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Squeal of Fortune Control Panel
Squeal of Fortune
The Squeal of Fortune interface.

The Squeal of Fortune (also commonly known as the SoF) is a daily activity available to both members and free players, initially introduced on 28 February 2012. Free players get one spin a day while members get two spins a day. The introductory task system must be completed or turned off for the button of Yelps to appear. The Squeal of Fortune resets every midnight UTC. Rewards include armour, weapons, xp lamps, coins, and other items, some as illustrious as godswords. Lucky equipment is untradeable and will be destroyed if you die and choose not to keep hold of it. The "lucky" is determined by the item's rarity and not the value. Spins can also be bought by members for real-world money.

Squeal of Fortune Button
Squeal of Fortune button.

When a player logs in, there is a small interface in the middle of the game screen; this can be moved to wherever the player wishes to keep it. Click on the button of Yelps, the host, on the left side of the interface, to begin the activity. Not all items are available in every draw; it appears that players get a selection of 13 items, which always consists of one super rare item, two rare items, four uncommon items and six common items. The selection of items changes from spin to spin, but logging out and back in results in no change.

The list of items is shown in a line of boxes at the bottom of the screen, with the current selected item's box glowing slightly. Click the big green button at the right of the screen to stop the wheel. When the glow stops moving, the player receives that item. Due to the way the prize is drawn, the time at which the player presses the button, does not determine the loot gained. The loot is randomly generated the instant the green button is pressed. Because of this, players may instead choose to double-click the spin button and immediately end the spin animation instead of waiting for it to stop.

Please note that the wheel graphic does not indicate the chance of the wheel stopping on a particular slot. The chance of obtaining a super-rare item is significantly less than the 1 in 13 chance the wheel suggests.

When a prize has been chosen, players then get the option to claim the reward or to discard it. The player does not get to choose where to place the item claimed; it will automatically go to the player's inventory or the player's bank depending on its type. Most rewards go to a player's bank (items such as rune platebodies, etc.), but experience lamps (small, medium, large and huge) go to the inventory, and coin prizes go to the money pouch. If a lamp is won and one's inventory is full, or another prize is won and one's bank is full, exiting the Squeal of Fortune interface and clearing an item will allow a player to claim the prize later by entering the Squeal of Fortune interface again.

When a rare or super-rare item is won, a message is broadcast on the world the player is on (except for lamps). It displays the name of the player and the item won in a short one sentence dialogue under "News:"

Due to an initially unannounced update on 2 April 2012, Squeal of Fortune spins can be bought with JCoins, Jagex's microtransaction currency, and real-life money. This has caused controversy, as the update allows those with easy access to real world currencies advantages not allowed to those without such access. It is also possible to get more spins by collecting spin tickets, which are dropped by various monsters. The paid spins resulted in an gigantic amount of complaints in the forums.

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Obtaining more spins

On 2 April 2012, there was a game update allowing a variety of ways to obtain more Squeal of Fortune spins. When one of these bonus spins, called spin tickets, are received, are put into your inventory and can be added to your total number of spins by simply clicking on them. The ways to obtain more spins are listed below.

Note: when buying spins, it is important to remember that they expire in 6 months time. Spins that are obtained by other means do NOT expire.

Monster drops - F2P and P2P

Every monster, excluding the ones in some minigames and Dungeoneering, have a rare chance of dropping a spin ticket that can be used for an extra spin.

Skilling activities - F2P and P2P

Spins also have a chance to be found while taking part in any type of skilling activity that gets you Shattered Heart strange rocks. This means that training any combat skill would not earn you spins in this way. If your inventory is full, the spin ticket will automatically be redeemed for a spin, without replacing an inventory item, as a strange rock would do.

D&D reward spins - P2P

Spins can be awarded to a player through Distractions and Diversions. Each D&D will have a week at a time dedicated to offering one guaranteed spin, while the Troll Invasion will always award the player a spin since it's a monthly Distraction and Diversion.

Each week, out of the following D&Ds, doing the one that is listed in the Squeal of Fortune rewards screen will award that player an extra spin on the Squeal of Fortune:

  • The Circus; complete one of the events.
  • Evil Tree; chop, light or nurture an Evil Tree.

