Wheels are a common feature on slot machines, and tend to be a popular feature, enough so that there’s been hundreds of variations of the Wheel of Fortune slot machine alone.
Some generate guesses on how to crack the code about how to get those premium wedges:
I would love it if someone calculated how many little slots the wheel goes through until it chooses which feature, and waited until the exact right time to push the play feature button to get the mansion bonus.
Elaine D.
Unfortunately that’s not how the wheels work on slots. You can’t crack the code on them by counting spaces because that doesn’t give you any useful information.
For instance, Elaine left this comment on a video featuring a Huff N’ Puff series game (which surely the reference to the mansion bonus tipped off some of you). But regular players know, for instance, the wheel doesn’t even spin at the same speed every time you get it! Sometimes it spins slower, and sometimes it spins faster.
Right away, that should offer confirmation that the amount of ‘clicks” a wheel will take after being activated won’t always be the same.
But here’s the other thing players should realize – the wheel’s final stop is determined, just like the reels on a slot, when you hit the spin button. And the mechanical or animated wheel will spin however fast or slow is needed to get to the appropriate location based on what happens when you hit Spin.
It’s also important to realize these are weighted wheels – they don’t spin on their own accord and there isn’t an equal chance of getting a given wedge. Interestingly, a lawsuit recently popped up hoping to capitalize on that (we doubt much chance for success, given the ubiquity of other weighted elements on slot machines, like that darned Mini jackpot), but ultimately players should be aware of this – not all wedges are created equally possible to hit.
There are some players who have established during the mega hat feature you count to a number and that’s what will land. But even counting to that number doesn’t give you any indication of what it is that’s actually coming – it just tells you when the teasing stops.
So don’t expend too much energy attempting to figure this out, as it’s not going to offer any specific help towards landing a certain feature.
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