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Wheel of Fortune's prize wedges are just stickers

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Do not let the shiny gloss fool you. The famous bankruptcy and million-dollar wedges are not intricately painted wood; they are just giant, cheap stickers slapped onto the wheel and furiously peeled off between daily tapings.

Wheel of Fortune's prize wedges are just stickers
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