"Super Star" Game.
For $1, you get a chance to try for "high value" items.
An expensive purse, headphones and an iPad Air (?!?!?!)
Simply press the button and let go when you are ready!
If you win, the arrow lands on a number.
If you use a Credit Card, you get 5 chances for $5. On other games, there are 7 chances for $5 if you pay by cash.
$198 Michael Kors purse.
IPad Air.
Now, assuming these are genuine articles, there is a glaring question. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
I admit, I played 2 games to test it out, to see if it was especially hard or rigged or something. I had to leave because of time, but was convinced that I could have gotten an iPad within a few more tries. Even if it took 20 or 30 tries, economically, it would have been worth it.
But there was little to no skill involved. The arrow is directly connected to the button with no apparent lag in the mechanism.
This was in the same collonnade as 2 other machines with GRABBERS. Those had $30 baseball hats and stuffed animals.
Is the perception supposed to be that the game is easy enough for a player to win with skill or persistence? If I had spent $5, I'm convinced I could have matched the arrow. Or is that just the intended illusion of perception? How can it be that easy and why?
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