S32 Wheel Revealed! 550 Returns & 500 Minimum

I think that's ridiculous. Contestants play on Wheel of Fortune to make money, and if Whammy had Big Bank in Season 2, Wheel of Fortune can have a Big Bank, too. Doesn't it hurt all these years seeing contestants land on Bankrupt, especially if they lose so much. Need I remind you what happened on April 21, 2010, when a contestant lost $30,600 to Bankrupt? With Big Bank, a contestant could get $30,600 back that simply.

I have to disagree with the idea of a VAULT wedge. Imagine your opponent hitting the Vault with about $55K of stuff, then winning the round. It's almost impossible to make a comeback, especially if that player made even more in previous rounds! The wedge might as well be called Salami & Cheese.

Given the money WOF makes ($90mil/year I think?), the show could theoretically support the idea of a Vault wedge, but it seems like it plays WAY too much of a deciding factor during the maingame. Plus, it also defeats the purpose of having a Bankrupt anyways.

Big Bank was a good concept, but it ground the pacing to a halt (much like taking a commercial break during Round 3 did, because apparently putting it after the game ended would've caused everybody to tune out) to ask the question. The problem was that the Big Bank didn't rely on luck and could cause a huge swing in the scores depending on how the game had gone.


Of course it was painful to see, much like seeing someone with a big score hitting a Devil/Whammy in the Second Chance franchise. But really...that's kinda the point, which they kinda missed by adding Big Bank.


Sure, but adding a Big Bank to Wheel would result in magnified versions of the problems it caused on Whammy!. The main issue is that since the former has a time-based gameplay limit (whereas the latter keeps going so long as players get extra spins and avoid the Whammies), even having it exclusive to Rounds 4+ could cause problems -- if it's won for a lot, you might as well end the game right there because the Speed-Up's likely gonna be low on consonants and Pat isn't exactly able to reach $5,000 as often as he used to.

And even all of that aside...it's really not a good way to add money or excitement to Wheel. While sure, most of the money-related changes for Season 32 don't make much sense, they won't be a looming budget nightmare (albeit a resetting-to-minimum-after-each-show one) like Big Bank would.

I was kind of hoping someone would correct me on that. I can't remember where I heard it from, but I've always thought the show made $90mil. Given the numbers you game ($10mil winnings, Pat's $6mil salary) $90mil doesn't sound like too far of a stretch.

At the time when we only saw the part of the layout from the red $700 to the pink $900, the minimum DIDN'T necessarily HAVE to be $500. My earlier speculation was that the pink $450 was unchanged and the orange $300 was gonna be changed to $400.

For Season 33, here is my ideas:

Pink $900 --> $900
Green $500 --> $750
Blue $550 --> $550
Red $600 --> $600
Pink $500 --> $500 (WC moves to here)
Yellow $700 --> $700
Purple $500 --> $500
Orange $800 --> $800
Blue $600 --> $600
Red $700 --> $850
Yellow $900 --> $1,250
Green $500 --> $0 (MDW moves to here)
Top Dollar (TDV in Round 3 increases to a sparkly dark purple $4000)
Bankrupt
Orange $900 --> $900
Green $500 --> $500
Pink $650 --> $650
Purple $500 --> $950
Red $800 --> $800
Lose A Turn
Blue $700 --> $700
Free Play (It will be replaced by a yellow $1,000 wedge in Round 4, to lower the chance of Pat hitting the non-cash amount)
Purple $650 --> $1,500
Bankrupt

The Mystery Round moves to Round 1 and Express to Round 2. Round 3 is still a Prize Puzzle, but due to budget, the contestant must solve the puzzle less than 60% revealed.

Both Half Car tags will be replaced by a Car wedge, surrounded by green $500 wedges. To get the car, the contestant must land on the middle of this wedge, call a correct letter, then solve without hitting Bankrupt. Due to budget, it will be retired if claimed but not won. The "per consonant" bonus for claiming this wedge is $500. It is placed on the green $500.

Due to budget, the Prize wedge will be retired.

Vowels will be finally raised to $500.

One Mystery Wedge on the blue $600 moves to the pink $900, due to budget.

We did. It's a yearly thing.