Buying spins

Spins can be bought in groups of 10, 20, 40, 100 or 200 spins, with a bonus 5 spins being given for buying 20, a bonus 35 spins for buying 40 spins, a bonus of 100 spins for buying 100 spins and a bonus 250 spins for buying 200 spins. Keep in mind that spins that are bought expire after 6 months. A maximum of $200 can be spent a day when buying spins. This method of earning spins has become very infamous by players as seen as an unfair advantage to other people which was the complete opposite reaction Jagex was hoping for.

The prices of spins are as follows:

Currency 10 spins 20 spins (with 5 bonus spins) 40 spins (with 35 bonus spins) 100 spins (with 100 bonus spins) 200 spins (with 250 bonus spins)
British pound £3.50 £6.99 £13.99 £34.99 £69.99
US dollar $4.99 $9.99 $19.99 $49.99 $99.99
Euro €3.99 €8.00 €16.00 €39.99 €79.99
Australian dollar $4.99 $9.99 $19.99 $49.99 $99.99
Canadian dollar $4.99 $9.99 $19.99 $49.99 $99.99
New Zealand dollar $5.99 $11.99 $23.99 $59.99 $120.00
Norwegian Kroner 27 NOK 55 NOK 110 NOK 275 NOK 550 NOK

Swedish kronor

30 SEK 60 SEK 120 SEK 300 SEK 600 SEK
Lithuanian litas 11.99 Lt 23.99 Lt 47.99 Lt 120.00 Lt 240.00 Lt

Danish kroner

25 DKK

50 DKK

100 DKK 250 DKK 500 DKK
Polish złoty 13.99 PLN 27.99 PLN 55.99 PLN 140 PLN 280 PLN

Quests

As of an update on 24 April 2012, the completion of quests give the player 2 spins for each. This does not apply for quests completed prior to the update. This includes all of the Recipe for Disaster subquests, the Rag and Bone man and Fur 'n Seek wishlists, and the Thieving Guild miniquests.

Special events

Current events:

  • The Sizzling Summer event allows members, who are subscribed for the whole of August and September, to be awarded with an extra spin each day for a total of 91 free spins.

Past events:

  • The Mad May event of May 2012 gave an extra spin daily during the entire month and was the first event to give free spins.

Advertisements

When on the claim screen a free spin button may appear which, when clicked on, will make the player watch a short video ad then award one free spin. These ads do not seem to appear in the downloadable client, only when playing on your browser.

Rewards

Lucky Armadyl
A number of unique reward items equipped – the flying goblin hat, Swagger stick, Lucky Armadyl chestplate and Lucky Armadyl chainskirt.

This is a list of the possible rewards. Items marked with (m) are members items - they may not be claimed on free-to-play worlds, if you wish to claim them, you must subscribe.

XP lamps

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Small lamp Small XP lamp 1 2 Common [1] Not sold
Small lamp gold Small XP lamp (m) 1 2 Common [2] Not sold
Medium lamp Medium XP lamp (m) 1 3 Uncommon [3] Not sold
Large lamp Large XP lamp (m) 1 4 Rare [4] Not sold
Huge lamp Huge XP lamp (m) 1 5 Very rare [5] Not sold
  1. ^ 1 in 10 chance for general lamps, 1 in 8 chance for skill-specific lamps
  2. ^ A small gold lamp will always be either for thieving or agility.
  3. ^ 1 in 14 chance for general lamps, 1 in 15 chance for skill-specific lamps
  4. ^ 1 in 500 chance for general lamps.
  5. ^ Less than 1 in 2000 chance

Note: The skill may be fixed, if you are free-to-play and recieve a lamp in a member skill, you will need to subscribe to claim the xp or you will have to discard it.

