stackyFACTSWhen Chuck E. Cheese filed for bankruptcy in 2020, they faced a bizarre logistical nightmare: 7 billion paper prize tickets sitting in a warehouse.
When Chuck E. Cheese filed for bankruptcy in 2020, they faced a bizarre logistical nightmare: 7 billion paper prize tickets sitting in a warehouse. If these tickets hit the streets, they could be redeemed for millions of dollars in cheap plastic toys, sparking a hyperinflationary crisis within the arcade ecosystem. To protect their fragile in-house economy, they legally requested permission to systematically destroy the paper. A true tragedy for Skee-Ball enthusiasts everywhere.
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