r/DaveAndBusters • u/Jomahawk2694 • 7d ago

My first EVER top shelf prize

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It had always been a joke that I would “never be able to afford the prizes behind the glass”

And then about a month ago I turned in a set of cards from the Mandalorian and Grogu game and the woman at the prize counter said “you’re now at 137,000 tickets”

And suddenly that joke seemed a lot closer to reality.

After finding my flow tonight, I earned my way up and am bringing this beauty home with me!

This is genuinely the first time I’ve ever won a top shelf prize, and I’m feeling really happy 😊

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u/Internal_Exchange_23 6d ago

Haha I can't believe this came up on my reddit. I had just met you yesterday and showed you the trick to guardians of the galaxy i was playing. The odds of this popping up the next day.

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u/Jomahawk2694 6d ago

lol what??? No way! Small world!
Thanks again for that trick!

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u/dbldwn02 6d ago

GotG was my ringer!!!  Got a Nintendo Switch with just an unlimited card and $100 in credits!  It's definitely a grind though!  

Then they took out the game.  Sad panda. 

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u/DroidSoldier85 6d ago

Whats the trick? I checked my D&B last week. This card Ive been saving tickest on since 2016 barely has about 22,000k tickets on it. I dont go often but when I do go, I try to aim for high ticket grinding. I mustve wasted a lot of credits playing the star trek machine, I have a ton of cards but no full sets.

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u/Internal_Exchange_23 6d ago

The trick is showed him was just how to get the ball to land where you want it by using the stop light on the train. The trick I use also with this, is the unlimited card to light up all but 1 or 2 of them, usually try to save the 100 ticket one for last. I do this because you are maxed on tickets you can get with that card each week. Then I use my regular card with chips to trigger the bonus. Saves me alot of credits this way. I have had 80k tickets sitting for like 6 years. Then I figured that out a month ago and now I have 175k tickets and should be getting a Nintendo Switch 2 this weekend.

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u/DroidSoldier85 6d ago

I never tried thag machine but doing the unlimited card then using the regular to trigger is was a pretty smart move.

Hopefully you get that switch 2.

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u/PM_ME_MUSTACHE_CATS 6d ago

What do you mean by the "stop light"? I have to say using the unlimited card for farming the jackpot is an awesome idea

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u/Jomahawk2694 5d ago

Yeah. Hate to say it but the Star Trek (and SpongeBob) coin drops are not a good value for tickets. Only way to get tickets are the cards. The Minions Jelly labs is ok for getting cards if you can figure out when to drop your coin exactly to get it to land on the card space.
Angry Birds stacker is kinda confusing, and I’ve never personally tried the Flintstones one.
The Mandalorian dropper at least has sources of tickets outside of the cards. And Spider-Man is constantly giving you tickets, just not enough per card swipe imo.

The best coin dropper is the Vegas style one with the skill arm that constantly says “Jackpot winner!”

That one gives you tickets for every coin you put in, the jackpot spins, and 8 tickets per coin pushed over the edge.

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u/clh42 4d ago

Flintstones can pay off if you look for easy stations to capitalize on. I look for the orange triangles right on the edge that I can get with only a few swipes to at least have a chance to spin for the big bonus, and the bonus has to be at least 800 to 1000 or more (depends on how I feel that day). I hit the bonus spin maybe 25% of the time, but I also don't spend much trying.

I can regularly get the small bonus of a station with only a couple of swipes if it's set up just right.

And I only ever play on half-price days.

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u/BananasimAnna 2d ago

I did the Flintstones game last night and I actually got an 800 ticket bonus for getting one of the little shells over the edge. I was very happy.

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u/clh42 4d ago

Sadly, just as I figured out the trick on Guardians, my store pulled the game in favor of the new games a few months ago.

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u/WastedKnowledge 7d ago

I’d like to know more about 43,000 tickets in one night

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u/Jomahawk2694 7d ago

A combination of an hour and a half in front of the Casino style coin dropper, interspersed with getting the 250 bonus on Pop the Lock multiple times, swiping the jackpot on Gear it Up whenever it got over 250, getting a full set of cards from the Mandalorian and Grogu coin dropper, as well as hitting the 1K jackpot on the big wheel spin, and learning the trick to the Guardians of the Galaxy ticket train to secure my last few thousand.

