Hong Kong’s Consumer Council may regulate claw machines

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After receiving dozens of complaints about claw machines in Hong Kong, the Consumer Council is considering regulating the games. Councilors say the games are rigged so that they’ll never — or rarely — pick up the plushy stuffed animals. Host Carol Hills explains.

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