This gameplay element was eventually retired. If a player hit Bankrupt, the money from the 'on account' board would be wiped away. contestants had the option of putting the remaining money, if they had too little to buy prizes, on account for later rounds or gift certificates. One notable feature of the set was the 'On Account' boards on the backdrop.

The puzzleboard consisted of 3 rows of 13 manually operated trilons. contestant scores were in eggcrate display. red was the left-most contestant (next to the host), yellow was the center, and blue was the right-most contestant. The changes that were made to the set were that the contestant areas were color-coded. The set was an updated version of the one used for the 1974 pilot.

The set was different during the early years of Wheel of Fortune compared to the sets used for the later versions, including the syndicated version.