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ELI5:Why aren't claw machines and other similar arcade games considered gambling?
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In THEORY, those games involve skill. Now we all know the computer is a cheating bastard, but you do have to have skill with the machine to get the prize. Gambling is mostly or entirely down to luck.

Also, gambling laws usually refer directly to money, not goods as prizes. Japanese pachinko parlors spent DECADES skirting the "no gambling" laws by only offering prizes....which you could then conveniently sell right across the street in exchange for cash.