The online application is easy to fill out. It just asks for your basic contact information, along with an uploaded photo of yourself from the neck or waist up. If you like, you can also upload a 60-second video explaining why you'd be a good contestant. The producers offer some tips for making a good impression. Among them: Choose a place where you can record yourself freely and clearly — not at your office or on a crowded street. Dress neatly. Be natural. Mention any cool details about your life or interests. Keep it short and simple. Oh, and "don't tell us that being on 'Wheel' is on your bucket list," the "Wheel of Fortune" site advises. (They've probably heard this a few too many times.) If your application passes muster, you'll get an invitation to do a virtual audition, so you get to play the game from your computer. 

If you get the good news that you've been chosen as a player, you may have to sit tight for a while. Once you're in the contestant pool, it can take up to two years to actually get a taping date. You'll have to pay your own way to the studio in L.A., according to the Tahlequah Daily Press, but you'll recoup those costs after the game. Even if you don't win, you'll still walk away with $1,000 as a consolation prize.