Wheel Of Fortune's 8000th Episode To Feature Jackpot Sponsored By BetMGM
The iconic American game program is in its 41st season and has never ever had a jackpot reward of this kind previously.
" Big Money Week" is turning up for Wheel of Fortune from May 20-24, and one of the leading sports betting and iGaming operators is commemorating in design like never ever before.
BetMGM will sponsor a Nightly Progressive Jackpot that will be contributed to whatever a candidate wins if they resolve the program's Bonus Puzzle. There will also be a BetMGM-branded "Double Jackpot" wedge on the popular Wheel offering contestants who earn the chance to include double Nightly Progressive Jackpot to their overall if they win the Bonus Round.
This is the first time in the history of the extremely successful syndicated video game show that there will be this type of nightly contest. Wheel Of Fortune reaches 21.5 million special viewers each week, and the 9.1 million audiences who tune in on a nighttime basis will be able to get involved in the action by going to www.wheeloffortune.com to sign up for the possibility to win the Nightly Progressive Jackpot.
" BetMGM is honored to sign up with Wheel of Fortune throughout this turning point week and belong of a video game show that has made a palace in American television history," stated BetMGM's CEO Adam Greenblatt in a press release. "' Big Money Week' is a great cooperation, offering contestants and viewers in your home the chance to experience the enjoyment of a progressive jackpot."
Branding Opportunity
BetMGM has actually been pumping the Progressive Jackpot brand of late.
In March, the operator revealed the progressive prize in New Jersey was the biggest in its history at $4 million at the time.
For the Wheel of Fortune activation, reveal producer Sony Pictures Television will integrate BetMGM's branding into the video game program's on-set positionings including:
- Co-branded graphics showed in the center monitor
- In-show displays of BetMGM's logo on host Pat Sajak's display
- Two BetMGM Double Jackpot Wheel wedges
- A BetMGM jackpot ticker appears above the puzzle board during each episode
In March 2023, BetMGM likewise teamed up with IGT to release North America's first brand-led online gambling establishment with Wheel of Fortune Online Casino.
MGM Resorts, which owns 50% of BetMGM alongside Entain, its opportunistic outlook on iGaming in its current incomes report. MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle said "Obviously iGaming is a real opportunity over time," so making big relocations like this one with Wheel of Fortune to prop up BetMGM's iGaming brand lines up with that concept.