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  Solve up to 4,000 unique puzzles as you compete against friends, family, and online players around the world to climb the global leaderboard.

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  PlayStation®4 system, Xbox One

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  Developer(s):

  Ubisoft Chengdu
  Frima Studios

  • Compete against new and veteran players in this fresh take on America’s most iconic game show.

    
    

    Spin the wheel with America's Game®, Wheel of Fortune®, for the first time in full HD. Solve up to 4,000 unique puzzles as you compete against friends, family, and online players around the world to climb the global leaderboard. Top players can also win incredible virtual prizes, including exotic vacations around the world. This game offers a fast-paced experience that you and your friends and family will love, online or offline.

    Key Features

    
    

    Classic and Quick mode: Play the classic mode to enjoy the authentic TV show experience with all of the beats you know and love, or choose the quick mode to solve one puzzle only if you only have a few minutes to spare.

    

    4000 puzzles to solve for hours of fun

    Special Wedges with rules true to the TV Show

    Prize & Gifts: Collect awesome digital prizes such as trips with the Prize Wedge and win top digital gifts with the Gift Card to show.

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When the wheel stopped, the player was presented with their prize which they could either claim, convert to coins, or (in the case of winning cash bags and double spin tickets, or of a non-member winning a members only prize) discard. Active members could not spin the Squeal of Fortune while on a free world.

1. The titular Wheel of Fortune is a roulette-style wheel mechanism with 24 spaces, most of which are labeled with dollar amounts ranging from $500 to $900, plus a top dollar value: $2,500 in round 1, $3,500 in rounds 2 and 3, and $5,000 for round 4 and any subsequent rounds.
2. A: If you enter a week-long giveaway five times - all five nights of the giveaway - you'll receive five bonus entries. In other words, if you enter every night, your entries will be doubled, and you'll get a total of 10 entries.

A lot of us would love the chance to compete on the legendary game show Wheel of Fortune, and winning lots of cash or an awesome trip would really be the icing on the cake. After all, walking away from the experience with winnings is the object of the game, but what if winning Wheel of Fortune wasn't everything it seemed.

For starters, just doing well on the show is a bit of a challenge. It's one thing to be able to shout out all the answers from the comfort of your favorite chair at home, but actually doing so on live TV is a whole other beast. Former executive producer Harry Friedman told San Francisco's ABC7 that half the battle includes being the type of person who already likes to solve problems and puzzles.

Host Pat Sajak added that success on the show really rests with a contestant's approach. 'The trick is just treat it as a fun experience .. it doesn't hurt to watch a show occasionally because there are strategies involved.' And so if one can do all that, and actually win cash, a car, or a trip, what of the victor's spoils. How much do winning contestants get to actually keep?

Wheel of Fortune winnings are taxed

Old Wheel Of Fortune Buying Prizes

Many of the prizes on Wheel of Fortune seem almost too good to be true. Contestants regularly win enormous sums of money, expensive cars, and trips around the world. It turns out that there is a reason the prizes might feel unrealistic: winners end up paying taxes on everything they take home from their TV experience.

Old Wheel Of Fortune Buying Prizes

When you win big on the show, the IRS treats the price tag of your winnings just like income: You're taxed in a big way. CinemaBlend explored the case of Wheel of Fortune winner Matt McMahan, who walked away with over $16,000 in cash and two trips worth more than $15,000. The show does allow winners to find less expensive versions of their trips to avoid a higher tax hit. McMahan took this option, ending up with trips for $10,000.

Once the taxes were paid out, McMahan estimates he walked away from Wheel of Fortune with about $6,000 out of over $30,000 in prizes. It really makes you think. When speaking to MarketWatch, he did say that the trips were worth it, saying that even with all the strings attached, 'experiences are worth more than money right now.'