Big Six wheel
The Big Six wheel, also known simply as The Big Six or Wheel of Fortune, is an unequal game of chance, played using a large vertical wheel that can be spun.
Since 13 May 2002, it can be played legally in licensed casinos in the United Kingdom, under The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (Statutory Instrument 2002/1130).
The game is also known in casinos in the United States.
Rules
The wheel is divided into a number of equal segments separated by spokes or pins. Each segment is associated with a number. The wheel is spun by a dealer, and the winning segment is indicated by a pointer mounted on a flexible piece of rubber or leather, which also rubs against the pins to impart friction and slow the wheel down.
Variants
There are a number of variants of the game, that divide the wheel into a different number of segments, use different symbols in the segments, and have different odds if a symbol is selected.
Money wheel
This variant is the most common in casinos in the United States. The symbols are $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 bills — and two special symbols, a joker and the casino logo. The $1 bills pay at odds of 1 to 1, the $2 bills at 2 to 1, the $5 bills at 5 to 1, and so on. The joker and the logo pay at odds of 40 to 1 or 45 to 1, depending on local gaming regulations or the practice of the casino.
Wheel of Fortune (Tarot card)
Wheel of Fortune (X) is the tenth trump or Major Arcana card in most Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
Description
To the right is the Wheel Of Fortune card from the A. E. Waite tarot deck. A. E. Waite was a key figure in the development of the Tarot in line with the Hermetic magical-religious system which was also being developed at the time, and this deck, as well as being in common use today, also forms the basis for a number of other modern tarot decks.
The Wheel Of Fortune card, like other cards of the Major Arcana, varies widely in depiction between Tarot decks. The card has been modeled ever since the tarot's inception in the 15th century after the medieval concept of Rota Fortunae, the wheel of the goddess Fortuna. Images generally show a six- or eight-spoked wheel, often attended or crested by an individual (sometimes human; sometimes a Sphinx-like half-human) attired in an Egyptian-style headdress. In some decks, such as the AG Müller, the wheel is also attended by an individual wearing a blindfold; and often there are people sitting or riding on the wheel whilst others are shown falling from it.
Wheel of Fortune (1951 song)
"Wheel of Fortune" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1951. It was originally recorded in 1951 for RCA by Johnny Hartman. The song was also used as the theme to the television series Wheel of Fortune.
Recorded versions
-stan
The suffix -stan (Persian: ـستان -stān) is Persian for "place of" or "country". It appears in the names of many regions, especially in Central and South Asia, but also in the Caucasus and Russia; areas where significant amounts of Persian culture were spread or adopted. The suffix is also used more generally, as in Persian and Urdu rigestân (ریگستان) "place of sand, desert", Pakistan "land of the pure", Hindustan "land of the Hindus", golestan (گلستان) "place of flowers, garden", etc.
Etymology and cognates
The suffix, originally an independent noun, but evolving into a suffix by virtue of appearing frequently as the last part in nominal compounds, is of Indo-Iranian and ultimately Indo-European origin: It is cognate with Sanskrit sthā́na (Devanagari: स्थान [st̪ʰaːna]), meaning "the act of standing", from which many further meanings derive, including "place, location", and ultimately descends from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna-.
The Proto-Indo-European root from which this noun is derived is *steh₂- (older reconstruction *stā-) "to stand" (or "to stand up, to step (somewhere), to position (oneself)"), which is also the source of English to stand, Latin stāre, and Ancient Greek histamai (ἵσταμαι), all meaning "to stand" and Russian стан (stan, meaning "settlement" or "semi-permanent camp"). In Polish and Ukrainian, stan means "state" or "condition", while in Serbo-Croatian it translates as "apartment" (a Slovenian word "stanovanje" means apartment or other closed space of living is an obvious derivative of stan) in its modern usage, while its original meaning was "habitat". In Czech and Slovak, it means "tent" or, in military terms, "headquarters". Also in Germanic languages, the root can be found in Stand ("place, location"), and in Stadt (German), stad/sted (Dutch/Scandinavian), stêd (West Frisian) and stead (English), all meaning either "place" or "city". The suffix -stan is analogous to the suffix -land, present in many country and location names.
