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 had a jackpot prize of this kind before.
" Big Money Week" is showing 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 before.
BetMGM will sponsor a Nightly Progressive Jackpot that will be added to whatever a candidate wins if they fix the show's Bonus Puzzle. There will also be a BetMGM-branded "Double Jackpot" wedge on the well-known Wheel offering who make the opportunity to include double Nightly Progressive Jackpot to their overall if they win the Bonus Round.
This is the very first time in the history of the wildly successful syndicated game program that there will be this type of nightly contest. Wheel Of Fortune reaches 21.5 million special viewers weekly, and the 9.1 million audiences who tune in on a nighttime basis will be able to take part 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 during this milestone week and belong of a video game program that has actually made a palace in American television history," said BetMGM's CEO Adam Greenblatt in a news release. "' Big Money Week' is a great partnership, providing entrants and viewers in the house the opportunity 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, show manufacturer Sony Pictures Television will incorporate BetMGM's branding into the game program's on-set positionings consisting of:
- Co-branded graphics showed in the center screen
- In-show screens of BetMGM's logo design on host Pat Sajak's screen
- Two BetMGM Double Jackpot Wheel wedges
- A BetMGM prize ticker appears above the puzzle board throughout each episode
In March 2023, BetMGM also teamed up with IGT to release North America's very first brand-led online gambling establishment with Wheel of Fortune Online Casino.
MGM Resorts, which owns 50% of BetMGM along with Entain, acknowledged its opportunistic outlook on iGaming in its current profits report. MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle said "Obviously iGaming is a genuine opportunity with time," so making big relocations like this one with Wheel of Fortune to prop up BetMGM's iGaming brand aligns with that concept.