House of fortune

They've given away so many BRAND NEW CARS that they decided to give away a house.

A press release dropped into my inbox (and apparently a bunch of other inboxes) and said that Wheel of Fortune will give away a house in one of Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville communities. As you might expect from Wheel's viewer demos, those communities are for people 55 and older. Like me, for instance.

One lucky viewer will win the house in a sweepstakes during the week of October 29-November 2. If you don't want the house, you can have a townhome in another community or $150,000. Other winners will get $500 gift cards, which seems kind of picayune compared to the house.

Maybe Wheel figures that if they can't give away the million dollar prize any more, they can still give away the house. As long as it's not Vanna's residence.