Here's one I've found by accident. On the lilly pad toss, you can actually get up to 7 points per ball. Just hitting the score marker in the center cup counts as 4 and you'll still get credit if it bounces out. If you're really lucky, it'll bounce into the yellow 3 point cup.

@GlucoseGuardian this guide is is fairly old and out of date as of the pirate update (I think)

The orange fish is actually only worth $30.50

@TOMMy noNAME Shoot the Star became easier for me when I found this strategy: Click to shoot, never hold down. Start by picking two diagnals and click your way across them. Then do the last star point towards the center still just clicking. Then focus and re-cover any gaps/red areas you see.

@Paradox If you can afford it, spend $50-$75 mastering Stackem Up on the Minor Prize level which earns 100 tickets/win which isn't much but any tickets help long-term. Then, spend another $25-$50 mastering the Major Prize level. I like to think I have about average reaction times in arcade games IRL and after ~$80 I was getting a 67% win rate on Stackem Up. However, the game is tedious and a bad start (non-centralized in the middle of the board) makes it harder to win the Major Prize so I switched to Shoot the Star for money making, see my response to LowercaseJ.

@LowercaseJ Nah man, take it further and do Shoot the Star 3 times ($15) for a Rasta Banana that's worth $100 at the pawn shop, or if you're lucky $200 if it's the hot item of the day. I just got done spending $100 on Shoot the Star for 5 Rasta Bananas (45 credits = 15 wins, I had a 75% win rate). With a perfect margin of $85 per banana, it's probably the most reliable earn-money-quick scheme in the game. Even if your win rate is 50%, you walk away with a margin of $70 per banana. Time-wise it doesn't take too long either since the carnival->pawn shop trip is shorter than the UFO Point->pawn shop trip meaning you save gas in the process if using a golf cart or just more time if biking.

the stackem up game is pure skill, and if you can do it in one try, you get 49 dollars! its how i was able to afford the golf cart.

I've found that the best, but most tedious way to earn cash is to do the Shoot the Star game at the carnival. Turning $5 dollars into $28 dollars for the donut is a great deal, and so is $15 dollars (3 plays) into $100 dollars for the rasta banana. Especially when one of those items goes for double at the pawn shop. That trick helped me get the golf cart as soon as one in game day in Survival!

I found it really tough to beat the star carnival game at first but i just put everything aside and focused on it like got closer to the screen and everything i turned my graphics to the lowest settings too to help with the lag and i was able to win a bunch after that easy money then you gamble with 25 dollar lotto tickets and your rich like that!

What a very fantastic guide! Thank you tons