Stan!
Stan! (born Steven Brown on 16 October 1964 in Brooklyn, New York City, United States) is an American author, cartoonist, and game designer. He is sometimes credited as Stan Brown.
Biography
Brown was born and grew up on Long Island and attended Binghamton University. Brown began publishing fiction, cartoons, and games professionally in 1982, usually under the pen name "Stan!." He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, roleplaying products, comics and cartoons. He has served as a graphic designer and line editor for West End Games; an editor and game designer for TSR, Inc.; and an author, senior game designer, and creative director for Wizards of the Coast, Inc. He has also been the creative content manager at Upper Deck Entertainment.
In 2007, R. Hyrum Savage formed a subsidiary of his OtherWorld Creations with Brown called Super Genius Games. He has also worked as the creative content manager for Upper Deck Entertainment, and the creative vice president for The Game Mechanics, Inc. Brown is the Creative Director for Super Genius Games. He co-founded The Game Mechanics with JD Wiker, Marc Schmalz, and Rich Redman.
Östanå
Östanå is a village situated in Östra Göinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 221 inhabitants in 2005.
References
Podcasts:
Stan
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- Québec malade released: 2013
- Marée humaine released: 2012
- HHQc.com : La Force du nombre released: 2010
Stan
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Stan
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- My Favourite Flavour released: 1992
- My Delight released: 1991
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- Στο μυαλό μου released: 2011
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- Dans ta rue – Best of released: 2011
Dans ta rue – Best of
Released 2011- Freestyle
- Instrus-mental
- Dissipé
- Depuis tant de nuits
- This Is My Blood
- La vie est ainsi
- OPAK
- Musique thérapie
- La rue n'est pas à vendre
- Porter le monde
- Poupée
- Un son qui les mets tous d'abord
- Les king's en featuring
- Trop bonne pour être vierge
- Cash Money
- Un son d'en bas
- L'écho de nos voix
- Rien à t'offrir
Kristian Havard
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- Ruder.co.uk, Volume One released: 2005
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- Believe released: 2013
- These Are the Days released: 2011
- Into the Sun released: 2007
- Midnight Angel released: 1998
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- Monster Hits, Volume 3 released: 1993
- Hits 93, Volume 3 released: 1993
Hits 93, Volume 3
Released 1993- Pray
- What's Up
- One Night in Heaven
- What Is Love
- If I Can't Have You
- Do You See the Light (Looking For)
- I Wanna Love You
- In All the Right Places
- I Will Always Love You
- This Is It
- Sweat (A La La La La Long)
- Uptown Top Ranking
- It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes)
- Luv 4 Luv
- The Key, the Secret
- Rockin' to the Music
- Suntan
- Break From the Old Routine
- Thinking of You
- Everybody Dance
- Ibiza (feat. Lily)
- It's My Life
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by Greensboro LN
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by Teresa Brewer
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by The Brothers soundtrack
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by Kadenzza
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by Cardinals
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by Teenagers
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by Susan Raye
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by Arlo Guthrie
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by Killing Touch
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by Lil' Jon
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by Ace Of Base
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by Emerald Rose
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by Monie Love
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by Jimmie Vaughan
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by Kay Starr
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by Dark Moor
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by Hans Zimmer
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by Pentagram
Wheel Of Fortune
by: Greensboro LNAnd I see the face of our time
Winking at me day after day
Seeing through our ways and our lies
But I know that somethings never change
Wicked grin as he leans on the sky
Feel the buzz as he whispers your name
Spin the wheel for the game of your life
And you're caught there
Chorus:
So I'm going to look inside
For that voice to brace my mind
And I'm going to stay by your side
And we're gonna be just fine
Staring at the T.V. so high
Nothing there to lose but your mind
Lay it on the line for the night
And I'm caught there Chorus:
So I'm going to look inside
For that voice to brace my mind
And I'm going to stay by your side
And we're gonna be just fine
Don't wanna play this game
Here by myself I will remain
Starin' at my shadow
I am caught there
Chorus:
And I'm going to look inside
For that voice to brace my mind
And I'm going to stay by your side
And we're gonna be just fine
We're gonna be just fine