Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak made headlines this week after walking off set live on the show.
Sajak, 75, felt he had to remove himself from set after—get this—the third $100,000 grand prize win in a row.
The historic win happened when two Wheel of Fortune contestants both won the grand prize of $100,000 within the same week.
Furthermore, the two back-to-back wins occurred not just in the same week—which is a Wheel of Fortune first to begin with—but on consecutive nights: Monday and Tuesday.
However, records were shattered even further when the Wednesday night winner won the same $100,000 prize—the first ever Wheel of Fortune trifecta in history.
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WHAT?! Another historic night! Bree is our THIRD $100,000 WINNER IN A ROW! Breaking News: Wheel of Fortune is running out of confetti! @KATUNewspic.twitter.com/WSAoBmhi8r— Wheel of Fortune (@Wheel of Fortune) 1644454704
Coming into the Wednesday night game, Sajak had been humorously speculating at the idea of a third-streak win.
He joked:
“Monday we gave away $100,000 in the bonus round. Yesterday we gave away $100,000 in the bonus round. So because of budgetary considerations, rather than cash, we're playing for luncheon meats tonight.”
Sajak even quipped that after two back-to-back wins, the show was running out of confetti.
Contestant Bree Yokouchi made Sajak eat his words, however, when she solved the puzzle "just you wait" and pulled off the third major historic win in a row.
Sajak, in awe over the extremely unlikely three time consecutive win streak, jokingly walked off set in response.
He said, throwing his card in the air:
“I'm outta here."
“That's it. I'm through.”
Twitter users are in awe over the historic win streak.
Reader, let me tell you: I SCREAMED when this happened! #WheelOfFortunehttps://twitter.com/WheelofFortune/status/1491577254601576455\u00a0\u2026— Traci Lee (@Traci Lee) 1644461099
24 spaces, 1 $100,000 prize. So any player has a 1/24 shot of landing on it. It happening twice in a row is 1/576. It happening three times in a row is 1/13,824. Amazing that this happened. Will we see it happen again tomorrow, where the chance would be 1/331,776?— Warth Bunan (@Warth Bunan) 1644455821
WHAT?! three in a row. Bree is already won $121,638 in the third $100,000 winner on Wheel of Fortune. Congratulations, Bree.— Charles Smith (@Charles Smith) 1644458401
Back to Back to Back $100,000 prize on @WheelofFortune today. What an incredible week of the show. First Time in almost 40 years of the show.— Jairo GH (@Jairo GH) 1644459377
Her solve was impressive too!— Ashley Doust (@Ashley Doust) 1644457397
Incredible! Pat Sajak walks off set!https://twitter.com/WheelofFortune/status/1491577254601576455\u00a0\u2026— Aaron Brackett (@Aaron Brackett) 1644516278
I saw the big wins back to back .. even I was like damn .. the contestants are smart and deserve it all .\n I love confetti— BubbaBearPS (@BubbaBearPS) 1644451141
Pat looks like it\u2019s coming out of his paycheck\u2026— LetFreedomRing (@LetFreedomRing) 1644441890
They just got a third one again tonight. Math is fun!https://twitter.com/ETCanada/status/1491395214363312132\u00a0\u2026— EmperorTigerstar (@EmperorTigerstar) 1644460690
Pat Sajack always looks like it\u2019s his money they give away.https://twitter.com/etcanada/status/1491395214363312132\u00a0\u2026— I don\u2019t know; do your best? (@I don\u2019t know; do your best?) 1644509319
After the show, Sajak sat down with his daughter, singer Maggie Sajak, who asked him about the chances of a fourth consecutive win. She shared the video on social media.
WOW! So, history was made on @WheelOfFortune tonight\u2026AGAIN!!! Let's see what @PatOnWheel thinks about thispic.twitter.com/fREpJNkbzH— Maggie Sajak (@Maggie Sajak) 1644455411
He responded:
“That would be ridiculous."
“That would be virtually impossible.”
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