If you’ve ever been to an amusement park or a state fair, you’ve likely wasted more than a few dollars trying to win oversized stuffed animals by playing any number of carnival-style games.

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On slow, weekday high noons, the Fiesta Carnival amusement park—once a beloved entertainment destination that helped define the landscape of old Cubao—is neither festive nor carnivalesque.

Parks started adding the carnival-style games after Kings Island, an amusement park near Cincinnati, opened with them in 1972, he said. Other operators visited and liked what they observed.