> > Crane games are a scam too, in case anyone hadn't figured it out yet ;-)
In some states, they've passed laws that attempt to force them to be more "fair".
For example in one state (which I can't remember off the top of my head) the law says that you must be able to keep playing (on your original money) until you win something. So the game operators fill the machines with easy to pick up cheap worthless shit, and put one or two desirable items at the bottom that are impossible to pick up with the claw (and probably taped down with double sided tape). I've some machines get around this law by having the machines dispense crappy candy after each failed claw attempt. In essence you've "won" shitty candy.