so good, in fact, that here at the cedar point amusement park in sandusky, ohio-- and at many other midways country-- management has put limits on the number of prizes any one person can win. >> i don't want to say it's all because of me, but it is all because of me. >> reporter: (laughs) still, peter takes them to the cleaners every time. on this day in just the first few minutes he'd already amassed a kennel's worth of dogs. this is a talent he seems to have been born with. he started playing these games at the age of nine and won enough stuffed animals that first year to give one to every single kid in his school. about 200. peter spent the next half century refining that gift. >> so we'll go here. >> reporter: incorporating the fields of geometry, physics and, ultimately, engineering. >> we can go about six high. >> reporter: today he is arguably the best in the world at carnival games. and although this is about as much as they'll let him win now, before they limited the prizes it would almost disappear in his winnings. these shots are from a weekend at circus circus in las vegas. >> w