👋 Thomas here! This week, I drove to Duluth to experience an arcade devoted to what might be the most infuriating devices ever invented: claw machines. Zoom in: Claw Mart, which opened in November, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro — already notorious for street muggings, corrupt politicians, ruthless militias and Kalashnikov-toting drug traffickers — has a new public enemy: plushies. Or, more ...

As 12-year-old Serenity Myers waited to start a round of mini-golf with her grandparents a couple of weeks ago, her eyes wandered over the arcade games that filled the small building leading to the ...

Claw machines filled with colorful stuffed animals have long been a popular form of entertainment. You’ll probably find them just about everywhere that arcade games are played, but have you tried to ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pennsylvania -- One of these is not like the others! A real groundhog was found surrounded by stuffed animals inside a claw machine near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game ...

But police said the claw machines defraud users who believe scoring stuffed animals to be a test of skill. In fact, they are games of chance—just like slot machines —and therefore illegal, according ...