Wheel games were just that, games requiring some type of gaming wheel. Wheel-of-Fortune and Roulette were the two most popular.

The smaller and more portable wheels were loaded up and moved from location to location as towns started up and died out.

The larger and more expensive wheels were for the best gambling establishments located in well established towns.

If you were looking for the most expensive and elaborate gambling equipment in those early mining camps or at the end of rail line you would have been mightily disappointed.

To see such finery you would have to pack your bags and do a little traveling to towns like St. Louis, New Orleans, Chicago, or San Francisco.