[1] Hosted by actor and comedian Dax Shepard, the show features a 40 feet (12 m) high vertical roulette wheel divided into 48 wedges that can award money to contestants or partially/completely wipe out their winnings.
A friend or family member is also brought onstage and given control of a button, which they secretly may press during the contestant's ten-second answer time to double the value of the spin.
Depending on the contestant's answers to the questions, the total number of "Back to Zero" spaces on the wheel at the end of this round can range from two to twelve.
Before each spin, the host makes a cash offer to quit the game, based on the amount in the bank(the actual formula was never revealed) and the risk of losing.
The show features a vertical roulette wheel, 40 feet (12 m) in diameter and divided into forty-eight light-emitting diode wedges worth either a dollar amount or “Back to Zero”.
[7] The wheel has pegs fashioned from thick metal pipes, which the contestant grips in order to start the rotation.
[6] In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co., Inc. 347 U.S. 284,[8] that quiz shows were not a form of gambling which paved the way for their introduction to television.
[citation needed] The show's producers scout for Good Samaritan-type individuals to reward with a chance to earn up to $23 million per episode.
Fox, in an effort to acquire more unscripted shows like Hell's Kitchen, The Four, and Love Connection, entered a bidding war with multiple networks to obtain Spin in 2017.