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4,000 sheen

Plume C · Fan and needle

Fanwheel

Eighteen numbered feathers in ruby, jade and sapphire, with the golden eye in the middle, make a half-circle fan of nineteen stops. Make one call, from a single feather to a whole half of the fan, and the needle sweeps across and settles on one stop.

  • Kind: Fan of 19 stops
  • Swing: By call
  • Decisions: One call

Played for sheen only · sheen has no cash value · adults 18+ · for entertainment only

Cover art for Fanwheel: a half-circle of ruby, jade and sapphire plumes with a brass needle at the centre, the title in glass mosaic tiles

4,000sheen · no cash value

Stake

Rounds 0 · Net 0

feather 1, ruby1feather 2, jade2feather 3, sapphire3feather 4, ruby4feather 5, jade5feather 6, sapphire6feather 7, ruby7feather 8, jade8feather 9, sapphire9the golden eyefeather 10, ruby10feather 11, jade11feather 12, sapphire12feather 13, ruby13feather 14, jade14feather 15, sapphire15feather 16, ruby16feather 17, jade17feather 18, sapphire18

Rules and pay table

Pick a stake, then press Sweep. Sheen has no cash value.

The plumes are paused on this device

Quill notes, your plumage and the Roost stay open.

How Fanwheel plays

  1. The fan has nineteen stops: feathers 1 to 18 and the golden eye in the middle, between 9 and 10. Each stop is equally likely.
  2. Pick a call type, then pick what it covers. You can also tap a feather on the fan to call it on its own, or tap the eye.
  3. Choose a stake and press Sweep. The needle swings across the fan and settles on one stop.
  4. If the stop is inside your call, you get the stake back times the number in the table. If not, the stake is lost.
  5. The golden eye belongs to no colour, no half and no group of six. Only a call on the eye itself covers it.

What comes back

Back as a multiple of the stake, out of 19 equal stops
CallCoversBack
One feather1 stop18×
Two neighbours (not across the eye)2 stops9×
Six in a row: 1–6, 7–12 or 13–186 stops3×
One colour: ruby, jade or sapphire6 stops3×
One half: 1–9 or 10–189 stops2×
The golden eye1 stop18×

Example: a call on the left half at a stake of 40 sheen brings 80 back if the needle stops on feathers 1 to 9.

Good to know

Every call on the fan gives the same long-run return; the wider calls simply swing less. The needle has no memory, so a stop that has not come up for a while is no more likely next.

Sheen is a play unit with no cash value. It cannot be bought, swapped or turned into anything. If it runs below 200, Preen tops it up to 4,000 for free, with no wait. Results here say nothing about how you would do at real-money gambling, and they are not a reason to try it.

Need a break? The Pause key in the header closes all six plumes on this device for as long as you choose. The Roost has check-ins, a round limit and calm mode.

The other plumes on the wheel