{"id":26494,"date":"2025-12-24T01:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T01:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=26494"},"modified":"2025-12-24T01:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T01:06:49","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-player-wins-1m-after-solving-this-tough-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=26494","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Player Wins $1M After Solving This Tough Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d made history when Connecticut contestant Christina Derevjanik became only the fifth player ever to win the $1 million prize \u2014 and she solved the final puzzle almost instantly. After securing the million-dollar wedge earlier in the game, she correctly answered \u201cPack of coyotes\u201d in the bonus round without hesitation, stunning host Ryan Seacrest and viewers alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her total winnings reached $1,035,155, the largest prize in the show\u2019s history and the first million-dollar win since Seacrest became host. Derevjanik said she plans to pay off her student loans and eventually buy a home, proving that one flawless moment can truly change a life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d made history when Connecticut contestant Christina Derevjanik became only the fifth player ever to win the $1 million prize \u2014 and she solved the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":357,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26496,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26494\/revisions\/26496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}