“Wheel of Fortune” fans claim that a contestant gave the correct answer and got snubbed by the show, losing out on winning the grand prize of $40,000.
The controversy stemmed from the show that aired Tuesday, when Megan — a high school choir director from California — made it to the final round of “Wheel of Fortune” and ended up getting into the bonus puzzle round as well, TMZ reported.
Megan got through to the final round after winning $14,000 where she chose “Living thing” for her final puzzle. With the given letters to start out being “RSTLNE” the puzzle looked like “_ _N_ _R_ _ _ _.”
She then got the chance to add three more letters and the final puzzle read, “P_N_ _RC_ _ D.”
“Wheel of Fortune” fans are OUTRAGED over THIS $40K prize ruling! pic.twitter.com/BMVDZ2XrQN
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Fans of the show are convinced that Megan…