Arcade game with gift card writer

Abstract

An arcade target game uses an extendable extraction device to enter a tube of cards in a horizontal direction. The prizes are protected by the tube's outer wall that limits successful attempts to those tries that avoid the wall. A vacuum source allows the extraction device to capture the prize if the extraction device successfully enters the tube. The extraction device's effective radius can be adjusted by extending projections that reduce the tolerance between the disk and the tube's outer wall.

1 . An arcade game, comprising:
 a housing including player controls and a window in said housing for viewing action within the housing;   a plurality of gift cards stored in the housing;   an extraction device for extracting a first gift card from the plurality of gift cards;   a card writing device for writing information on the first gift card when a player wins a game; and   a delivery system for delivering the first gift card to a retrieval area once the card writing device completes a writing operation on the first gift card.   
     
     
         2 . The arcade game of  claim 1 , wherein the card writing device writes information onto a magnetic strip on the first gift card. 
     
     
         3 . The arcade game of  claim 2 , wherein the information includes a first gift card value. 
     
     
         4 . The arcade game of  claim 1 , wherein the extraction device includes a vacuum member to apply suction to the first gift card. 
     
     
         5 . The arcade game of  claim 1 , wherein the vacuum member is a suction cup. 
     
     
         6 . The arcade game of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of gift cards are disposed in a cylindrical silo. 
     
     
         7 . The arcade game of  claim 1 , wherein an object of the arcade game is to extract a first gift card from the plurality of gift cards using the extraction device. 
     
     
         8 . The arcade game of  claim 1 , wherein a track feeds gift cards from the extraction device to the card writing device. 
     
     
         9 . The arcade game of  claim 1 , wherein a processor controls an operation of the game and also controls the card writing device.