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Stacker is an "Amusement with prizes" style game manufactured by LAI Games. The aim is to align rows of moving blocks on top of each other by pressing a button, when a player gets to the top row he/she/it wins a prize. There is also a "minor prize" which costs significantly less than the price per play, the sole purpose of this is to get people addicted to playing the game and give the impression that it is possible to win a major prize; however this is not the case and odds of winning a major prize can be up to 1 in 800. On the last few levels the system appears to "cheat" by not stopping the moving block when the player pushes the button. This is to maintain the odds the operator specified and to ensure the operator maximum profits.

Standard layout of stacker games; there is a row of three red squares which move left and right on the screen. When the player pushes the button, the row of squares will stop. Then another row of three moving red sqaures appears above the previous row. The aim is to get the squares directley above the previous set. If the squares do not allign directly above the previous set, then the overlapping square will be removed. For example if one square overlapped, then the next moving row will only have two squares instead of three. You must have at least one square to continue playing.

It is said that up to 90% of players do not take the minor prize and will continue to play for the larger ones. Minor prizes are usually fluffy toys while major prizes are popular consumer electronics devices such as mobile phones, gaming consoles, etc.

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