Editing Claw machine (section)

===United States===
[[File:GIRL TRIES TO PICK UP PRIZE WITH A MINIATURE CRANE AT "FUN CITY" RECENTLY OPENED ESTABLISHMENT ON "THE STRIP." "THE... - NARA - 551294.jpg|thumb|left|A girl using a claw machine at the [[Lake of the Ozarks State Park]] in [[Missouri]], U.S.]]

In the United States, claw machines became ubiquitous in the 1980s.<ref name="mf" /> They are common at carnivals, grocery stores, shopping malls, arcades, amusement parks, and bowling alleys.<ref name="today">{{cite web |last1=Rossen |first1=Jeff |last2=Bomnin |first2=Lindsey |title=Claw machine secrets revealed: Are they rigged? |url=https://www.today.com/money/claw-machine-secrets-revealed-are-they-rigged-t100351 |website=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=13 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="vox">{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Phil |title=Claw machines are rigged — here's why it's so hard to grab that stuffed animal |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/4/3/8339999/claw-machines-rigged |website=[[Vox Media|Vox]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=3 April 2015}}</ref> The world's largest claw machine, according to Guinness World Records, is a 17 by 8 by 12 feet machine designed by the [[Dayton, Ohio]]-based creative agency Real Art and opened in 2014.<ref name="kidskeep" />

The term "Clawcade" is used in the USA to refer to arcades that exclusively feature claw machines and prize-winning games.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fravel |first1=Caleb |title=Clawcades: The new Japanese-style arcade sweeping the Twin Cities |url=https://www.startribune.com/clawcades-the-new-japanese-style-arcade-sweeping-the-twin-cities/601177879 |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=www.startribune.com |date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Kyle |title=New Japanese-style 'clawcades' are gripping the metro |url=https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/new-japanese-style-clawcades-are-gripping-the-metro/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News |date=8 January 2025}}</ref>

There were many instances of children getting stuck inside of claw machines in the United States throughout the 2010s, including in Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, Nebraska, Pennsylvania,<ref name="kidskeep">{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Susanna |title=Why Kids Keep Getting Stuck in Claw Toy Machines |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/kids-stuck-claw-toy-machines/story?id=26381639 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=22 October 2014}}</ref> North Carolina,<ref>{{cite web |title=Boy trapped inside claw machine after climbing in to get prize at North Carolina amusement park |url=https://www.today.com/news/boy-trapped-claw-machine-north-caroline-amusement-park-rcna80189 |website=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=18 April 2023}}</ref> and Texas.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hawatmeh |first1=Rachel |title=Girl Gets Trapped Inside a Claw Machine After a Double Dog Dare |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/girl-trapped-inside-claw-machine-double-dog-dare/story?id=33663205 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=10 September 2015}}</ref>