2.3 Myth: Players had to buy their prizes in order from most to least expensive.2.2 Myth: Gift certificates and 'on account' were only available if the player had less money than the lowest remaining prize.2.1 Myth: The option of a gift certificate or 'on account' was in place from the start.1.16 Myth: The font of the Wheel wedges is 'Fortune', also known as 'Chesterfield' and 'Volta'.1.15 Myth: The Wheel's automation was discontinued at the beginning of Season 15 due to set changes.1.14 Myth: The wedge underneath the top dollar value on the 1996 template was blank.1.13 Myth: The current Lose A Turn wedge (used since September 16, 1996) is white.1.12 Myth: The current rules for obtaining a Prize/token debuted at the start of Season 8.1.11 Myth: The diamonds for $50 and $75 were added on Goen's debut.1.10 Myth: There have never been two adjacent wedges of the same color.1.9 Myth: There have never been two adjacent cash wedges of the same value.1.8 Myth: The chroma-key Wheel shot of the host and hostess was introduced in 1980.1.7 Myth: Prize wedges debuted on the nighttime premiere.1.6 Myth: The $2,000 space debuted in 1979 while the $2,500 space debuted in 1987.1.5 Myth: No Wheel layout has ever used more than one of the top dollar value.1.4 Myth: The top value in Round 1 of the 1974 pilots was $500.1.3 Myth: The 'logo on overhead Wheel shot' open was introduced in 1983, and dropped when the show moved to CBS.1.2 Myth: The lowest amounts ever used were $50♦ and $75♦, early in the Goen era.1.1 Myth: Bankrupt has always used its slide-whistle sound effect.

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