The bright yellow box, covered with cute cartoon characters, sits among other vending machines and arcade games in one of Sydney’s busiest shopping centres.
Behind its glass screen, the so-called Lucky Box is packed with neatly stacked rows of mystery boxes, each about the size of a children’s lunchbox. The boxes look identical, but each holds a hidden prize. Pay $20, pick a box number and the machine will spit it out, like a packet of chips from a standard vending machine.
