Wheel of Fortune

A rotating device used in games of chance to select an outcome. Its pointer or stopping position determines the result.

Roulette wheel: A numbered wheel used in roulette, divided into pockets for a rolling ball. It is a prominent wheel-based game whose pocket determines the result.
Wheel of Fortune (American game show): An American television game show in which contestants solve word puzzles and spin a large prize wheel. The show made a large prize wheel central to a familiar game format.
Dice: Small objects with numbered faces, rolled to produce random outcomes in games. Dice select outcomes through tumbling rather than a spinning pointer and track.
Rota Fortunae: The medieval image of Fortune’s wheel, which raises and lowers people through changing circumstances. The rotating game device echoes an older symbol of unpredictable fortune.
Randomness: Unpredictability in an outcome or process, often modeled with probability. A fair spin aims to make the selected outcome unpredictable.
Prize wheel: A segmented wheel spun to award a prize or designate a result. It is the common promotional form of a wheel of fortune.
Coin flipping: The act of tossing a coin to choose between its two faces. A coin offers a simple two-outcome alternative to a wheel’s many segments.
Gambler's fallacy: The mistaken belief that past independent random outcomes make a contrary outcome more likely. Repeated spins can tempt players to infer patterns from independent results.
Probability: A mathematical measure of how likely an event is to occur. Unequal spaces or outcomes give different chances of selection.
Carnival game: A game of skill or chance offered at a fair or amusement venue. Wheel-based games are often presented as carnival attractions.

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WheelBroader topic: It uses the wheel’s rotation as a mechanism for random selection.