Cash prizes

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Coins 1000 Coins 1,000 2 Common (1 in 5) Not sold
Coins 1000 Coins 5,000 2 Common (1 in 12) Not sold
Coins 10000 Coins 10,000 3 Uncommon Not sold
Coins 10000 Coins 50,000 3 Uncommon Not sold
Coins 10000 Coins (m) 100,000 4 Rare Not sold
Coins 10000 Coins (m) 200,000 4 Rare [1] Not sold
Coins 10000 Coins 500,000 4 Rare [2] Not sold
Coins 10000 Coins 2,500,000 4 Rare Not sold
Coins 10000 Coins (m) 10,000,000 5 Very rare Not sold
Coins 10000 Coins (m) 200,000,000 5 Very rare [3] Not sold
  1. ^ This amount can only be obtained after receiving the full Dragon ceremonial outfit.
  2. ^ This amount also appears on uncommon slots.
  3. ^ This amount is extremely rare, far more than the 10,000,000gp prize.

Pendants of Skill

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Pendant of Agility Pendant of Agility 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Attack Pendant of Attack 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Constitution Pendant of Constitution 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Construction Pendant of Construction 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Cooking Pendant of Cooking 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Crafting Pendant of Crafting 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Defence Pendant of Defence 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Dungeoneering Pendant of Dungeoneering 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Farming Pendant of Farming 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Firemaking Pendant of Firemaking 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Fishing Pendant of Fishing 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Fletching Pendant of Fletching 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Herblore Pendant of Herblore 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Hunting Pendant of Hunting 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Magic Pendant of Magic 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Mining Pendant of Mining 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Prayer Pendant of Prayer 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Ranging Pendant of Ranging 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Runecrafting Pendant of Runecrafting 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Slaying Pendant of Slaying 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Smithing Pendant of Smithing 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Strength Pendant of Strength 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Summoning Pendant of Summoning 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Thievery Pendant of Thievery 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Pendant of Woodcutting Pendant of Woodcutting 1 3 Uncommon Not sold

Prized pendants of Skill

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Prized pendant of Agility Prized pendant of Agility 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Attack Prized pendant of Attack 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Constitution Prized pendant of Constitution 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Construction Prized pendant of Construction 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Cooking Prized pendant of Cooking 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Crafting Prized pendant of Crafting 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Defence Prized pendant of Defence 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Dungeoneering Prized pendant of Dungeoneering 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Farming Prized pendant of Farming 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Firemaking Prized pendant of Firemaking 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Fishing Prized pendant of Fishing 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Fletching Prized pendant of Fletching 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Herblore Prized pendant of Herblore 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Hunting Prized pendant of Hunting 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Magic Prized pendant of Magic 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Mining Prized pendant of Mining 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Prayer Prized pendant of Prayer 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Ranging Prized pendant of Ranging 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Runecrafting Prized pendant of Runecrafting 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Slaying Prized pendant of Slaying 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Smithing Prized pendant of Smithing 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Strength Prized pendant of Strength 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Summoning Prized pendant of Summoning 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Thievery Prized pendant of Thievery 1 4 Rare Not sold
Prized pendant of Woodcutting Prized pendant of Woodcutting 1 4 Rare Not sold

Cosmetic clothing

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
File:Curled horns.png Curled horns (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Long horns.png Long horns (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Twisted horns.png Twisted horns (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Vile horns.png Vile horns (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Arcane tattoo.png Arcane tattoo (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Bold tattoo.png Bold tattoo (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Intricate tattoo.png Intricate tattoo (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Marauder tattoo.png Marauder tattoo (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Mystic tattoo.png Mystic tattoo (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Tribal tattoo.png Tribal tattoo (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
Swagger Stick Swagger Stick (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
Swag Bag Swag Bag (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
File:Flying goblin hat.png Flying Goblin Hat (m) 1 5 Very rare Not sold

Armour

Pay-to-play (Lucky armour)

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Lucky Armadyl helmet Lucky Armadyl helmet 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky Armadyl chestplate Lucky Armadyl chestplate 1 4 Rare Not sold
Armadyl chainskirt Lucky Armadyl chainskirt 1 4 Rare Not sold
File:Lucky bandos chestplate.png Lucky Bandos chestplate 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky Bandos tassets Lucky Bandos tassets 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky Bandos boots Lucky Bandos boots 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky dragon chainbody Lucky dragon chainbody 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky dragon full helm Lucky dragon full helm 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky dragon platebody Lucky dragon platebody 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky arcane spirit shield Lucky arcane spirit shield 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky spectral spirit shield Lucky spectral spirit shield 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky divine spirit shield Lucky divine spirit shield 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky elysian spirit shield Lucky elysian spirit shield 1 4 Rare Not sold

Free-to-play (Normal armour)

The Defence level of the player will affect the armour drop. For example, a player with 40 Defence would receive a rune platebody in the "uncommon" slot, while one with 30 Defence will receive an adamant platebody instead.

