I’m Your Pusher

A guide to liberating some change from the claw machine’s twisted sister.

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A spray of hundreds of loose coins scattering across a white field.
Illustration by Chaunté Vaughn

If you ever find yourself in the Scottish town of Fife with a fistful of coins, you could do worse than taking them to Kenny Marshall’s house. A collector of machines known as “coin pushers,” the archetypal arcade gambling game, Kenny has pushed tens of thousands of coins to learn their secrets. James Mitchell brings some tips back from the master.