Id suspected that, no game played for money favors the player over the house.

As the video emphasizes, claw machines have little to do with skill and, if anything, function more like slot machines than anything else. Interestingly enough, the Federal Government in the 1950s classified claw machines as gambling devices and prohibited their transportation across state lines.

And this explains why. What a scam! I'm glad I only ever played 2 claw machines in my life so I'd say I'm good.

The worst part is that at one place I went, you could try to get tickets from a machine, but it blatantly cheated. The claw didn't close until after it had gone up a fair bit.