Most claw machines in SA arcades can be rigged – and manuals show winning isn’t about player skillOwners are able to rig many claw machines by taking measures like reducing claw strength and programming win ratios.
Claw machine operating manuals and internal documents for claw brands present in SA show how owners can set parameters like claw strength, when to drop a prize, and win ratios that guarantee a profit above anything else.Despite what many players claim, winning a prize from one of the claw machines so common in South African arcades little to no element of skill, documents intended for their owners show.
Every other time, you're most likely feeding money into a machine that has no interest in how good you might be, as operating manuals for the many claw machines clearly show.squerading as a game of skill Many manufacturers also preemptively removed reference to the word"skill" from marketing and brand names as more people realised they were actually games of chance.
The country's two biggest arcade operators were unavailable or unwilling to comment on the record to Business Insider SA about whether their claw machines can be rigged, with one admitting he was aware it was possible to reduce voltage to the claw at certain points to ensure they drop prizes. One you will find in shopping mall arcades is the Maxi Claw. Business Insider SA played multiple turns on these machines and not once did the claw clamp hard enough to move one of the toys.These are made by Taiwanese gambling and arcade company Paokai Electronic Enterprise Co. The manual for this machine has clear instructions for setting various parameters that make winning at times impossible or unlikelyA Maxi Claw operating manual that details how to adjust claw strength and power shutoffs.
BISouthAfrica I saw this once at an arcade. Someone got a toy and they sent a tech down. After a fiddle, he pushed off and nobody hooked any after that.
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