Spinning the wheel is fun until you start noticing the sneaky patterns. If you dont have any protection shields and really need at least one, it takes forever to land on one. If you have all three (the limit), then you constantly land on that space. If you need more money to fix something which was destroyed in an attack, youll constantly land on the lowest dollar amounts while spinning. Landing on the "free spin" space is few and far between. Its hard to collect the pirates, and the further you get in the game, the more expensive the island items become. Its all designed to make you want to spend real money on spins to keep things moving. The higher levels leave you hanging with too much money on the board which will probably be stolen, because its not enough to purchase an item, but of course you are out of spins (thus the constant ads to get you to purchase more spins with real money). Why spend real money on spins when everything can be stolen or damaged? Just dont take it too seriously and youll be okay! ;-)