{"id":82,"date":"2025-07-04T14:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:02:50","slug":"fans-outraged-after-wheel-of-fortune-refuses-to-give-prize-to-woman-who-answered-correctly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"Fans Outraged After \u2018Wheel Of Fortune\u2019 Refuses To Give Prize To Woman Who Answered Correctly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fans of \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d are protesting, believing contestant Megan was wrongfully denied $40,000 for a potentially correct response. Megan, a high school choir director from California, faced a bonus puzzle under the \u201cLiving Thing\u201d category. The incomplete phrase \u201c_ N\u2019R _ _&nbsp;<em>\u201d eventually revealed \u201cP_N<\/em>\u2019 RC _ D\u201d after Megan\u2019s letter choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lolitopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-05-at-15.32.24.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the final seconds, Megan guessed something like \u201cPink Orchid.\u201d When the correct answer, \u201cPink Orchid,\u201d was revealed, Megan expressed frustration. Host Pat Sajak, sensing her disappointment, pulled out the prize card, showing a potential $40,000 prize, far exceeding the $14,007 she received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lolitopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-05-at-15.32.33.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Viewers vented their frustration online. One complained, \u201cThe woman got screwed on the #WheelOfFortune bonus puzzle tonight; she totally said \u2018PINK ORCHID\u2019 right at the start.\u201d Another added, \u201cI lip read and use subtitles because I am deaf in one ear. She said \u2018Pink Orchid.\u2019 Without a doubt!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lolitopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-05-at-15.32.43.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans urged the show to review the footage, believing Megan deserved the prize. This incident follows other recent criticisms of the show, including a controversial decision during a \u201cRhyme Time\u201d category on January 22, where viewers contested the ruling on the phrase \u201cAbsolutely Positively,\u201d arguing it did not rhyme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d are protesting, believing contestant Megan was wrongfully denied $40,000 for a potentially correct response. Megan, a high school choir director from California, faced a bonus puzzle under the \u201cLiving Thing\u201d category. The incomplete phrase \u201c_ N\u2019R _ _&nbsp;\u201d eventually revealed \u201cP_N\u2019 RC _ D\u201d after Megan\u2019s letter choices. In the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}