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Adamant platebody Adamant platebody 1 3 Uncommon 9,662
Black platebody Black platebody 1 3 Uncommon 2,544
Combat robe top 0 Combat robe top 0 1 3 Uncommon 29,800
Green d'hide body Green d'hide body 1 3 Uncommon 4,540
Exchange:Hardleather body Hardleather body 1 3 Uncommon Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".
Mithril platebody Mithril platebody 1 3 Uncommon 2,854
Rune platebody Rune platebody 1 3 Uncommon 38,723
Steel platebody Steel platebody 1 3 Uncommon 1,237
Studded body Studded body 1 3 Uncommon 423

Weapons

Pay-to-play

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Iron crossbow Iron crossbow 1 2 Common 129
Bronze crossbow Bronze crossbow 1 2 Common 255
Steel crossbow Steel crossbow 1 2 Common 137
Mith crossbow Mith crossbow 1 3 Uncommon 303
Adamant crossbow Adamant crossbow 1 3 Uncommon 870
Yew shortbow Yew shortbow 1 3 Uncommon 371
Lucky Armadyl godsword Lucky Armadyl godsword 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky Bandos godsword Lucky Bandos godsword 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky Saradomin godsword Lucky Saradomin godsword 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky Zamorak godsword Lucky Zamorak godsword 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky Saradomin sword Lucky Saradomin sword 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky Zamorakian spear Lucky Zamorakian spear 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky abyssal whip Lucky abyssal whip 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky dragon 2h sword Lucky dragon 2h sword 1 4 Rare Not sold
Lucky dragon claws Lucky dragon claws 1 4 Rare Not sold
Auspicious katana Auspicious katana 1 5 Very rare Not sold

Free-to-play

Depending on the Attack level of the player, they will recieve the best weapon they can use at their Attack level.

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Oak shortbow Oak shortbow 1 2 Common 46
Black 2h sword Black 2h sword 1 2 Common 984
Black battleaxe Black battleaxe 1 2 Common 583
Black hatchet Black hatchet 1 2 Common 187
Black longsword Black longsword 1 2 Common 432
Black scimitar Black scimitar 1 2 Common 1,642
Bronze dagger Bronze dagger 1 2 Common 72
Maple shortbow Maple shortbow 1 2 Common 162
Steel 2h sword Steel 2h sword 1 2 Common 410
Steel battleaxe Steel battleaxe 1 2 Common 249
Steel hatchet Steel hatchet 1 2 Common 46
Steel longsword Steel longsword 1 2 Common 183
Steel scimitar Steel scimitar 1 2 Common 119
Adamant 2h sword Adamant 2h sword 1 3 Uncommon 3,527
Adamant battleaxe Adamant battleaxe 1 3 Uncommon 2,287
Adamant hatchet Adamant hatchet 1 3 Uncommon 609
Adamant longsword Adamant longsword 1 3 Uncommon 1,643
Adamant pickaxe Adamant pickaxe 1 3 Uncommon 1,704
Adamant scimitar Adamant scimitar 1 3 Uncommon 1,355
Mithril 2h sword Mithril 2h sword 1 3 Uncommon 1,229
Mithril battleaxe Mithril battleaxe 1 3 Uncommon 765
Mithril hatchet Mithril hatchet 1 3 Uncommon 169
Mithril longsword Mithril longsword 1 3 Uncommon 567
Mithril pickaxe Mithril pickaxe 1 3 Uncommon 637
Mithril scimitar Mithril scimitar 1 3 Uncommon 403
Rune 2h sword Rune 2h sword 1 3 Uncommon 37,963
Rune battleaxe Rune battleaxe 1 3 Uncommon 24,557
Rune longsword Rune longsword 1 3 Uncommon 18,807
Rune pickaxe Rune pickaxe 1 3 Uncommon 19,015
Rune scimitar Rune scimitar 1 3 Uncommon 14,974

