Ex-NBA star says he was banned from county fair for winning all the carnival prizes

It took a former NBA star to prove to the world that carnival games aren't always rigged against the player.

Gilbert Arenas visited the Orange County Fair in Southern California over the weekend, and judging by his Instagram, won every single stuffed animal inside the fairgrounds and within a 20-mile radius. Arenas wrote in the caption that he was "banned from all the basketball hoops at #orangecountyfair," but that's not actually true, carnival operator RCS and OC Fair officials said.

While Arenas did win the maximum number of prizes — players can take home just one prize per day at each game — he isn't persona non grata at the midway. "I'd say he looks pretty happy in the picture," Chris Lopez, vice president for RCS, told ABC7 Los Angeles. "Makes me wonder how he got all that home? Mr. Arenas is welcome back to the O.C. Fair any time, and that includes the basketball games."

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