Wheel of fortune sample output

 

An example run of the game that is lost because the user choses option 3 and does not correctly guess the puzzle:

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   WHEEL   OF   FORTUNE

Guess letters in the mystery phrase and win big $$$$.

At each turn, you can choose to do one of the following
  1. SPIN THE WHEEL 
     if you spin a:
      a. dollar amount: you then guess a consonant.
         if the letter is in the phrase, add to your earnings the
         dollar amount times the number of occurances of the letter
         in the phrase
      b. BANKRUPT: you lose all your earnings so far and lose the game
  2. BUY A VOWEL: vowels cost $250 of your earnings
  3. GUESS THE PUZZLE:
     if you guess correctly you win your total earnings
     if you guess incorectly, you lose the game and earn nothing
  4. QUIT THE GAME: and forfeit all your earnings

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PHRASE: _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _ _ ,   _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 0

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $500
Enter a consonant guess: t
Good Guess! T  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _ _ t   _ _   _ _ _ _ t ,   _ _ t   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1500

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $500
Enter a consonant guess: T
Hey, you already guessed T Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: a
Hey, A is a vowel. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: hello
Hey, hello isn't a single letter. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: 9
Hey, 9 isn't a letter. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: r
Sorry, R is not in the puzzle

PHRASE: _ _ t   _ _   _ _ _ _ t ,   _ _ t   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1500

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $650
Enter a consonant guess: s
Good Guess! S  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _ _ t   _ _   s _ _ _ t ,   _ _ t   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 2150

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $800
Enter a consonant guess: e
Hey, E is a vowel. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: p
Sorry, P is not in the puzzle

PHRASE: _ _ t   _ _   s _ _ _ t ,   _ _ t   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 2150

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Enter a vowel guess: a
Sorry, A is not in the puzzle

PHRASE: _ _ t   _ _   s _ _ _ t ,   _ _ t   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1900

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Enter a vowel guess: e
Sorry, E is not in the puzzle

PHRASE: _ _ t   _ _   s _ _ _ t ,   _ _ t   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1650

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Enter a vowel guess: E
Hey, you already guessed E Try again...
Enter a vowel guess: p
Hey, P is not a vowel. Try again...
Hey, you already guessed P Try again...
Enter a vowel guess: i
Good Guess! I  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _ _ t   _ _   s i _ _ t ,   _ _ t   _ _   _ i _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1400

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Enter a vowel guess: o
Good Guess! O  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: O _ t   o _   s i _ _ t ,   o _ t   o _   _ i _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1150

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Enter a vowel guess: u
Good Guess! U  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: O u t   o _   s i _ _ t ,   o u t   o _   _ i _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 900

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
You have already guessed all vowels.
Pick another menu option.

PHRASE: O u t   o _   s i _ _ t ,   o u t   o _   _ i _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 900

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $500
Enter a consonant guess: g
Good Guess! G  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: O u t   o _   s i g _ t ,   o u t   o _   _ i _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1400

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 3
Enter your guess for the puzzle below: 
out of signs, out of mind

Sorry, you did not win this time. The phrase was: 
Out of sight, out of mind

A sample run where the player loses due to spinning BANKRUPT:

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   WHEEL   OF   FORTUNE

Guess letters in the mystery phrase and win big $$$$.

At each turn, you can choose to do one of the following
  1. SPIN THE WHEEL 
     if you spin a:
      a. dollar amount: you then guess a consonant.
         if the letter is in the phrase, add to your earnings the
         dollar amount times the number of occurances of the letter
         in the phrase
      b. BANKRUPT: you lose all your earnings so far and lose the game
  2. BUY A VOWEL: vowels cost $250 of your earnings
  3. GUESS THE PUZZLE:
     if you guess correctly you win your total earnings
     if you guess incorectly, you lose the game and earn nothing
  4. QUIT THE GAME: and forfeit all your earnings

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PHRASE: _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 0

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $700
Enter a consonant guess: r
Sorry, R is not in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 0

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $800
Enter a consonant guess: t
Good Guess! T  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   _ t _ t _ _   _ _   t _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 2400

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $550
Enter a consonant guess: e
Hey, E is a vowel. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: r
Hey, you already guessed R Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: 9
Hey, 9 isn't a letter. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: m
Good Guess! M  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   _ t _ t _ _   _ _   t _ m _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 2950

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: BANKRUPT

Sorry, you did not win this time. The phrase was: 
A stitch in time saves nine

A example run where the user wins by guessing every letter in the phrase (and buying every vowel in the phrase):

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   WHEEL   OF   FORTUNE

Guess letters in the mystery phrase and win big $$$$.

At each turn, you can choose to do one of the following
  1. SPIN THE WHEEL 
     if you spin a:
      a. dollar amount: you then guess a consonant.
         if the letter is in the phrase, add to your earnings the
         dollar amount times the number of occurances of the letter
         in the phrase
      b. BANKRUPT: you lose all your earnings so far and lose the game
  2. BUY A VOWEL: vowels cost $250 of your earnings
  3. GUESS THE PUZZLE:
     if you guess correctly you win your total earnings
     if you guess incorectly, you lose the game and earn nothing
  4. QUIT THE GAME: and forfeit all your earnings

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PHRASE: _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 0

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Sorry, you do not have enough money to buy a vowel

PHRASE: _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 0

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: t
Hey, t isn't a valid option.  Try again...
Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $800
Enter a consonant guess: t
Good Guess! T  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ t _ _ _   _ _ t _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1600

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $450
Enter a consonant guess: p
Sorry, P is not in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ t _ _ _   _ _ t _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1600

