No gambling here: S’pore families enjoy getting the scoop during CNY

Singapore – Families and friends gathered for the Chinese New Year, are taking to a new money scooping game that seems to have first trended online during the holidays last year.

The objective is to scoop as much money as possible from a table and onto a handheld tray.  The trick, as you can see from the photograph below, is that you have to do it blindfolded. And you can double the fun even if doesn’t double the money by sharing the experience on TikTok.

No special game equipment is needed. Just a spatula or something with which to scoop up the loot, a blindfold, a tray, and of course, some cash.

The blindfolded player gets a set time or tries to scoop up as much cash into the tray for the take-home prize.

While the mechanics seem deceptively straightforward, it does take some  skill to get the cash onto the tray.

Former child actor Oh Ling En uploaded a video of her  family playing the gmae  to TikTok. “Scooping money challenge. Everyone only has five chances to scoop the money up!” said Ms Oh, who uses @lingenie.ee as her TikTok handle.

Player Number One was Daddy, whose slow and steady technique yielded prize money of $2.

Ms Oh’s mother, on the other hand, managed to scoop up $20, while her eldest brother made everyone laugh by completely missing the pile of money during his first attempt. Her second brother scooped up $50 on his last try.

Ms Oh started strong and got $26 into her tray. But an unplanned tilt of the hand, let  $16 slip  back,  leaving her with only S$10.

Facebook user Amanda Soh shared her game version, using a strainer and plastic basin. Despite the unlimited number of tries and quick swooping prowess enforced by Ms Soh, she only got $4 within the time limit.

Other families improvised to get younger players interested by adding chocolates and snacks  to the loot.

More than the prize awaiting the players, it seemed  that that the fun and laughter shared was prize enough.

Here’s another family applying multiple techniques including relying on wind generated by the scooping motion to get the bills into the container./TISG

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Grandma’s too good🤣 #moneyscoopchallenge #chinesenewyear

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