Disgruntled fans of the popular game show “Wheel of Fortune” claim a contestant from California was robbed of $40,000 while trying to solve a bonus puzzle.
Contestant Megan is I’m trying While viewers watched with anticipation, they were asked to guess the answer to the “creatures” category. new york post It was reported on Wednesday.
‘Wheel of Fortune’ player’s puzzle ‘clearly solved’ $40,000 prize ‘robbed’, fans scream in anger online https://t.co/aM0btDI6AF pic.twitter.com/s015HkfkPo
— New York Post (@nypost) February 1, 2024
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When Megan spins the roulette wheel and it lands, host Pat Sajak picks up the prize prediction card and guides her to a puzzle board that says “‘_ _N_ ‘_R_ _ _ _.”
Megan guesses several letters until the board reads “‘P_N_’ ‘_RC_ _ D'”.
With 10 seconds left on the timer, Megan blurts out a final guess that sounds like “pink orchid,” or something very faintly like “orchid.”
video show The moment the buzzer sounds and the words “Pink Orchid” appear on the board. Megan said, “Pink! Oh!”
Sajak then opens the card and reveals that he apparently didn’t win the $40,000. However, Meghan couldn’t stop smiling. She won her $14,007.
Social media users and fans of the show Are known As “America’s Game” clearly expressed their opinion on this issue. Some were upset and believed she should have won, while others disagreed.
“She said it right the first time,” said one person. answered to post story, on the other hand Said“As I was watching, I thought she said the right answer. That’s what it sounded like.”
“She never said pink” Another person I have written.yet another user Said,”She totally said that from the beginning. That’s really wrong. Please give her money. She should do the right thing. ”
In December 2021, Audi decided to gift one of its vehicles to a Wheel of Fortune contestant who lost his prize due to a technical issue during the bonus round, Breitbart News reported.
According to WHIO, contestant Charlene Lebusch took 10 seconds to guess the puzzle. She first said, “Pick the right card,” but that was wrong. As the hour drew to a close, Lebusch guessed that she had “chosen the right…word.”
“This is difficult because you said all the right words, including the word ‘word,’ but you know, they have to be more or less consecutive,” host Pat Sajak said. “You’re allowed a moment, but you’re not allowed four or five seconds. It’s a shame that you worked so hard and won the award, but we can’t give you the award, and it’s Audi. was.”
come @wheel of fortune, the woman literally chose the right words. Give her her car. pic.twitter.com/aAaMyFeEZl
— Alex Jacob (@whoisalexjacob) December 22, 2021
The clip went viral online, and Audi decided to give her the car after seeing it.
