Most carnival games are rigged in some way in favor of the carnie running the game. The candy wheel game is no exception. Depends on the individual running the game, but they do have at least some control over what number the wheel will fall on based on how hard they spin it. If you can figure out the pattern, it may increase your chances of winning. This site doesn't support the uploading of videos, so I'll have to link to the site where I could upload videos. Video clip is two minutes long, and no account is required to view it, though you won't be able to interact on the post.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Interesting how people know the odds are low and the vendor just rakes in money like crazy.
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Such seems to be the case with alot of folks, though over the years I've been lucky at that game, having won at least one time each year at the Fair for as long as I can remember.
That said, odds aren't quite as bad for the candy wheel as they are for other Midway games. The dart games come to mind as a good example, in particular the type of dart games that feature a really small target. From the years 2004-2006 there was this one dart game in which you had to sink the dart in a small star-shaped target, which was smaller than the size of a quarter. Yet, I was able to win big at that stand, using my win tickets to get the bigger prizes (porcelain dolls in this case). Some guy playing next to me was trying to win a doll for his daughter, and had nothing to show for after spending $50.
Yeah, those carnies rack in the money, for sure.
@SpikeTalon I had seen a documentary where they were going over the carnival games. They were showing the weighted milk bottles that were impossible to knock over that they had in Coney Island.
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