I thought it didn't matter if you won or lost because the prizes are worth less the the cost of playing :<p>Ira Glass on a age guessing game at a park run by someone named Sarah:"<p>Later, Sarah privately confirmed for me that she did intentionally take a dive. Which is fine with Cole, because it turns out, it doesn't matter if the kids guess right. The game costs $5 to play. The prizes cost less than $5. Sarah can be wrong with every single guess, and they'd still make a nice profit. In fact, it's good to lose, because people carrying prizes around the park are a walking advertisement for all the games."<p><a href="https://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/443/transcript" rel="nofollow">https://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/443/tr...</a>
The actual video is by Mark Rober and man you gotta check out his YouTube channel [1]. I've been in a technical slump here recently and watching his videos totally re-energized me. He reminded me how great it feels to explore, build, and solve problems. Another great video is his automatic bulls eye dartboard [2].<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTizZ_XcUM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTizZ_XcUM</a>
I really don't think those things are 'games'.<p>I lost every interest in playing them as soon as i learned that they are rigged.<p>The most anti-social thing are those crane machines. I never knew that they are allowed to change the strenge of the crane.<p>Srlsy wtf?<p>I keep my money and play only something like air hockey, which is fun or eat candy stuff or ride a coaster.
Also in the ladder game, the attendant holds the ladder for people until they get around half way up to make people feel like they almost got it every time.