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How does Wheel of Fortune get away with being so rigged?

Posted on 1/22/14 at 7:18 pm
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 7:18 pm
Never fails: A contestant obviously knows the answer to the puzzle but keeps spinning the wheel to amass more $$$. The wheel then 'randomly' hits Bankrupt or Lose a Turn before said contestant can solve the puzzle and get paid.

I rarely watch this show but every time I happen to see it this same scenario happens. You can't convince me Pat or someone doesn't have a wheel control device.

Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 1/22/14 at 7:22 pm to
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27104 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 7:28 pm to
I have been saying this for years about Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right.

You never see the other side of the wheel.
This post was edited on 1/23/14 at 7:40 am
Posted by cjared036
Houston, tx
Member since Dec 2009
9569 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 7:30 pm to
Sounds like a job for the Daily Show correspondent team....
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18317 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:48 pm to
I was always pissed that there wasn't a "Sex with Vanna White" spot on the wheel.
Posted by CBLSU316
Far Right of Left
Member since Jun 2008
11391 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 9:24 pm to
Same way family feud gets away with being racist.
Posted by John McClane
Member since Apr 2010
36666 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 9:33 pm to
Ok, what the frick is going on here?

Posted by ULSU
Tasmania
Member since Jan 2014
3931 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 9:38 pm to
The wheel friction pi ks up around Bankrupt I thought.
Posted by BCMCubs
Colorado
Member since Nov 2011
22146 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 11:07 pm to
quote:

I was always pissed that there wasn't a "Sex with Vanna White" spot on the wheel.


Or at the very least a "See Vanna's Boob" slot or somethin
Posted by THRILLHO
Metry, LA
Member since Apr 2006
49488 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 11:12 pm to
Legends of the Hidden Temple was the worst. They fricking asked the kids which route they would take before they went.
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
18052 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 11:58 pm to
That wheel obviously has a brake on it that they use from time to time.
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37316 posts
Posted on 1/23/14 at 5:27 am to
I just wonder how many times Pat's rigged Vanna over the years.
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
12740 posts
Posted on 1/23/14 at 6:36 am to
quote:

That wheel obviously has a brake on it that they use from time to time.
It has been a long time since I watched the show, but I remember that at one point, during the show opening, the wheel was spinning by itself, which made me think it had to have a motor underneath it.
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
64132 posts
Posted on 1/23/14 at 6:51 am to


Its still like a valium.
Posted by Dam Guide
Member since Sep 2005
15497 posts
Posted on 1/23/14 at 6:54 am to
quote:

Legends of the Hidden Temple was the worst. They fricking asked the kids which route they would take before they went.


The kids that lost the maze mostly were dumb though. They clearly didn't pay attention to shite before they went into it.
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
28356 posts
Posted on 1/23/14 at 7:01 am to
Only 32 of the 120 won on that show. Plus the maze took multiple takes due to faulty doors and production mistakes
Posted by DawgCountry
Great State of GA
Member since Sep 2012
30539 posts
Posted on 1/23/14 at 7:27 am to
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:10 am to
quote:

That wheel obviously has a brake on it that they use from time to time.



That is what I am thinking. I bet Pat has some kind of foot control or something.
Posted by tween the hedges
Member since Feb 2012
20238 posts
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:43 am to
I wonder how many bankrupt spaces there are proportionally. They do seem to hit it a quarter of the time
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77923 posts
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:47 am to
i think the answer is obvious
This post was edited on 1/23/14 at 11:48 am
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