Another lucky Stacker video: guy wins an Xbox 360

by Kevin Kelly { Apr 4th 2007 at 9:25PM }

Okay, so we've had videos of people winning both Wii and now an Xbox 360 in these Stacker machines for (we hope) like a buck or two. Where's the PlayStation 3 to complete the trifecta? Heck, we'd even settle for some video of a Nintendo DS or a PlayStation Portable sliding down the chute as a fairly worthwhile substitute.

One thing is for sure, whoever makes the Stacker games has to be loving all of this. As our own beloved Ludwig Kietzmann put it, "I want a video of someone winning a Stacker machine from a Stacker machine. " Ditto.

On a side note: this video isn't nearly as swear-filled as the Wii one. Yet another innovation from Nintendo, non-stop cursing. Zing! In fact, the whole video is a lot more sedate. The guy just sort of calmly walks away, vanishing into the night.

Tags: arcade, DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, PSP, Stacker, winner, Xbox 360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

inspecality @ Apr 4th 2007 9:30PM

THIS GUY WON. HE VERY VERY LUCKY. COST ONLY 2 DOLLAR.

wtf is with all the asians beating these things.

Akbar @ Apr 4th 2007 9:30PM

This video is a hoax! The Stacker company is trying to fool gullible people into thinking they too can win big.

Bluebreaker @ Apr 4th 2007 9:32PM

I'd be more concered about the XBOX 360 hitting the prize chute than the Wii. A strong breeze could warrant the red ring of death on that thing.

Colin @ Apr 4th 2007 9:36PM

IIRC, If you listen to the first one, I think someone in the video says it was $20. The normal stackers are $1, but those ones are much bigger and cost much more.

LordMinogue @ Apr 4th 2007 9:43PM

"According to an operator's manual for the game, the approximate win per play ratio can be set as low as 1 in 800 for the major prize. Players and even machine operators have said that on the last few levels the system appears to "cheat" by not stopping the moving block when the player pushes the button. These odds are maintained by a very short ‘sweet spot’ generated as the light is lit on and off faster than reflexes allow. This is to ensure that the operator does not lose money from constantly giving out prizes for this relatively straightforward game."

Matt Wagner @ Apr 4th 2007 9:46PM

#5

thats how all sorts of Claw-grabber based games work. it's all a matter of playing the machine at the right time when it is scheduled for a pay-out. you can sit around and watch enough people play to figure out the routine if you really wanted to. for small pay games it can be as low as 1 in 10, but like you said, most major games have incredibly high odds.

dsub @ Apr 4th 2007 11:02PM

I won a PSP from one near me, but unfortunately I do not carry a video camera with me to video tape my adventures at my local pizza shop, nor do I know anyone who does.

James @ Apr 4th 2007 11:25PM

I wish I could place the reference I'm thinking of... guy goes into the low-rent room of a big Vegas casino, where the games are like "guess the number" and other complete frauds like this. Dude gives the dealer his money and says, "Did I win?" The dealer says "No." Goes on like 3 more times... maybe a National Lampoon flick? Anyway, that's exactly what these things are, once you have a bit of skill. You just keep throwing your money in hoping that you'll "draw" the one time it gives a chance of winning. If that's not a glorified slot machine, I don't know what is.

hvnlysoldr @ Apr 4th 2007 11:35PM

@ James #8 It was some Leslie Nielson parody film of Godfather and other mafia movies.

SPOILERS

Like the man with no thumb, the turning color of the grapes, the guard ducks, DJing old vynl record, hiding in an ass's ass, swimming the Atlantic after missing the boat, eye worms, rooster laying egg on roof, daughter's wedding giving favors, Vietnamese as a souvenir, giant meatballs from a can, men are like cheese...., say hello to little friend, blah blah blah, taking over a casino, etc. and finally the Eskimo harpoons Barney and is an international hero. And the horroscope in the end credits that you are going to watch a movie.

Anonymous @ Apr 4th 2007 11:49PM

That this video came out so soon after the first one, I'm going to have to say that it is a hoax as well. There is no way that it's a coincidence that a Wii and then an Xbox 360 got won from the same type of machine in the same week AND had a camera ready. This is probably a viral marketing campaign.

NoHitHair @ Apr 5th 2007 12:01AM

As much as I'd like to believe this were real, I think I may have to agree with #10 for his/her stated reasoning. One video is plausible but a second one and so soon after?

Either this is an event that happens far more often than most of us probably realized AND there happens to be someone with a camera nearby or these incidents were staged.

http://blog.myspace.com/nohithair

mjallemand @ Apr 5th 2007 12:56AM

I remember seeing one of these things one time were the PSP had fallen off it's hook. Literally the glue holding the plastic ring came unstuck from the system and the box lay on the floor of the "Grab me" prize area. Whomever won a prize would have gotten two...lucky bastard.

stoik @ Apr 5th 2007 1:13AM

I would interpret the guy's calm walking as "I better get out of here before I get jumped." And there's a guy with some thingamajig in his hands - looks like he's going to club him.

dsub @ Apr 5th 2007 3:00AM

#10 and #11-

Could is possibly be that one was filmed way before the other and the sighting of the one video prompted the other one to be uploaded?

Death @ Apr 5th 2007 3:46AM

I would interpret the guy's calm walking as "Why worry? No one wants these pieces of $#@!...'

Slaziman @ Apr 5th 2007 8:40AM

Do these come with a warranty? Else the dude is pretty fucked

mike @ Apr 5th 2007 9:18AM

hvnlysoldr @ #9

It isn't a Leslie Nielson film, as #8 mentioned it is a National Lampoon film, Vegas Vacation. It is at the point of the movie when Clark needs to win all the money he lost in the real casinos and Cousin Eddie takes him to these smaller casinos with games like War and Guess the Number. They also use the money Eddie has buried in the backyard from various medical experiments.

Also, some claw games may have a scheduler, but I have not experienced many. How most of them work is that the tightness of grip of the claw can be adjusted by the employees so they can change it if people keep loosing/winning...

steve @ Apr 5th 2007 11:44AM

@inspecality

Asians keep winning because we love our gambling and our gadgets. So, chances are when we win (we play so much, it's bound to happen), there'll be someone nearby with a cam-phone.

razer @ Apr 5th 2007 1:20PM

As our own beloved Ludwig Kietzmann put it, "I want a video of someone winning a Stacker machine from a Stacker machine. "

This had me rollin! Ludwig you are my hero!

ZeroCorpse @ Apr 5th 2007 5:35PM

I played Stacker for the first time yesterday, and I won a cool electronic gadget, too!

. . .I'm now the proud owner of a Chinese-made "Flashing Rubber Crownfish" (it's a clownfish, but it's actually spelled "crownfish" on the package).

It's what it says it is: A rubber clownfish with a triple-LED sphere inside of it. When you squeeze it, it flashes red, amber, and blue in an epilepsy-inducing display of high-tech wastefulness. And it has a string on it, so you can hang it up somewhere.

Thank you, Stacker!