It's not you. Claw machines are rigged.

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. Read more at http://www.vox.com/2015/4/3/8339999/claw-machines-rigged Special thanks to matt3756 for letting us use his great footage: https://www.youtube.com/user/matt3756 Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o

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1. Wow. Well, at Buffalo Wild Wings. I got 2 stuffed animals in one claw grip. So call me lucky
2. one day, my girlfriend won 13 dolls from 15 tries....
   
   
   
   after that she never won again tho....
3. I've won many claw machines and my grandpa never lost one, granted he does work with cranes for a living
4. I love Vox!
5. then how come there are people like Arcade Warrior winning every claw machine, HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
6. Wait. Wait .. WAIT
   Not to hate but I always win
   when I play
   Replies: YOU WERE PROBABLY
   LUCKY TO PLAY ON THE TWENTIETH TURN
   
   Well I don't know how I'm lucky
   but I win them in like rows like
   3 in row
   or 4 in a row
7. Honestly claw machines are really useless. Why? Because think about it this way... You see something you really like in the claw machine and you put your money in now sure it might say something like 50 Cents or 1 dollar but everytime you keep losing it will make you want to spend more money and you may have to do it 20 times to finally get the prize which in my opinion is terrible because in reality that prize you wanted most likely cost like 7 dollars but yet you bought it for 20 bucks wasting your time, meanwhile if you just went to the store or online you could of bought it for 7 dollars. Not to mention, you might waste your money and not even get the prize. It's honestly not a very good idea to use a claw machine. So next time if you see something in a claw machine you really want instead a better idea would be go online. There are so many things online that you may want to buy you might attchley even find something better then in the machine. And it's a lot cheaper to comparing in the machine. Because honesty if you have 20 bucks and waste all your money just to get 1 thing in the machine all your money is going to be a waste. So the better choice would be to go online then to most likey lose at the machine and get nothing and lose all your money. Trust me I tried it before it was very difficult and I didn't win.
8. you kown what this is a hack you just lift the machine lean the machine until the thing fell of
9. I've won them more than a few times. of course theyre rigged. but that's really interesting there's a science behind it haha
10. I know I kid who spent $40 on a claw machine.
11. My brother beat one.
12. My sister and I used to be so good in this claw machine game around 15 years ago. When I was in elementary school/junior high, I used to be able to go to a fun world and bring 4-5 dolls home in one day.
    
    I used to have a cupboard full of dolls from claw machines. most of them have been thrown out by my mom now, but I manage to keep two special dolls: one white cackatoo and one dolphin, each with the size of one meter, which are the biggest dolls I could get.
    
    they are not rigged, it's just that you ought to know the game:
    
    (1) which type of claw machine. For example, there's a claw machine that guarantees of holding the doll with full strength but only have two claws (instead of three).
    (2) whether there is a RIGHT type of doll. Normally the doll should resemble a bear, round, or square, not to tall. The three claws should be managed to grasp the head and both the doll's armpits.
    (3) whether the doll is right positioned. It should be either perfectly chest up or chest down. It should also located no more than 10 centimeters from the hole, so the doll can roll over in case the claw loses strength (which it will as it lifts up)
    
    Normally, I know whether I can get a probability of winning within 5 seconds of glancing inside the claw machine.
    
    Once my friend did not believe when I told him this. So I brought him to a claw machine nearby and took a fluffy Spongebob for him to bring home lol
13. I won a toy fish from a claw machine once... But it soon became my dog's dinner rather than something that took my too long to get... RIP fish RIP
14. 3:09 Oh dear God. that Teddy is agu. I need it. what is it called I want it so bad
15. So I'm not a failure?
16. I know they're rigged... I know what I'm up against... I love challenges, I have skill, and the chance is the fun part... That's why I'm fine with "wasting" my money. It's about the fun and thrill... With the occasional prize to suit you. These things are addicting, and I love it. I have won so many things... In fact, I won a pink zebra, a blue bunny, and a gray bunny from a claw machine in Kroger. Fight me bro, fight me.
17. Wow, that's way more rigged than I ever imagined. Holy crap, how are these even legal?
18. Danny duncan?
19. How the hell is thing even legal?
20. i remember @6flags there was a headphone claw machine and my dad paid 1 dollar and got it the 1st try... if thats not lucky idk what is