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $500
Enter a consonant guess: r
Good Guess! R  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   r _ _ _ _ _ _   _ t _ _ _   _ _ t _ _ r _   _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 2600

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $350
Enter a consonant guess: s
Good Guess! S  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   r _ _ _ _ _ _   s t _ _ _   _ _ t _ _ r s   _ _   _ _ s s
Your winnings so far: $ 4000

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Enter a vowel guess: e
Good Guess! E  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   r _ _ _ _ _ _   s t _ _ e   _ _ t _ e r s   _ _   _ _ s s
Your winnings so far: $ 3750

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $600
Enter a consonant guess: a
Hey, A is a vowel. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: 1
Hey, 1 isn't a letter. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: o
Hey, O is a vowel. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: o
Hey, O is a vowel. Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: r
Hey, you already guessed R Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: m
Good Guess! M  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   r _ _ _ _ _ _   s t _ _ e   _ _ t _ e r s   _ _   m _ s s
Your winnings so far: $ 4350

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $550
Enter a consonant guess: m
Hey, you already guessed M Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: n
Good Guess! N  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   r _ _ _ _ n _   s t _ n e   _ _ t _ e r s   n _   m _ s s
Your winnings so far: $ 6000

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $350
Enter a consonant guess: l
Good Guess! L  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   r _ l l _ n _   s t _ n e   _ _ t _ e r s   n _   m _ s s
Your winnings so far: $ 6700

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $550
Enter a consonant guess: g
Good Guess! G  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _   r _ l l _ n g   s t _ n e   g _ t _ e r s   n _   m _ s s
Your winnings so far: $ 7800

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Enter a vowel guess: a
Good Guess! A  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: A   r _ l l _ n g   s t _ n e   g a t _ e r s   n _   m _ s s
Your winnings so far: $ 7550

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Enter a vowel guess: o
Good Guess! O  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: A   r o l l _ n g   s t o n e   g a t _ e r s   n o   m o s s
Your winnings so far: $ 7300

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $650
Enter a consonant guess: h
Good Guess! H  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: A   r o l l _ n g   s t o n e   g a t h e r s   n o   m o s s
Your winnings so far: $ 7950

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 2
Enter a vowel guess: i
Good Guess! I  is in the puzzle

You won 7700 dollars!!! For guessing this phrase:
A rolling stone gathers no moss

Winning by chosing option 3 and guessing the puzzle.

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   WHEEL   OF   FORTUNE

Guess letters in the mystery phrase and win big $$$$.

At each turn, you can choose to do one of the following
  1. SPIN THE WHEEL 
     if you spin a:
      a. dollar amount: you then guess a consonant.
         if the letter is in the phrase, add to your earnings the
         dollar amount times the number of occurances of the letter
         in the phrase
      b. BANKRUPT: you lose all your earnings so far and lose the game
  2. BUY A VOWEL: vowels cost $250 of your earnings
  3. GUESS THE PUZZLE:
     if you guess correctly you win your total earnings
     if you guess incorectly, you lose the game and earn nothing
  4. QUIT THE GAME: and forfeit all your earnings

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PHRASE: _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 0

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $550
Enter a consonant guess: h
Good Guess! H  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: _ h _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ h _ _   _ h _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 1650

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $200
Enter a consonant guess: t
Good Guess! T  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: T h _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ t _ h _ _   t h _   _ _ _ _
Your winnings so far: $ 2250

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $700
Enter a consonant guess: r
Good Guess! R  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: T h _   _ _ r _ _   _ _ r _   _ _ t _ h _ _   t h _   _ _ r _
Your winnings so far: $ 4350

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $100
Enter a consonant guess: s
Good Guess! S  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: T h _   _ _ r _ _   _ _ r _   _ _ t _ h _ s   t h _   _ _ r _
Your winnings so far: $ 4450

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: a
Hey, a isn't a valid option.  Try again...
Enter your choice: s
Hey, s isn't a valid option.  Try again...
Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $1000
Enter a consonant guess: s
Hey, you already guessed S Try again...
Enter a consonant guess: n
Sorry, N is not in the puzzle

PHRASE: T h _   _ _ r _ _   _ _ r _   _ _ t _ h _ s   t h _   _ _ r _
Your winnings so far: $ 4450

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $300
Enter a consonant guess: g
Sorry, G is not in the puzzle

PHRASE: T h _   _ _ r _ _   _ _ r _   _ _ t _ h _ s   t h _   _ _ r _
Your winnings so far: $ 4450

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $50
Enter a consonant guess: m
Good Guess! M  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: T h _   _ _ r _ _   _ _ r _   _ _ t _ h _ s   t h _   _ _ r m
Your winnings so far: $ 4500

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $700
Enter a consonant guess: f
Sorry, F is not in the puzzle

PHRASE: T h _   _ _ r _ _   _ _ r _   _ _ t _ h _ s   t h _   _ _ r m
Your winnings so far: $ 4500

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 1
Your spin is: $600
Enter a consonant guess: w
Good Guess! W  is in the puzzle

PHRASE: T h _   _ _ r _ _   _ _ r _   _ _ t _ h _ s   t h _   w _ r m
Your winnings so far: $ 5100

What do you want to do next?
 1. Spin the Wheel
 2. Buy a Vowel
 3. Guess the Puzzle
 4. Quit, I can't stand this game anymore!

Enter your choice: 3
Enter your guess for the puzzle below: 
the early bird catches the worm

You won 5100 dollars!!! For guessing this phrase:
The early bird catches the worm