That was happening to me, but there was a question on it in the editorial of the Neopian Times for this week, asking about the glitch. This was a glitch, and they said they'd take care of it right away. So hopefully now it works.
Leafie wrote:It always lands on 'free spin' for me, and then when I spin again, I still pay the neopoints. Has this happened to anyone else?
Yes, that's happened to me too.
What's the point of the free spin anyway? In the end you'll just be spinning it again. They probably had no more ideas for the wheel. Another thing, once I landed on 3 another spins in a row...
it's not a bug actually. i understand it could be misleading to some players. "free" here doesn't mean you don't have to pay for the next spin but mean you can spin again within 24 hr.
At one stage I got the 'free' spin about 5 times in a row, and then it eventually landed on the pathetic ? mark. Those hints are positvely pointless in my honest opinion and I ALWAYS get it.