The total amounts are the same, which proves for this certain claw machine that the claw machine will profit 57% of the amount spent on the game and its payout percentage is 43%. So for this claw machine, the game does not benefit the player. If the player continue to play on this claw machine, the player will lose more than gain. The expectation of a claw machine is similar to the expectation of a slot machine. In both a claw and slot machine, the creator had made the game to have a profit to it. The profit percentage are calculated similarly, the only difference is that for this claw machine, there are only 6 probabilities while a slot machine has 10648 probabilities on the physical barrel along with many more in the virtual reel that determines
