Trudy's Surprise

Trudy's Surprise Slot Machine is a daily that features prizes of increasing potential worth for each consecutive day that it's played, up to 25 days. At that point, prizes reset and the process begins again. There is an FAQ on Neopets for more details. It should be noted that only players over the age of 13 are able to use Trudy's Surprise.

The machine first appeared on July 17, 2015 with glitches that prevented prizes from being awarded. It was fixed by the 18th, and properly announced in New Features on July 24th.

Reset

Trudy's Surprise is available to spin once per day, starting at midnight NST each day. A notification is sent to you during the day (not necessarily right at midnight) reminding you of your daily spin. If you do not wish to receive the notification (on side accounts, for example) you can disable it in your preferences. You will not be able to spin the wheel if it is disabled in preferences.

Daylight Savings Time Glitch

When Daylight Savings Times begins for the United States (typically in early March), the day following the clock change, the Trudy's Surprise streak appears reset for all Neopians and prevents you from spinning for that day. However, the next day it will be back at the streak count you were supposed to be at.

Previous Reset

When it was first released, Trudy's Surprise was available to spin every 24 hours rather than once a day, regardless of what time you spun. For example, if you spun it at 5:12 PM NST, you would not be able to spin it again until 5:13 PM NST the following day. This setup was changed in the month of Relaxing, Y18.

Prizes

Your prize is awarded based on matching icons in your daily spin. Should you get 2 unique pairs of matching symbols (say two creams and two yoyos), they will count as if you had 4 matching symbols.

You've Won!!
Come back tomorrow and win more prizes!

Matching absolutely no symbols activates a Bad Luck Bonus - where more Neopoints than the jackpot are awarded.

Ugh! Rotten luck.
Here’s something to cheer you up – the Terrifyingly Bad Luck Bonus!

This bonus is only available once per 7 days per user. If you fail to match any icons within that week a 2nd time, you will instead receive the normal no matches prize.

Any spin, matches or not, also has a random chance to award a Neocash gift box along with the Neopoint prize:

Should you miss a day at any point, the prizes will reset to Day 1 levels and you must begin again. The same will happen once you claim your 25th spin in a row.

7 Day Streak Prizes

Announced on August 23, 2018, item prizes were added for completing a spin every day for 7 days. Even when your 25 day streak resets, your 7-day streak will carry forward.

On August 6, 2020, a seventh set of item prizes were released for the 7 day streak. This is the current prize pool.

On June 14, 2019, a sixth set of item prizes were released for the 7 day streak. These were available for 419 days.

On March 28, 2019, a fifth set of item prizes were released for the 7 day streak. These were available for 78 days.

On February 5, 2019, a fourth set of item prizes were released for the 7 day streak. These were available for 51 days.

On October 23, 2018, a third set of item prizes were released for the 7 day streak. These were available for 105 days.

On September 15, 2018, a second set of item prizes were released for the 7 day streak. These were available for 38 days.

The initial pool, which started on August 23, 2018, was available for 23 days.

Avatar

For hitting your 25th spin in a row, you'll receive an avatar:

Trudy's Surprise and Side Accounts

Due to the fact that Trudy's Surprise awards Neopoints, users cannot take part in it as a daily activity on side accounts. To avoid seeing the pop-up when visiting a side account, select the Block Trudy's Surprise option in the Site Preferences of any account you would like to disable it on.

This article was written by: JN Staff