Twenty years ago in 1996, slot manufacturer IGT (International Game Technologies) introduced their popular Wheel of Fortune Slot Machine to the gaming world. Those wheels are spinning still. The game quickly became the favorite of gamers everywhere, particularly little old ladies. Based on the popular TV game show of the same name, the launch cemented IGT’s hold in wide area progressive technology and turned thousands of players into instant millionaires. Many claim it is the most popular slot game of all time, and more than 200 variations can be found in more than 20 countries around the world. The game has awarded more than $3 billion in jackpots and created more than a thousand millionaires according to Casino Journal. Makes you dizzy just thinking of it!
If you aren’t familiar with the old song that inspired the slot, pause a minute and watch the video before reading on.
Wheel fans can celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IGT game in a variety of ways this year. The slot manufacturer and Carnival Cruise Lines are rewarding players with a variety of special promotions to celebrate the anniversary. Wheel watchers have a chance to win free cruises along with a variety of other exciting giveaways throughout 2016. Cruise shipboard events throughout 2016 include games and themed on-board activities every sailing. Passengers will all spin the popular on-board wheel whose stops include a wide range of prizes, everything from Carnival logo items to scratch-off games where some lucky guests will win up to $30,000. One big prize that can be won on the ship’s lucky wheel is an entry into the $200,000 Spin N Sail slot tournament in November.
Throughout 2016, Carnival and IGT’s partner casinos will be giving away hundreds of free cruises on their Carnival Magic liner. All winners of the cruise will participate in the onboard Spin N Sail slot tournament featuring IGT’s Wheel of Fortune slot machines during the 8 day Caribbean cruise in November 2016. The $200,000 prize pool provided by IGT includes a $100,000 grand prize to be taken home by one lucky winner. IGT customers across the USA and Canada will host qualifying events where winners are awarded the free cruise for two, a prize that an entry into the grand finale tournament. I am sure the news media and casino promotion materials will provide details as it becomes available.
Already TV hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White have been on location taping customized segments of the anniversary show aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship to air during Spin N Sail week. Prizes during that week March 21 - 25 will include cruises to exotic destinations such as the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska. But you don’t have to be a contestant on the show to win. Viewers are encouraged to watch the TV show Wheel of Fortune during “Spin N Sail Week” and enter each night’s bonus puzzle solution at wheeloffortune.com Twenty winning entries will be selected to win the eight-day Carnival Cruise aboard the Carnival Magic and a guaranteed spot in the $200,000 tournament. Who knows? It could be you! And if it is, you might even be the lucky slot spinner to win the $100,000 grand prize!
Here’s another YouTube videos to bring back memories of fun on the high seas and to put you in the mood to win this year’s 20th Anniversary Spin N Sail slot tournament. Enjoy.
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