Chance · 1980
Lucky Dip
Pull the drawer, take the prize
Work the grabber and pull something out of the cabinet.
A fairground grabber with weighted odds and a prize cabinet to fill.
About Lucky Dip
Weighted odds mean rare prizes really are rare, and the claw drifts as it drops. Stopping a fraction early is the trick everybody learns eventually — usually one go too late.
How to play Lucky Dip
Work the fairground grabber and pull a prize out of the cabinet.
Controls
- · Tap to stop the claw over the prize you want.
- · Tap DROP to lower the claw.
Rules & scoring
- · Each prize has its own value; rarer prizes are weighted to appear less often.
- · A miss costs one go.
Tips
- · Stop the claw a fraction early — it drifts as it drops.
Retro inspiration
Fairground grabbers were shrunk into pocket toys almost as soon as the full-size cabinets appeared.
An original game made by The Pocket Arcade Club. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any historic toy manufacturer.
What you get
- · Installs to your home screen — no app store needed
- · Plays offline once installed
- · Original chiptune music and mechanical sound effects
- · Tilt and touch controls, one hand friendly
- · Zero adverts, zero tracking, zero in-app nonsense
- · Free updates and new chambers forever
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Club membership unlocks every game in the cabinet for £2.99 a month or £24.99 a year — including everything we release next. See pricing
Lucky Dip high scores
Reading the scoreboard…
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