Wheel of Fortune makes it very difficult to win the prize. However, there is a reason only three contestants have won the big sum of money. Since the million dollar wedge was put into play in 2008, many contestants have landed on the sparkly green wedge and many contestants have even picked it up from the wheel. On Wednesday, September 17 th, 2014, she became the third person in the history of the long-running game show to win the one million dollar top prize with a grand total of $1,017,490. Sarah Manchester, a math teacher from Silver Spring, Md., is one lucky Wheel of Fortune contestant.
