Wheel of Fortune. Description: Spin the wheel, and select a consonant. If the letter is part of the puzzle, you'll earn the amount on the wheel multiplied by the number of times it appears. On a turn, you may spin the wheel, buy a vowel for $250, or solve the puzzle. Wheel of Fortune is a Puzzle Games. Instructions: This game is played with mouse only.
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As you would expect, the Wheel of Fortune game includes plenty of classic features of the hit TV program. The main feature is, of course, the spinning wheel and this feature is common to just about all of the versions you may see in the Vegas casinos.
3 Reel Wheel of Fortune Real Money Game
Out of all the different versions of Wheel of Fortune, there can be no debate that it is the classic 3-reel game that is most cherished. Still, after all these years and so many 5-reel versions, nothing matches the classic 3 reel game.
Even though the 3 reel game is the most popular, there are actually lots of different versions within this category. You will see a lot of different 25 cent and dollar versions in the Las Vegas casinos.
The Wheel of Fortune slot is not just a hit in real money slots casinos across the USA, it is also really popular in Canada and the rest of the world, including the UK. Recently, I even discovered that it is even the biggest game in the Bahamas!
The thing to look out for is the number of credits you need to play to trigger the bonus reel and also how many you must play to stand a chance of winning the jackpot. There really is no point in playing Wheel of Fortune slots for real money if you can't play the wheel game or hit the jackpot.
Because of this, my favorite version is the 25 cent 3 line game. This gives a max bet of 75 cents per spin, which is not too bad, yet you still get to play the wheel and also hit the jackpot (which is often around $75k, so not too shabby.
At the same time, this 3 line game is very exciting still even if your first two reels come in to give you nothing. That is because you only need to hit the 'spin' symbol on reel three to trigger the bonus round, so the suspense and tension survives even if you are not going to get a regular win - you can still hit the spin prize.
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Wheel of Fortune is constantly being developed and new games with new designs and game-play are released every year. The major recent arrival was the huge 8 player machines, where players all sit at the same unit, each with their own screens. This is the multiplayer version is similar to the new big monopoly slots games you find in Vegas where more than one player can partake in the bonus round at the same time:
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| Wheel of Fortune | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Peter Arnell |
| Presented by | Todd Russell |
| Narrated by | Hal Simms |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | |
| Production company(s) | Peter Arnell Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | Daytime: October 3, 1952 – December 25, 1953 Primetime: July 7, 1953 – September 15, 1953 |
Wheel of Fortune was an American game show which ran from 1952 to 1953 on CBS in both daytime (October 3, 1952 – December 25, 1953) and nighttime (July 7 – September 15, 1953). It was presented by Todd Russell and narrated by Hal Sims.
Another American game show also titled Wheel of Fortune, that was produced by Merv Griffin and which debuted in 1975, had no connection to the original 1952 game show, although both followed a similar type of format, featuring cash and prizes that could be won by contestants, and both had the same respective logo visible in the center of the wheel.
Gameplay[edit]
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The series involved rewarding everyday people who had done good deeds in their life by having their stories told on national TV, then allowing them to spin a carnival-style prize wheel onstage and being awarded that prize. Occasionally, the lucky spin gave the good Samaritan a chance to win up to $1,000 by answering trivia questions.
Theme[edit]
The show's theme was Kay Starr's version of the song 'Wheel of Fortune', which was released in the first two months of 1952 and beginning on February 8 ran 22 weeks on Billboard's best-seller chart, with a nine-week stretch (March 14 to May 9) at #1.
Her version shared the charts with two other renditions during the same period (Bobby Wayne with Joe Reisman's orchestra; the second Eddie Wilcox & Sunny Gale), however the latter two were not as popular. The Wayne/Reisman version appeared from February 15 to April 18 (peaking at #13), while the Wilcox/Gale rendition appeared from February 1 to March 7 (peaking at #14).
Broadcast history[edit]
Wheel debuted on October 3, 1952 at 10:00 AM Eastern (9:00 Central), facing Breakfast Party on NBC and local programming on ABC. In an odd move, the show debuted on a Friday, where the series aired for a full hour until 11:00 AM (10:00 Central) each week; the second half-hour competed against local shows.
On November 24, Breakfast was replaced by the children's program Ding Dong School. On July 6, the Peacock debuted the Henry Babbitt-hosted game Glamour Girl at 10:30, which only competed with the hour-long game on Fridays.
The show's popularity spawned a nighttime version on July 7, 1953 at 8:30 PM, but quickly folded on September 15 against Break the Bank on NBC and local programs elsewhere.
The daytime version fared little better, having been worn down by Glamour and Ding Dong despite the former changing hosts on October 8 from Babbitt to Jack McCoy. Wheel bowed on November 6, 1953, with Glamour following suit on January 8, 1954; Ding Dong remained until the end of 1956.
Australian version[edit]
Despite its short run in America, the show found success in Australia on radio and television from 1959–62.[1] Originally hosted by series producer Reg Grundy, he was replaced by Walter Elliott in 1962.
A similar carnival-style wheel was used in the original 1973 Wheel pilot (Shopper's Bazaar), although that wheel was operated by a motor. A further (and far more explicit) connection arrived in 1981, when Grundy debuted his adaptation of Griffin's Wheel which (like its American counterpart) also had a very long and successful run on the Seven Network until 2006.
A short-lived remake and revival called Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune hosted by Tim Campbell and Kelly Landry ran on the Nine Network for a brief period in 2008. The Million Dollar Wedge concept has been carried over to the original American version since its 26th season debut in the same year.
Episode status[edit]
The American series is believed to be destroyed as per network practices of the era. A photo of Russell and the wheel was used in the A&E Biography TV Game Shows.
The Australian version likely suffered the same fate, although clips of an episode were used in the 2006 special 50 Years: 50 Stars.[2] An episode (missing the opening and closing titles) is held by National Film and Sound Archive as a kinescope recording.[3] The survival rate of Australian game shows of the 1950s and 1960s is highly erratic: although around 13 episodes exist of the short-lived 1957 series Give it a Go, no recordings exist of the popular Melbourne version of Tell the Truth.[3]
References[edit]
- ^'Wheel Of Fortune (AUS) - Australian Game Show Home Page'. iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^Clip of Grundy's Wheel of FortuneArchived 2016-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ab'NFSA - Title Details'. colsearch.nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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