Runes

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Law rune Law rune 40 2 Common 7,600

Ammo

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Cannonball Cannonball (m) 30 2 Common 7,800
Steel arrow 5 Steel arrow 400 2 Common 5,200

Resources

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Yew logs Yew logs 15 2 Common 7,875
Gold ore Gold ore 20 2 Common 8,060

Gems

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Uncut sapphire Uncut sapphire 8 2 Common 8,856
Uncut emerald Uncut emerald 4 2 Common 7,612
Uncut ruby Uncut ruby 2 3 Uncommon 6,224
Uncut diamond Uncut diamond 1 4 Rare 7,110

Miscellaneous items

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Uncooked apple pie Uncooked apple pie 10 2 Common 2,110
Uncooked pizza Uncooked pizza 10 2 Common 3,020
Pineapple seed 5 Pineapple seed (m) 1 2 Common 5,173
Oak plank Oak plank (m) 20 2 Common 11,180
Teak plank Teak plank (m) 15 2 Common 12,210
Impious ashes Impious ashes 40 2 Common 4,520
Big bones Big bones 20 2 Common 9,080
Blue dragon scale Blue dragon scale (m) 10 2 Common 5,970
Seaweed Seaweed (m) 20 2 Common 5,800

Limited

Cosmetic

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Dragon ceremonial hat Dragon ceremonial hat 1 4 Rare Not sold
Dragon ceremonial breastplate Dragon ceremonial breastplate 1 4 Rare Not sold
Dragon ceremonial greaves Dragon ceremonial greaves 1 4 Rare Not sold
Dragon ceremonial boots Dragon ceremonial boots 1 4 Rare Not sold
Dragon ceremonial cape Dragon ceremonial cape 1 4 Rare Not sold
Queen's guard hat Queen's guard hat 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Queen's guard shirt Queen's guard shirt 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Queen's guard trousers Queen's guard trousers 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Queen's guard shoes Queen's guard shoes 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Queen's guard staff Queen's guard staff 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Fish mask Fish mask 1 4 Rare 1,771,170

Sizzling Summer

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Shark fists 1 Shark fists 1 1 3 Uncommon [1] Not sold
Shark fists 2 Shark fists 2 1 3 Uncommon [1] Not sold
Shark fists 3 Shark fists 3 1 3 Uncommon [1] Not sold
Shark fists 4 Shark fists 4 1 3 Uncommon [1] Not sold
Candyfloss Candyfloss 5 2 Common Not sold
Seaside rock Seaside rock 1, 5 2 Common Not sold
Sunbathe emote Sunbathe emote 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Beach ball Beach ball 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Water balloon Water balloon 100 2 Common Not sold
  1. ^ a b c d All of these fists have the option to change to another version at any time.

Squeal of Neptune items

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Pet fish blue - icon Pet fish (m) 1 7 Discontinued [1] Not sold
Raw tuna Raw tuna 100 7 Discontinued [1] 6,700
Raw swordfish Raw swordfish 50 7 Discontinued [1] 14,500
Casket Casket (m) 5 7 Discontinued [1] 70,955
Caviar Caviar (m) 40 7 Discontinued [1] 27,200
Living minerals Living minerals (m) 30 7 Discontinued [1] 1,830
Oyster pearls Oyster pearls (m) 21 7 Discontinued [1] 14,868
Raw fish pie Raw fish pie (m) 10 7 Discontinued [1] 12,570
Fish Flingers voucher Fish Flingers voucher 1 7 Discontinued Not sold
Anchovy pizza Anchovy pizza 12 7 Discontinued [1] 2,904
Cracked fishing urn (r) Cracked fishing urn (r) 80 7 Discontinued [1] Not sold
Seaweed Seaweed (m) 30 7 Discontinued [1] 8,700
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k These items are discontinued from the Squeal of Fortune but still appear in-game.

