olinecoach61
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Another stupid law, how did we all survive as kids? I guess I was corrupted by claw machines and arcades and didn't know it.
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Disney Finally Squashes Illegal Kiddie Gambling
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Animaniac93-98
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The claw chooses who will go and who will stay.
He can't be trusted with our children.
He can't be trusted with our children.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I don't know. I spent one very drunken night in my early 20s plugging probably over $100 into one of these
Maybe Disney can just do one for us adults. It can even run on Dining Plan credits...
Nemo14
Well-Known Member
or just with a wave of a Magic Band...I don't know. I spent one very drunken night in my early 20s plugging probably over $100 into one of these
Maybe Disney can just do one for us adults. It can even run on Dining Plan credits...
What on earth would you do with the lobster once it dropped into the chute? Seems like a bizarre game.I don't know. I spent one very drunken night in my early 20s plugging probably over $100 into one of these
Maybe Disney can just do one for us adults. It can even run on Dining Plan credits...
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
Does DisneyQuest give prizes?
Cmdr_Crimson
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Oddly enough Creative Engineering's creators of Showbiz Pizza Place offices are in Orlando..And yes the creator Aaron Fetchor of The Rock A Fire Explosion still works with his AA's he recently used the band out in Las Vegas for C-Lo greens concert as a backup band for one of his songs..
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
The "kitchen" would "cook" it.
Both of those are in quotes because I'm not sure if there was a kitchen, or if they had someone that could boil water.
Also, it didn't matter because you know what? A live lobster does not want to be grabbed by a claw and pulled out of the water. They wiggle. A lot.
Cmdr_Crimson
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They use to. The Fourth Floor had a section called Midway on the Moon...Most of the Kids games did give out Tickets to win prizes...They stopped doing it about the 3rd year in at the Chicago location and then in DTD..The booth would be where the Pinball machines sit now.
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Animaniac93-98
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Unplugged
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How did we survive as kids? I'll tell you. We didn't win prizes all the time and get sucked into playing (paying) games with the high hopes of winning a prize! Most games we played were purely video games of skill in the arcades. There was no prize awarded...you played for fun or frustration, but it was pure play on a quarter (or more on newer more advanced games). They had difficulty settings configured by the arcades, but they were still games of skill.
Cranes, string cut, key hole, and these other crappy "games" are NOT games. They have internal settings that literally set how often prizes are awarded, just like slot machines or worse. Thus, they are NOT games of skill as the machines over ride your skillful alignments and make it appear you were "slightly off" the prize, when in fact you were not the lucky winner according to the setup payout. Fact on that. Thus, a lot of the machines being removed are gambling.
The ticket awarding machines fall into 2 categories. Some are skill, some are pre-set like the above examples. So yes, as a majority, this is gambling and not games of skill paying out prizes.
If Disney had purely games in the arcades it wouldn't be an issue. But they know what they have and it's not right. If they want into that market, they should start selling DVC points for Mickey's Casino in Vegas. At least that would be the correct machines and "games" managed by the correct authorities.
Cranes, string cut, key hole, and these other crappy "games" are NOT games. They have internal settings that literally set how often prizes are awarded, just like slot machines or worse. Thus, they are NOT games of skill as the machines over ride your skillful alignments and make it appear you were "slightly off" the prize, when in fact you were not the lucky winner according to the setup payout. Fact on that. Thus, a lot of the machines being removed are gambling.
The ticket awarding machines fall into 2 categories. Some are skill, some are pre-set like the above examples. So yes, as a majority, this is gambling and not games of skill paying out prizes.
If Disney had purely games in the arcades it wouldn't be an issue. But they know what they have and it's not right. If they want into that market, they should start selling DVC points for Mickey's Casino in Vegas. At least that would be the correct machines and "games" managed by the correct authorities.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
The Rock-a-Fire Explosion still exists as well. The chain/franchise is called Looney Birds.
But, most CEC's in the Florida markets are Three Stage Showbiz conversions.
Unplugged
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The claw machines and games we played were not set with actual configured prize payouts. The old crane machines were games of chance based on how jammed in the prizes were. That's not the case anymore and hasn't been for a few years.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Wow so that is still open? I thought it was just a concept test out at the Orlando location.
We have them at Odessy Fun World simlar to the ones used at Looney Birds..
FigmentJedi
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Yeah, that's part of my joke.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
I believe there is still one in Jackson, TN...but it could have closed. It's been literally 6 or 7 years since I would have paid attention to stuff like that on a regular basis.
Big C 73
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21st Century America, growing intellectually every passing day. We have sure made much progress in how we interact with our environment and the individuals within it. Let's just cleanse everything, and formulate a plateau of bland nothingness with no definition but what we ourselves have approved as "correct". Politically correct and restrictive progress is the greatest isn't it?
Cmdr_Crimson
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Prize games....Makes kids go Berzerk..
