Arcade game with rotating container for captured prizes with RFID tags

An arcade game comprising:

• an electro-mechanical prize capturing device;
• a receptacle, the receptacle being adapted to tilt between an upright position wherein the receptacle can receive and support prizes captured by the electro-mechanical prize capturing device and a tilted dumping position whereby the prizes captured by the electro-mechanical prize capturing device will be dumped out of the receptacle;
• a rotation motor operably connected to the receptacle to cause rotation of the receptacle;
• and
• an RFID antenna located proximate to the receptacle adapted to read RFID tags on the prizes captured by the electro-mechanical prize capturing device within the receptacle as the receptacle is rotated by the rotation motor.

A method of operating an arcade game having a prize display area within a housing and an electromechanical prize capturing device for capturing prizes from the prize display area, the method comprising:

• capturing at least one prize within the prize display area and moving the at least one prize to a prize receptacle;
• spinning the prize receptacle containing the at least one captured prize about a vertical axis;
• reading at least one marker on the at least one captured prize in the spinning prize receptacle;
• and
• dumping the at least one captured prize back into the prize display area after the at least one marker has been read.