Monkey weekend

  Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
File:Monkey hat.png Hear-no-evil monkey hat (m) 1 7 Discontinued Not sold
File:Monkey hat.png See-no-evil monkey hat (m) 1 7 Discontinued Not sold
File:Monkey hat.png Speak-no-evil monkey hat (m) 1 7 Discontinued Not sold
Monkey mace Monkey mace 1 7 Discontinued Not sold
Barrel of monkeys (Squeal of Fortune) Barrel of monkeys 1 7 Discontinued Not sold

Controversies

Squeal of Fortune riot
World 66 riot after the Squeal of Fortune update.

On 2 April, 2012, Jagex added the ability to buy Squeal of Fortune spins with real money. This caused several controversies. Players became enraged by this new update and started a riot in Falador, world 66. Mod William posted a thread on the forums about this new update on the Recent Game Updates article, and within a day this resulted in thousands of negative posts by furious players demanding a reverse update.

Real World Trading

Many players view the ability to buy spins as a form of Real world trading, because the spins have the potential to give very valuable and desirable rewards, or hundreds of thousands of experience points. Jagex mods, such as Mod Moltare in Mod Mark's friends chat, have stated that buying wheel spins is different from buying gold or items from a third party, because the gold or items are not the third party's to sell but a first party's, Jagex, which differs from the valid legal principal of selling whatever interest one has in an item (even if it is no interest), thus the buying of gold is legal, but violates game rules and is cause for banning.

They claim that buying spins is not a form of RWT. Many players, however, disagree, saying that overall negative effect on the game is still the same, and cite Jagex's own policies regarding real world trading. Since the sale of spins violated Jagex's own rules on Real World Trading, on 5th April, 2012, Jagex changed their explanation for the rule against Real World Trading to make room for selling spins and other future content[1].

Player Reactions

Despite RuneScape's long history of fighting against real world traders, some players believe that RuneScape may soon become insolvent as Jagex is seemingly rewriting their previous rules.

Within the first week of spin-selling, over fifteen thousand players voiced their objections to the "Wheel-World Trading", and the "Steal Your Fortune" on the update thread or one of the hundreds of other ones. To put this number in perspective, most update threads receive only two to three thousand posts, most of which are positive or ambivalent. The fifteen thousand replies to the spin update are as good as entirely negative, with only one positive post in the first twenty pages. After one week of consistent player objections, Jagex locked the forum in which these objections were voiced, but opened a special Squeal of Fortune feedback thread later on.

Financial Security

If a member is paying by credit card, and the credit card information has been saved with Jagex, there originally was no identity verification between clicking the in-game "buy spins" button and confirming the transaction. This means that someone with unauthorized access to a RuneScape account could turn up to $200/day of the rightful owner's money into Squeal spins. Since there is no option to disable spin purchasing on an account, it is also possible for children whose parents pay for their RuneScape membership to spend their parents' money on Squeal spins without their knowledge. These issues have provoked accusations that Jagex is violating laws concerning customer data protection. Jagex has replied with reminders to keep your RuneScape login information secure.

Additionally, they changed their Terms and Conditions[2][3], effective 2nd April, 2012 to avoid lawsuits by adding a line in the Subscription section:

We reserve the right to charge you for any unauthorized use of your subscription by third parties.

It should be noted that anybody whose account existed before the Terms were updated were not alerted of this change. However, in the Terms and Conditions it states Jagex does not need to do this, and users are responsible to check for changes:

We may change these terms and conditions to reflect: changes in applicable laws; regulatory or security requirements; relevant guidance or codes of practice; technical alterations to Jagex Products; and to improve clarity and consistency. Please check the terms and conditions whenever you use a Jagex Product. If you are not a subscriber, we will treat your continued use of a Jagex Product as acceptance of these changes from their effective date as shown above. If you are a subscriber, we will treat you as bound by the changes on the first renewal date for your subscription after the effective date and so you should cancel your subscription (as explained below) before this renewal date if you don't like the proposed changes.

In any case, if Squeal spins are bought by an unauthorised third party, the issuing bank of the debit or credit card, and other payment providers such as PayPal, have facilites available to reverse charges for disputed transactions. As of a patch note update, however, the security around buying spins has been "tightened".

