The daytime edition of the Wheel of Fortune began in 1975 with Chuck Woolery as the host and Susan Stafford turning the letters. Originally, all the money won in a round was then "spent" buying prizes of various types. As on the Price is Right and other daytime shows, the makers of these products or services provided them to the show and paid for their display. One unique item was a life-size ceramic dalmatian dog, which gained the nickname of Sheldon and became the show's "mascot". The price of the ceramic dogs was originally set at $154.
Money not spent after a round could be left in the player's "account, but could only be spent if and when they won another round.
The early daytime show did, the syndicated nighttime show never had that format.
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.
Sites that keep track did not go back that early and they had many puzzles during a year's time.
Episodes from the current season will be repeated during the summer months and shown at the same time and channel as the New episodes were during the season. This will continue from the end of current season in late May or Early June and continue until the new season begins in early September. Wheel of Fortunes episodes are not released on DVD or Tapes and are not one of the shows available to watch on-line it may repeat in the summer Wheel of fortune is not available for on-line viewing. Older wheel of fortune shows from previous seasons can be seen on the game show network, however since they have thousands of episodes to choose from watching a particular episode seems very unlikely
The Game show network shows previous episodes of the wheel of fortune show from earlier in the shows history that were not erased as were most of the early daytime shows. They never show the current program year's episodes
The early daytime show did, the syndicated nighttime show never had that format.
The medieval "wheel of fortune" (Rota Fortunae) was the concept that the Goddess of Fortune chose the fates of men arbitrarily or at random, as if spinning a wheel of chance. The modern "Wheel of Fortune" is a long-running game show created by Merv Griffin, once a daytime show and now syndicated in the early evening by Sony Entertainment.
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.
Sites that keep track did not go back that early and they had many puzzles during a year's time.
For the 30th season (2012-2013) Wheel of Fortune started new programs beginning on September 17 2012 and continuing through early June 2013.
It is no longer on the GSN but they do own some of the early episodes
Episodes from the current season will be repeated during the summer months and shown at the same time and channel as the New episodes were during the season. This will continue from the end of current season in late May or Early June and continue until the new season begins in early September. Wheel of Fortunes episodes are not released on DVD or Tapes and are not one of the shows available to watch on-line it may repeat in the summer Wheel of fortune is not available for on-line viewing. Older wheel of fortune shows from previous seasons can be seen on the game show network, however since they have thousands of episodes to choose from watching a particular episode seems very unlikely
on NBC broadcast Television in the USA. Wheel of Fortune is the USA game show and that some other show had the name for there program is for a completely different program than what is now known as Wheel of Fortune. I have heard rumors that Australia had a show by the same name back in the early fifties or sixties, but it was not the Famous Wheel of Fortune and just a show with the same name
The information needed to answer your question is not available. The shows from early Wheel of Fortune episodes are not broadcast and are not available to watch online. Sites that keep records of the Wheel of Fortune puzzle solutions do not keep information on shows from 18 years ago and the most popular one goes back only 4 seasons.
The Game show network shows previous episodes of the wheel of fortune show from earlier in the shows history that were not erased as were most of the early daytime shows. They never show the current program year's episodes
Chuck Woolery emceed the original Wheel pilot, Shopper's Bazaar, in late 1973. see related link
Shows been on too many years and the early daytime records are not available. But since even the nighttime show had a prize only time the easy answer is that a number of people only got prizes and no cash.