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Re:The Casino in Your Pocket by m463 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @03:48PM (#37664902)
This is the kind of thing people should understand about "modern entertainment".

My moment of realization was when I found out the truth of those "claw machines" that pick up a fuzzy stuffed animal. Turns out the claw itself is rigged so that it rarely grasps tightly.

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Re:The Casino in Your Pocket by russh on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @08:05PM (#37667735)
Reading the owner/technical manual for a claw machine can be a real eye-opening experience.
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Re:The Casino in Your Pocket by fho on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:22AM (#37670524)
Honestly I thought you were joking ... but the very first claw machine manual I found details how they lower the voltage available to close the claw with increasing height.
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Re:The Casino in Your Pocket by chinathrow on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:25AM (#37671738)
What? Any pointers?
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