What's your thought? Have you ever played this kind of game?
Yes, I've played this game before and yeah, it's a form of gambling but a lot of people don't see it that way because the prizes are toys. and to be honest these things are no different than those loot boxes people buy on MMORPG games. what's worse with these claw machines is that majority of them are rigged. the owner of these claw machines can program it so it only gives a reward after "X" times of attempts. 
Topic: How Do You Think About UFO Catcher? - page 4. (Read 546 times)
Very popular in Japan among other machines like gacha capsule, slot as Japanese consider them the norm even though they have a gambling element. If you think those UFO catchers only require skill, don't! There is pressure randomness on that grabber to make the game even more unpredictable if the reward in the UFO catchers was at a high value. TBH, I rather gamble where odds are more transparent like sports betting than try my luck with the UFO Catcher.
In some countries, such games are prohibited because games can be equal to gambling, leading to addiction in children.
What's your thought?
What's your thought?
Seriously? Can you give a valid information about countries that ban this kind of game?
If the reason is because it can lead to addiction in children then theses countries should ban all kind of games.
Basically any kind of game may lead to an addiction including mobile games where children can use money to buy something in order to play the game or to upgrade their account.
Have you ever played this kind of game?
Sure, it is available to be played in my countries there is no age requirement to play this game.
It is just an entertainment, we should not take it as a bad thing that can lead to addiction.
I use to pay for my kids to play such games in the mall and most cases I load some credit on the gaming card so they continue to play until the credit gets exhausted or they keep winning more free spin and credits them from playing the game.
Not until now I never have thought of it being considered gambling because I was wired to think that their actions were just for fun but they win some prizes just as we do in real casinos.
Not until now I never have thought of it being considered gambling because I was wired to think that their actions were just for fun but they win some prizes just as we do in real casinos.
What's your thought? Have you ever played this kind of game?
For children it's a fun game, it's a game that most children like, especially girls, with cute and adorable dolls that many children have always dreamed of.That game almost every shopping center such as mall has the game, by using claws, I often do games for my family, unfortunately sometimes it irritates me dozens of coins come in and cards are swiped, always makes me angry, not the doll I got in the claw machine box, really annoying.
Maybe, I thought a game like that was easy to play and get, it turned out I was wrong, I just didn't get anything, I think this is a game of picking up dolls, just a game of children's fun and luck, spending 100 coins, one doll gets.
I believe we all have played it during our childhood. Such kind of Claw machines are still found in big malls in almost all countries and their main consumers are children. I don't think it's harmful in any way till the time they are catching soft toys and chocolates with it. They do not form gambling habit due to such games. This is something we are overthinking.
Gambling is a serious business. When the kids are attracted to money, then it won't be a great thing and that's when the guardians need to get serious.
Gambling is a serious business. When the kids are attracted to money, then it won't be a great thing and that's when the guardians need to get serious.
I agree these machines should belong to the gambling category. When I was younger I was constantly trying to get some prizes from claw machines, although I never got anything, just wasted my money. Some of them are filled with dolls, others with technological gadgets, candies and in US I know they have machines filled with dollars in paper money. It's common to find plenty of them at malls. At youtube there are channels focused on this kind of activity. There are people who claim they are making a living from this, especially picking dollars with the claw in US, although what actually happens is that players are making it possible for machines' owners to make a living for themselves just by placing those machines in different spots at crowded areas.
Yes, it seems to me that catching and delivering a prize for this kind of machines is not an easy task due to the capture settings and movements of the manipulator, no matter how much I tried, I never managed to catch anything, the manipulator is too fast, and the capture is very sensitive.
As for getting used to devices of this type in children, to be honest, I have never seen them have any queue of children, it seems to me even children understand that this is a waste of time.
As for getting used to devices of this type in children, to be honest, I have never seen them have any queue of children, it seems to me even children understand that this is a waste of time.
There are tons of claw machines (UFO Catcher) in the Philippines. They are easily accessible in arcade places which are visited generally by kids and young adults which can be found on almost every mall. Unfortunately, the game is somehow rigged in a way that the claw is slippery and the spring of the claw is quite impactful. T
I tried playing this several times and I never won a prize. There were also times where I would get the doll but as soon as the claw pulls its string back, the impact would cause the doll to fall. This somehow gives me the false impression that I have to try and try again to win the prize.
I tried playing this several times and I never won a prize. There were also times where I would get the doll but as soon as the claw pulls its string back, the impact would cause the doll to fall. This somehow gives me the false impression that I have to try and try again to win the prize.
A few weeks ago, I took my nephew shopping at one of the big supermarkets in my city. While waiting for the cashier to count my groceries, my nephew whined about playing a game in one of the corners of the supermarket.
My wife was confused because my nephew kept pointing to one of those games. And after exchanging some money for coins, my nephew went straight to the doll claw machine, the UFO Catcher. In one go, my nephew could catch one doll and we were confused and asked each other, how did she catch the doll?
An illustration of a doll claw machine or UFO Catcher is below.
This kind of game can indirectly teach children about gambling because they buy coins with a certain amount of money to play in certain games. If they can't win, they lose the coins and have to use another coin if they want to play.
In some countries, such games are prohibited because games can be equal to gambling, leading to addiction in children.
What's your thought? Have you ever played this kind of game?
My wife was confused because my nephew kept pointing to one of those games. And after exchanging some money for coins, my nephew went straight to the doll claw machine, the UFO Catcher. In one go, my nephew could catch one doll and we were confused and asked each other, how did she catch the doll?
An illustration of a doll claw machine or UFO Catcher is below.
This kind of game can indirectly teach children about gambling because they buy coins with a certain amount of money to play in certain games. If they can't win, they lose the coins and have to use another coin if they want to play.
In some countries, such games are prohibited because games can be equal to gambling, leading to addiction in children.
What's your thought? Have you ever played this kind of game?
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