Puzzles have been solved after having only one or two letters of the puzzle uncovered on many occasions. They only allow ten seconds for a contestant to solve the bonus puzzle and most that solve it do so well before they are buzzed out. When the speed up round on the last puzzle before the bonus puzzle starts a contestant has only three seconds to solve the puzzle after Vanna completes turning the letters over. There's no clock to determine the number of seconds it took someone to solve the puzzle and many times a person will decide to gamble and keep spinning the wheel trying to win more money than to quickly solve a puzzle. You can determine by the contestants choice of letters that they have already solved the puzzle and are continuing to spin to make more money. It's a risk and they know that luck and skill are both parts of the game. It's a show to try to win money and not to quickly buzz in and solve the puzzle except for three times a night. Even for those three puzzles some contestants wait to confirm their possible answer by allowing more letters to turn over rather than to quickly make a guess on a possible solution. However the have been times when those puzzles have been buzzed to be solved even before the first letter was finished being turned by Vanna White.
Contestants who win zero get a 1000 dollars so that is the smallest amount. If you were to look at it afterexpensesmany of those $1,000 contestants might have spent over $1,000 on travel andaccommodations just to get to the culver city studio and return home. Much more if they made an extended family trip out of it
1,000 dollars
The puzzle solution was Loud Laughter.(This was a Million Dollar prize winner!)
Who starts a round is not determined by who solved the puzzle. Turns are in order set by the winner of the $2000 and $3000 puzzles going first
Wheel of Fortune - 1983 European Landmarks 5 24-100 was released on: USA: 26 January 2007
Black Gown was the Wheel of Fortune bonus puzzleBlack Gown was the Wheel of Fortune bonus puzzle
The Puzzle and contestants are different for each show or the Spin ID is different for the home Wheel of Fortune winners
Wheel of Fortune - 1983 Sony Winner Wonderland 1 23-66 was released on: USA: 12 December 2005
Wheel of Fortune - 1983 Sony Winner Wonderland 2 23-67 was released on: USA: 13 December 2005
At the site for Wheel of Fortune .com there are links to get a Spin ID
1,000 dollars
On wheel of fortune contestants always get a minimum of 1000 dollars if they don't win more. Wheel of fortune payouts are only a prize if that is all the contestant wins. This applies to the winner and the second and third place finishers.
Michelle Loewenstein won $1,026,080 on 14 Oct 2008 the next biggest winner is for less than $150,00
There is no phone number. You must log into your account at the Wheel of Fortune website to confirm that your number was chosen, and to begin the verification process. You have 24 hours from the broadcast of the episode with that day's number or numbers.
The puzzle solution was Loud Laughter.(This was a Million Dollar prize winner!)
The puzzle solution was Loud Laughter.(This was a Million Dollar prize winner!)
Who starts a round is not determined by who solved the puzzle. Turns are in order set by the winner of the $2000 and $3000 puzzles going first
Wheel of Fortune - 1983 Wheel of Fortune 25 12 - 25.117 was released on: USA: 19 February 2008