Gambling

As RuneScape contains no age verification (just asking if the user is at least 13 on signup), it is possible for children under the age of 18 to spend real money on the Squeal of Fortune.

Jagex has stated that since every spin on the Squeal wins an in-game item (even if only Cabbage or Fishing bait), and since there is no potential for real monetary return, the act of purchasing spins is not truly gambling. Many players maintain that such a low-value spin is functionally equivalent to a loss, and that a purchased Squeal spin therefore counts as gambling. Other players maintain that a loss is incurred when spins are purchased, and that with the hope for a rare item, the Squeal of Fortune becomes a form of lottery.

If a low-value spin is considered a loss, or if Squeal of Fortune is considered a lottery, then the act of selling spins would violate online gambling laws, and the act of selling spins without age verification would violate age restrictions on gambling in several countries.

Precedent

Many players have been concerned by the precedent that this sets for the future of RuneScape. These players maintain that once Jagex makes an update connected with selling items or experience for real world money, they will be more inclined in the future to make updates connected with real world trading, despite having promised in the past that microtransactions would never be added to RuneScape.

The former official Jagex policy on real world trading is as follows:

"We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape."

Trivia

File:BugSpectralShownAsBlessed.png
A bug where a lucky spectral spirit shield is displayed as a lucky blessed spirit shield. It's unknown which one would be received.
Audio options icon
Jingle played when winning a common prize. (link)
Audio options icon
Jingle played when winning an uncommon prize. (link)
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Jingle played when winning a rare prize. (link)
  • The update was not included in the February 2012 Behind the Scenes; a similar event took place in February 2011 with the Wildywyrm.
  • The name is a play on words of the game show Wheel of Fortune.
  • Upon release of the update, an interactive wheel first appeared on the RuneScape homepage.
  • All of the lucky items received from the Squeal of Fortune have a grey tint compared to the original version in order to distinguish between the two.
  • Following the release of the Squeal of Fortune, the items classified as lucky were believed to be tradable which had caused a sense of panic amongst players who had already owned the original versions of the prizes. It has since been confirmed that the items are NOT tradable and do NOT degrade.
  • The icon does not appear in the Duel Arena, in Stealing Creation or within Daemonheim's floors, but it does appear on the exit balcony when you leave a dungeon. The icon does appear in Clan Citadels, however you cannot access the tab to Squeal of Fortune in the citadel.
  • It is possible to have two of the same rare items on the wheel at one time. (i.e. two lucky Armadyl godswords in two different spots)
  • An odd thing can occur when closing the interface in which the Squeal of Fortune button stays in the top left corner and upon clicking it, a message will display Nothing happens, as if something has gone wrong.
  • If a player's bank is full and you receive an item to be sent to the bank, a message will display over the Claim Item option Your bank doesn't have room for your prize at the moment.
  • All items found in the rare section can be found in the very rare section as well with the exception of a Large XP lamp . Just as the large lamp is the only item from the rare section not able to be in the very rare section, the Huge XP lamp cannot be found in the rare section.
  • Many players complained about the extreme low chances of receiving a decent prize when the Squeal of Fortune was initially introduced. For example, players weren't satisfied with the common rewards as they felt it would be better suited for free players. After an update, Jagex modified the reward rates and players would receive rare items ten times the normal probability.
  • A player may not exceed thirteen spins unless the player buys spins. If you reach the limit of thirteen and receive another spin, a message will display You have missed out on earning a Squeal of Fortune spin as your earned spins have reached the maximum allowed.
  • If a member tries to spin on a free world, a message will display As a member you are eligible for improved prizes, so please play Squeal of Fortune on a members' world instead.
  • Contrary to popular belief, it has been confirmed that "Lucky items won on the Squeal of Fortune do not degrade."
  • Opening the Squeal of Fortune's interface does not pause game-ticks, so time limits for equipment and mini games are still imposed.
  • The small agility lamp and the small thieving lamp have been changed to the same gold color of the medium and large lamps and they are the only small lamps of that colour.
  • If you can look on the left top where it says how many spins you have it would appear a Duellist's cap tier 1.
  • Before the update, money piles use to be 10, or 50gp instead of 1,000, or 5,000. Also, there was cowhide and feather.

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