Prize-O-Matic

The Prize-O-Matic (also sometimes referred to as the Prize Wheel) is a gambling device built by Dracokon for use in determining things to unbox on the show GatorUNbox. It is a yellow box with a green and blue circular graphic divided up into 24 equal parts. In the middle of this graphic is a red arrow attached to an electric motor. When Dracokon presses the button on the side of the Prize-O-Matic the arrow spins around and eventually stops on one of the 24 sections, this number corresponds to a space in one of two Prize Boxes which Dracokon then removes from its spot and opens up on stream.

The Prize-O-Matic was built in 2016 and unveiled on stream in 2017. In that time it has become one of the most iconic parts of the Gatorbox set due to its colorful appearance and interactivity with the stream chat; viewers are encouraged to guess along with each other as to what number the arrow will land on, though currently there are no prizes awarded for guessing correctly.

The device uses a small motor taken from a cassette tape deck connected to four AA batteries, which are kept behind the Prize-O-Matic's facade, to spin the arrow. Due to the arrow not being evenly weighted, the Prize-O-Matic needs to be laid onto its back in order to spin otherwise the heavier end of the arrow will always pull it downward as it comes to a stop. Due to the inexpensive motor used to spin the arrow, there are usually six "hot spots" that the arrow will prefer to land within. These spots correspond to the gaps in the magnets inside the motor; this issue is usually solved by Dracokon taking the arrow off and reattaching it in a different orientation which doesn't remove the hot spots so much as it artificially changes where they are on the wheel.