New Las Vegas Venetian Wheel Of Fortune Slot Machine Images
We’re always on the lookout for quirky attractions, offbeat photo ops and things to do in Las Vegas, and the Wheel of Misfortune certainly qualifies.
The Wheel of Misfortune is on private property, and the site might be toxic, but that’s part of the fun of visiting to check it out. The Wheel of Fortune is located just behind Laker Plaza and Lake Mead Boat Storage, just a few hundred feet past the entrance to Lake Las Vegas, off of Lake Mead Parkway. Another major Las Vegas casino resort, The Venetian, which includes the Venetian tower, the Palazzo tower and the Venezia tower, has outlined its “Venetian Clean” initiative, which includes near-constant disinfecting of table game areas, slot machines, electronic kiosks and chairs. And, like the Wynn, the Venetian has rearrange its slot.
Back in 2012, a graffiti artist named Aware breached security at an abandoned mining site just outside Las Vegas. He and his crew painted a massive, Wheel of Fortune-style wheel.
Come for the originality, stay for the misguided social commentary.
Most of the spaces in the wheel say $000, but others contain such upbeat messages as “Lose a Home,” “Lose a Job,” “Bank Owned” and “Lose All Hope.”
The artist reserved one space for himself. Here’s a closer look at this over-sized roadside curiosity.
The Wheel of Misfortune is holding up pretty well considering it’s been exposed to the elements for years.The sheer magnitude of the work is impressive. The Wheel of Misfortune is about 250 feet wide.
It took three days to paint the Wheel of Misfortune. Some people are really committed to the glass being half empty.
Here’s a look at the Wheel of Fortune being painted.
The Wheel of Misfortune was painted inside one of several abandoned “thickener” pits at the Three Kids Mine, operated from 1917 to 1961. The pits were used to “leach a processing pulp” in the production of manganese, whatever that might mean.
Suggestions for the other six pits: Beach ball, clock, wagon wheel, Christmas ornament, pizza, casino chip.
The Wheel of Misfortune is on private property, and the site might be toxic, but that’s part of the fun of visiting to check it out.
The Wheel of Fortune is located just behind Laker Plaza and Lake Mead Boat Storage, just a few hundred feet past the entrance to Lake Las Vegas, off of Lake Mead Parkway.
If you’re up for an adventure, find Laker Plaza and the River Mountains Bicycle Shop, pictured below.
The owners of the shop are no strangers to people seeking out the Wheel of Misfortune, so they charge $5 to park. Go, Capitalism.
As you exit the store, hang a right and go to the end of the paved parking lot. There, turn right toward the hills. There are no signs, so you’re on your own. Also, the path isn’t paved, but it’s an easy, two-minute stroll to the Wheel of Misfortune.
You can either take photos from a distance or climb the short wall and get into the pit for some selfie action.
Be sure to make some noise, as the pit has a sweet echo effect.
The Wheel of Misfortune may not be there forever, so if you’re curious, add it to your list of things to do in Las Vegas.
Of course, we would never encourage trespassing (probably) and don’t blame us if you get a brain tumor from traipsing across a field of manganese mining waste. Hey, some people take manganese as a supplement, so for all you know, you could come out of this with not only epic Instagram photos but also stronger bones and more regular menstrual cycles.
Your results may vary, tumorwise.
The magic of the Las Vegas casinos is not that there you can win a lot of money. The magic is that how exactly you can win a lot of money. For example, you can bet on a roulette a million dollars for red and win a million dollars. Not bad, but you can bet one dollar on the slot and also win a million-dollar jackpot. Of course, jackpot odds are much lower. So, the more pleasant is the prize!
Another story with a huge jackpot hit in slots of Las Vegas. And not one story, but two at once! It became known that at once two players in different places played on the Wheel of Fortune slot and both hit the big jackpot. One of the lucky ones who played in the establishment of Arizona, Charlie's Decatur, bet a dollar and hit the jackpot in the amount of $1,670,000. Great luck! The second win happened at the casino Wynn Las Vegas on the famous boulevard, where the player bet 25 cents, got into the bonus game Triple Hot Ice and won $343,000.
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| 2 | Silverton | $50-100Avg. Room Rates | View Deals |
| 3 | The Palazzo at The Venetian | $300-600Avg. Room Rates | View Deals |
| 4 | MGM Grand | $70-140Avg. Room Rates | View Deals |
A lot of money, by the way. And the casino owners are very happy for the players. Why? They do have to part with big money, don't they? No, they don't. Such huge winnings are the best advertising for casinos, and it does not matter, real slots or slots in online casinos. Big winnings news stimulates players to play even more, even more often. All are firmly convinced that if someone is lucky with a dollar bet, then they will be lucky too. It often happens: players are inspired by someone's success, they play more and quite unexpectedly win. It is well known that the overwhelming majority of jackpots are hit by beginners, but not by professional players who spend years at gaming tables and slots.
By the way, the progressive jackpot is very convenient for the casino advertising campaign. The matter is that the winning pool of the progressive jackpot for months and sometimes for years is formed by the players themselves by contributing a certain percentage from each of their bets and from each of their losses. So, in essence, the casino does not lose its money. The accumulated amount is redistributed from the pockets of millions of players into the pocket of the one. There is some poetic justice in this story!