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.

While most carnival and amusement park game operators are bored teenagers who actually don’t care what you do, occasionally, a low key conman is working these games.

Disney California Adventure Park also has carnival-style attractions with the Games of Pixar Pier area, which features four whimsical pay-per-play booths featuring chances to win Pixar-themed prizes.

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.

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A magical Christmas kingdom lives here amid pine and scrub oak. The North Pole-Santa’s Workshop is an amusement park that time seemingly forgot. It’s a land of perpetual ho ho hos, where Santa ...