As fun as a day out at the arcade sounds on paper, many of us are familiar with the frustration of trying to repeatedly secure a cuddly toy from the claw machine only to be met with failure every time. The more determined players are often tricked into already paying the entire price of the teddy with the money they've used trying to win it, the Mirror reports.
However, there are some sneaky techniques to improve your odds on the infamous tricky machines without giving them a desperate shake and it's all down to 'timing'. An arcade worker took to TikTok to share the clever 'double tapping' technique which they claim will not always make you win but certainly boosts your chances of claiming the prize.
The employee, who goes by the username @arcadefriends, demonstrated the hack in the video as they said: "Some people don't know the secret about double tapping the claw machine."