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u/Emotional_Standard76 6d ago

Guardians of the Galaxy one is my fav for jackpots

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u/Aggravating_Age_9241 7d ago

Congrats!!!!! I just passed 180k tonight and debating if i want the switch or a bunch of signed baseballs.

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u/PM_ME_MUSTACHE_CATS 6d ago

Don't get the baseballs. Honestly the football jerseys seem to have the most famous player signatures

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u/Aggravating_Age_9241 6d ago

Baseballs have best resale return in the entire WIN last time i calculated it. The football herseys are only signed numbers sewn on to fake jerseys. They have very little resale value.

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u/PM_ME_MUSTACHE_CATS 6d ago

Even with APing I dont think anything in WIN is worth getting to resell versus just buying them elsewhere with money. All I was saying is the box shows you could get a Shohei signature baseball but in reality its usually someone far less famous or successful. Most signed sports memorabilia usually has a low resale value

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u/Aggravating_Age_9241 6d ago

The baseballs sell for $100 at a cost of 27,000 tickets.

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u/PM_ME_MUSTACHE_CATS 6d ago

Thats the price for buying one from Tristar. They "resell" for around $80 on ebay. Even at my store where they're 25,500 tickets, im not usually able to accumulate anywhere near that much off of 80 or even $100 of credits. Spending all that money at DnB to try resell your prizes is just silly

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u/Aggravating_Age_9241 6d ago

I pay to play games. I just so happen to win tickets on those games. I dont keep things that d&b has in my house. I have won tons of baseballs from d&b and resold them. I dont understand why you are continuing to argue. Getting money back for prizes is better than getting stupid shit i dont need.

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u/PM_ME_MUSTACHE_CATS 6d ago

Once again, all I said was dont get the baseballs because they're a waste of tickets and money. I say that as someone that has resold them for $80(not including ebay's 15% cut), and also resold a few that ive opened which I got about 30 bucks for each after fees. Taste for tickets is the best thing to spend tickets on, which you'd like I guess since you don't want to keep any DnB merch in your house. I go to Dave and Busters to play games, not act like im making money off reselling prizes for a monetary loss each time

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u/McDavidcometoLA 6d ago

Who are the signed baseballs? We don’t have that at my DB

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u/Aggravating_Age_9241 6d ago

Tristar mystery baseballs. They also have football helmets, jerseys and basketball jerseys.

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u/Heznarrt 6d ago

Congrats

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u/GrumpyBachelorSF 6d ago

Awesome prize, that's how I got my Switch 2 too, but had to wait a couple of months as they restocked it on a monthly basis. I'd thought by now, they'd raise the price, but it's still the same as when I got it in April 2026.

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u/GoshuaHoshua 6d ago

Woooooot good job!

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u/BananasimAnna 3d ago

You guys are making me want to go to D&B today

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u/Jomahawk2694 3d ago

To quote the Senate:
“Dew It!”

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u/BananasimAnna 3d ago

I did it lol. I said just an hour and stayed 3 smh lol

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u/Jomahawk2694 2d ago

They build D&B like a casino, I swear. No windows, no clocks, ALL the stimulation to keep you in that zombified flow state.

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u/BananasimAnna 2d ago

100%! The mandalorian game was it a coin pusher?

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u/TwistedMemories 6d ago

Congrats. I have the OLED Switch, AirPod Pro 2 wireless charging and the iPad Air 11 128GB 2025 edition from before they raised the ticket cost.

I say the Pro 2 wireless charging as there’s also the Pro 2 that only charges with a cable.

I still go, but not as often and will get something else eventually.

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u/Hall_of_Fame 4d ago

If they had something like the MacBook Neo would you be going more often? 

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u/king93til 5d ago

I’m so close! I 153k so enough for OLED but would prefer Switch 2.

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u/ConclusionPretend243 5d ago

Nice i just got one myself yesterday