Las Vegas Weekly

The claw machine arcade craze has landed in Las Vegas

The crane machine—also known as claw machines, crane games and, in Japan, as “UFO catchers” due to their proclivity for aerial abductions—first gripped the public imagination in the early 1900s. Even ...
Business Insider

I've made over $40,000 selling plush dolls I scoop from claw machines. Here's how I learned to beat the game and turn my hobby into a profitable side hustle.

Mike Nay bought his first claw machine during the pandemic to pass the time. Once he had the strategy down and arcades reopened, he was winning hundreds of plushies. He learned he could make a profit ...
WLKY

Inside Claw Zone, Louisville's new 'claw machine arcade'

TIME TO SEND IT BACK TO CARAY AND ALEX. ALL RIGHT MATT THANK YOU. THIS IS PRETTY COOL. A NEW ARCADE OPENS IN LOUISVILLE FEATURING ONLY ONE KIND OF GAME THE CLAW MACHINE. WHO DOESN’T LOVE A CLAW ...
IGN

You Can Preorder a Full-Size Claw Machine From Amazon Right Now

I have been putting money into claw machines since I was a little kid. Although my success rate for actually retrieving anything from these machines is less than stellar, I can't help but be tempted ...