I’ve seen a few places with crane claw games which are advertised as not ending until the player wins. I’d imagine that they’re likely running the claws at around 24v.

Claw machines, pool tables, pinball machines and other arcade games are not considered gambling if the rewards are a toy, ...

In fact, they are games of chance — just like slot machines — and therefore illegal, according to their press office. Officers seized claw machines, laptops, tablets, cellphones, a firearm and ...

But one operator in Tainan city in Taiwan has taken its claw crane machines to a whole new level with the addition of real life bikini-clad models. Yes, you read that right.