Yep, it’s actually more complicated than that:
- each wheel gives you 1 coin per spin, no matter what
- each wheel gives you a base score of +1 per spin, no matter what
- otherwise, money and score are actually unrelated: money doesn’t give you points, and points don’t give you money either
But you’re right, it should be more clear in-game, just didn’t have time to do it within the game jam.