In a crowded casino made for kids, stocked with rows upon rows of neon, chiming claw machines, I saw my 12-year-old son’s life flash before my eyes. He had already drained $20 into a single machine ...

Christopher Salazar could not stop with the plush round Kool-Aid Man. The 11-year-old claw machine master had to have more. So, outside a South Side strip mall on a recent early evening, he and his ...

Claw machines are associated with arcades as much as traditional arcade machines themselves, so it was only a matter of time until Arcade1Up branched out into that arcade cabinet-adjacent world. One ...

Claw-machine arcade chain Kako Claw, which opened a location at the Annapolis Mall earlier this year, will debut another location at Arundel Mills in October. It marks the company’s 10th location ...

On Friday, the Herald spoke to Daniel Baco and Angela Jimenez, who are the owners of a new claw machine business in the Killeen Mall. The new business — Clawtopia — is described as a claw machine ...

Collectible plushies and trinkets have made waves on social media, and they're fueling a new business venture around Chicago. Claw machine arcades have emerged as popular sources of rare collectibles, ...

Claw Haven, a new Asian-style claw arcade, opened in Cedar Park on Dec. 6, according to co-owner Michael Lu. The background The arcade is owned by Lu, Bradley Wong, Vicky Lee and ...

Have you ever wondered why you played the claw machine 10 times and lose and the next person behind you puts in one quarter and wins? It turns out, those claw machines are likely rigged. A recent ...

A look inside Starbeary in Taipei, known as Taiwan’s largest claw machine store. Prizes from the machines can be exchanged ...

The Hsinchu City Government yesterday said a new regulation to ban claw machine stores from operating within 100m of elementary or junior-high schools is to take effect early next year, following a ...