The Wheel" is framed with steel tube on which tiers of Plexiglas are placed supported by stainless steel rods. Over 200 specialized, computerized lighting instruments capable of up to 2 million different color choices are interwoven into the framework. It is all topped by the Wheel which spins on a stainless steel shaft supported by roller bearings. Seventy-three stainless steel pins fly past three hard rubber "flippers" giving it an unmistakable sound. In all it weighs in at a little over 2400 lbs. And because there is only one Wheel, it is dismantled and reassembled wherever the show travels to tape in a different location. copied from related link
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You buy vowels for $250 and not consonants on Wheel of Fortune
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Wheel of Fortune does not sell the Dalmatians. Any that are available from other sources are collectible items from when they could be purchased with prize money during the early Daytime Wheel of Fortune program. It has been over 20 years since the show allowed the purchase of the Dalmatians by the contestants.
They win at least $1000 if they did not win more playing the game. It is Jeopardy that has a set amount and for Wheel of Fortune you keep what ever you win and get the $1000 only if you failed to answer any puzzles because $1,000 is also the minimum for solving a puzzle on Wheel of Fortune.