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 ...

I love taking my son to the arcade, sharing with him the games I grew up playing and the workarounds that can help improve his odds of winning. On one such trip, we spent too much time and money ...

Skate Zone 71 in Columbus has added a "Become the Claw" experience, allowing guests to act as a human claw machine. The attraction is available during regular skating sessions and costs $10, with a ...

Claw machines are amazing. They're one of my favorite things in the world, and I would argue that I'm good at them, though they're simply rigged. My worst grabs are not at all my fault! The machine ...

The crane machine—also known as claw machines, crane games and, in Japan, as “UFO catchers” due to their proclivity for aerial abductions—first gripped the public imagination in the early 1900s. Even ...

Blending Asian arcade culture into Chicago’s Chinatown. “Claw It” is a claw-machine arcade filled with rows of brightly lit machines, stacked with plushies, prizes, and a whole lot of fun.

Kiddleton opened a new claw machine arcade at Marketplace at Merced in June 2025. The arcade features 20+ self-service machines with Anime and Kawaii prizes. Claw machines operate without staff and ...