one at a movie theater near me.

    • @coldgames90
      @coldgames90 Před 7 lety +6

      Once, at Adventureland in IA, I found a non rigged claw machine. It was one dollar, but you got a ball everytime! Me and my friends spent 4$ on it, and got 4 balls, now i have a red spike ball!

  • @sam_rimmer16
    @sam_rimmer16 Před 6 lety +542

    Coming up next... The Sky Is Blue

  • @jaely0
    @jaely0 Před 4 lety +1

    I was at an arcade and my mom kept winning stuffers animals over and over again, until an employee restocked the machine. I saw him loosening it and when we went back to play more, we stopped getting them.

  • @eisailor
    @eisailor Před 5 lety +1

    i remember when my sister and i went to a claw machine in japan filled with a lot of snorlax. we got one on our second try, and the owner even congratulated us and gave us a plastic bag. good ol times

  • @PlushTimeWins
    @PlushTimeWins Před 9 lety +115

    This video was a great way to inform people that some claw machines are in fact set on payout rates. However, not all claw machines are set this way and some are 100% skill based. The unfortunate thing is, the only way to determine if a claw machine is rigged, is to play it. :P

    • @Fuffuster
      @Fuffuster Před 9 lety +10

      Plush Time Wins You're a claw machine, can we REALLY trust what you're saying?

    • @PlushTimeWins
      @PlushTimeWins Před 9 lety +2

      How are we a claw machine?

    • @garattyfisher
      @garattyfisher Před 9 lety +2

      Plush Time Wins I was confused myself, guys. Maybe because your picture is of a claw...that's the only conclusion I came up with.

    • @ipvp4fun
      @ipvp4fun Před 9 lety

      +Plush Time Wins So is the extreme obvious bias real or is it real?

    • @PlushTimeWins
      @PlushTimeWins Před 9 lety

      Dan Bc
      What do you mean?

  • @TeamXIGaming
    @TeamXIGaming Před 7 lety +768

    I once won a Minecraft Ocelot from a claw machine in Universal and this guy looked at me like I was some magician.

  • @tennesseegirl9724
    @tennesseegirl9724 Před 3 lety

    I would love for you all to check out the quarter machine where all the quarters are right on the edge. It looks like if u put in 4 quarters it would knock off alot of quarters but it never does

  • @zakiranuraini
    @zakiranuraini Před 4 lety

    not only the grip strength problem, some machines that I played are spinning the claw while it's going down, makes it imposible to predict the position

  • @drewking3758
    @drewking3758 Před 7 lety +400

    "Who's in charge here?.....The clawww!!"

  • @jahzd4028
    @jahzd4028 Před 5 lety +408

    Even as kid growing up in the 90's I always knew Claw machines were rigged. 25 years later people still haven't caught on!

    • @xxxod
      @xxxod Před 5 lety +51

      Everyone knows they're rigged deep down. You could have the perfect grip and you're about to get a toy! Then for some reason, the claw loses all of its strength and randomly decides to drop it? Not suspicious at all.

    • @tea5224
      @tea5224 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah, I could relate to that.

    • @randomaccount8846
      @randomaccount8846 Před 4 lety +2

      I knew that since I was like five.

    • @fungitower
      @fungitower Před 4 lety +1

      Ok boomer

    • @hackman669
      @hackman669 Před 4 lety +5

      Best to skip the claw machine entirely and buy a cheap stuffed toy from the dollar store or recycled market!

  • @Maxawa0851
    @Maxawa0851 Před 4 lety

    In this one shop, the claw machine wasn't guarantees to grab and deposit a prize, but if you missed, it automatically let you go again until you won one prize.

  • @skinnyjamx
    @skinnyjamx Před 4 lety +1

    I remember when I was 8 years old, I won a stormtrooper plushie and to this day I still have bragging rights about it

  • @maco2896
    @maco2896 Před 7 lety +43

    I think another problem is that it goes up and just jerks to a stop, and because the toy is still carrying momentum, it falls away from the claw. It needs a slower stop

  • @armanimiller
    @armanimiller Před 6 lety +508

    The claw isn't even strong enough to lift it but there is good in this world because I remember when was young there was a fast food place with a claw machine and it has a BIG NICE BULKY CLAW and it had four appendages and NEVER dropped the toy and you know what the best thing was??? YOU GOT TO KEEP GOING FOR FREE UNTIL YOU GOT THE TOY!!!!
    And believe me this is a true story....so if you ever lose faith in humanity just remember this holy tale.....

    • @opossumontheinternet9864
      @opossumontheinternet9864 Před 5 lety +30

      That fast food place sounds generous.

    • @GummieI
      @GummieI Před 5 lety +26

      I can guarantee you that has nothing to do with generosity, but all to do with drawing in all the families with kids which they can earn a lot of money selling food to.

    • @mariopokemon955
      @mariopokemon955 Před 5 lety +7

      Pennywise The Dancing Clown or you find the fact that a majority of claw machines are not rigged it's just the rigged ones are the ones you see in toy stores, normal stores and amusement park arcades

    • @ilikepigeons6101
      @ilikepigeons6101 Před 5 lety +4

      Where is that claw machine?!?!

    • @yoylemuff125
      @yoylemuff125 Před 5 lety +2

      nice tale man. When I was 6, Me and my parents would go every weekend to try to get a toy. And most of the time, we did catch one! Of course, we spent a lot of money and most of those toys were thrown away

  • @ClaudeGnome
    @ClaudeGnome Před rokem

    I remember I went to an arcade as a kid and the claw machine they had actually had a good grip. I won like 5 different toys from it through maybe 7-10 tries. But I have yet to come across another one that was like that.

  • @jkawasaki
    @jkawasaki Před 3 lety

    As someone who worked with these, there are settings (factory) that you can change to make the grip stable. But of course, the whole commercial point of these machines is for people to try multiple times...

  • @Seadalgo
    @Seadalgo Před 8 lety +125

    I once hooked a puppy with a collar with a claw tine in between the collar and neck of the puppy, when the claw came up it went slack but the puppy began to slide down only very slowly. The claw stopped moving along either horizontal axis and went into error mode to avoid dispensing the animal xD

  • @Deu_terio
    @Deu_terio Před 7 lety +105

    I once caught TWO stuffed toys at once: Scooby-Doo and Flat Eric. Yep, that was a great day

    • @maddies2173
      @maddies2173 Před 7 lety +3

      Dario Leo I got scooby doo once too

    • @zzzzz28
      @zzzzz28 Před 7 lety +1

      i only once got a teddy Bear;-;

    • @EnigmaComicsTelevision
      @EnigmaComicsTelevision Před 7 lety +1

      Dario Leo I got Mario but not only that I found out the thing was a Japan exclusive then how did it end up in bucsh gardens

    • @cursedcat4766
      @cursedcat4766 Před 7 lety +2

      I once caught 6 in a day. 1 giant toy aswell

    • @thatkidandrew7818
      @thatkidandrew7818 Před 6 lety +1

      Gentleberry16 Gerek that happens a lot of your good at it