Hello, I’m Xander – Octopus’s resident sceptic.
Once I joined the Octopus Advertising and marketing group six months in the past, I had one burning query: Does anybody really win the Wheel of Fortune after submitting a meter studying?
Be a part of me on a mildly obsessive quest to uncover the reality, the myths, and the thriller behind the mighty Wheel of Fortune.
For months, I spun the Wheel extra occasions than I care to confess — all the time touchdown on “Higher luck subsequent time.” So naturally, I began to suspect one thing was up. Possibly the wheel wasn’t actual. Possibly nobody ever really gained.
I started quietly gathering proof. I requested across the workplace. I inspected spin patterns. I’ll have even began a spreadsheet. (Don’t decide me.)
Then got here the twist.
We reached out to earlier winners to verify in and see how they spent their fortunate winnings. I anticipated silence. However what occurred subsequent shook my conspiracy to its core. Video entries flooded in. Grinning faces, celebratory dances, proud declarations of “I gained the Octopus Wheel of Fortune!”
After all, I believed the identical factor you’re pondering…who paid these folks to lie? For what cause, and to what finish?
Nicely, I made a decision to make a pair housecalls to uncover the reality. What I discovered SHOCKED me:
So sure, because it seems — folks actually do win. On a regular basis, really.
Right here’s the chilly, exhausting knowledge to show it:
- Over 100,000 winners each month have gained £1 or extra
- 1,538,727 clients have gained no less than one prize
- 1,036,453,800 Octopoints given away — that’s £2,920,360 in whole
That’s proper – virtually 3 million kilos gained by folks for taking just a few seconds out of their day to submit a studying.
Need extra proof it really works? Simply search #BlessedByTheWheel on X and also you’ll discover a great deal of clients celebrating their victories — from little wins to the massive ones.
A couple of of our current fortunate spinners!
And it’s not simply concerning the prizes. The wheel has quietly made meter readings — that vital however often-overlooked and let’s face it, boring job — enjoyable. With out meter readings we’ve to estimate your utilization, so submitting them retains your payments correct and genuinely keep away from nasty shock payments. Plus, when you may have a sensible meter, you get additional spins which assist us maintain the grid greener and extra balanced, utilizing the newest information to make smarter power choices.
Need to dig even deeper? Take a look at this behind-the-scenes weblog by Gilly, the sensible coder who constructed the wheel.
Octoplus
For our Octoplus members, clients get an automated tiny win of 8 Octopoints every time they submit a studying. Alongside a complete host of different enjoyable perks and incentives for good meter clients.
So, to everybody who’s ever muttered, “I guess nobody ever wins this factor” — I hear you. I used to be you.
However I’ve seen the sunshine.
The wheel is actual. The wins are actual. The enjoyment is actual.
(I simply hope I’m subsequent.)
— Xander
Former Sceptic, Present Believer
