For venue owners

Your customers stay longer. Then they come back.

Kids, students, date nights, birthday parties — whoever walks through your door, a claw machine gives them a reason to linger. We install it, stock it, run it and insure it, zero cost to you. We split the profits 50/50, and if you want it gone within 90 days for any reason, you keep 100% of what it made.

What it actually does for your venue

People stay longer. Spend more. Come back.

Kids, students, couples on a date night, birthday groups, families, people killing time while a partner shops — whoever you get through the door, the machine gives them a reason to stay that extra bit longer. And everyone who wins something remembers where they won it.

Longer stays

One more go. Then another. Whatever people are buying at your venue — drinks, food, dessert — they buy more of it when they're not in a rush to leave. The machine gives them a reason to not be in a rush.

A reason to return

People remember where they won something. A customer who has a good moment at your venue has a reason to come back that goes beyond your core offer — and they bring people with them. "That place with the claw machine" sticks in a way that "that café" doesn't.

Free word of mouth

Every toy won is remembered and talked about. People film themselves playing and post it. Within weeks of going live at one venue, customers were tagging the location on Instagram without being asked. You get social reach without running a social campaign.

The monthly income from plays is real — listed below — but most venue partners say the dwell time and return visits are worth more than the payment by the time they've had the machine a month.

How it works

We do everything. You do nothing.

1

We bring the machine

We pick the best spot with you, carry it in and plug it in. Clean, well-lit, neon-framed, with contactless card payment built in. Your team lifts nothing.

2

Players win every time

Every play wins a prize at £2. No coins. No empty-handed customers. No one complaining to your staff. It runs itself.

3

You get paid every month

We restock, maintain and collect the cash. Your share goes straight to your bank. You never handle the money, and your team never needs to touch the machine.

What it looks like

It looks intentional.

If your mental image of a claw machine is a faded coin-op from a service station, ours are nothing like it. They're clean, well-lit units with neon surrounds and contactless readers — the kind of thing people photograph when they're in a good mood, not something that makes your space look cheaper.

We're selective about placement too. If we don't think it'll work in your space, we'll tell you. We'd rather have twenty machines in the right twenty spots than thirty in the wrong thirty.

A Toy World claw machine in a venue

The income

What venues earn — 50/50 on profits

Every play is £2. After prize costs and fees, we split the profit 50/50. Here's what your share looks like in practice:

Venue typeYour share / machine / month
Food halls and markets£145–195
Ice cream and dessert shops£155–185
Soft play and family leisure£105–145
Retail and grocery£65–100
Cafés, bars and restaurants£45–80

From live venues. Most settle above the lower end by month two. Tell us about your space and we'll give you a real figure.

£0

Your cost. Machine, prizes, repairs, insurance, collections: all on us, always.

20

Machines live in venues right now.

£27,000

Paid to venue partners so far.

From a venue partner

"It sits in a spot that did nothing before. Now it's one payment a month I never think about — and customers definitely stay longer."
Cutlery Works, Sheffield — food hall

Rassam's Creamery asked for a second machine before the first had been in a month. They now run several across their sites. The income from plays is steady — but what keeps them adding machines is that customers come back because of them.

The offer

Try it for 90 days. Zero risk.

We split the profits 50/50. You pay nothing upfront and nothing ever — machine, prizes, repairs, insurance and collections are all on us. If you want it gone for any reason within 90 days, we remove it within 14 days and you keep 100% of the gross it made. No questions.

"It sits in a spot that did nothing before. Now it is one payment a month I never think about — and customers definitely stay longer."
Cutlery Works, Sheffield — food hall
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Questions venues ask

Straight answers

How does the split work?

50/50 on profits. Every play is £2. After the cost of the prize and running the machine, we split what's left equally. You don't pay for anything — we cover the machine, prizes, repairs, insurance and collections — and your share goes into your bank monthly.

What's the 90-day trial?

You try it for 90 days with no commitment. If you want it gone for any reason — it doesn't suit the space, your customers don't take to it, you just change your mind — we remove it within 14 days and you keep 100% of the gross it made. No questions, no awkwardness.

Is there a minimum earnings guarantee?

For smaller and independent venues we can discuss a floor figure to give you extra certainty. Ask when you apply and we'll include it in writing.

Will my team end up having to manage it?

No. Across all our machines, no venue staff has ever had to do anything except let us in to restock. We fill it, fix it and collect it. A quick text is all you ever need to send us.

Will it look right in my space?

These are clean, well-lit units with neon surrounds and contactless payment — not the faded coin-ops you might be picturing. We also won't place a machine somewhere we don't think it fits. If your space isn't right for it, we'll say so.

Do I need a licence or permit?

No. It's a Category D amusement machine, the lowest-risk classification under UK law. No gambling licence required. We handle all compliance, insurance and paperwork.

Who handles the cash?

We do. Your staff never touch the money. We collect on a regular schedule and pay your share monthly by bank transfer.

What if it breaks down?

Text us. We aim to fix or replace within 48 hours. It's our machine — keeping it earning is as important to us as it is to you.

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Tell us about your venue

Megan replies — usually the same day — with a real figure for your space and the guarantee in writing. No cost. No sales pressure.

On its way.

Megan will be in touch soon — usually the same day — with a real figure for your venue.