IGT signs new multi-year agreement with Sony Pictures Consumer Products

Since IGT launched the first Wheel of Fortune slot machine, more than 200 Wheel of Fortune slot machine themes have been introduced around the world including the latest releases, Triple Cash, Lucky 7s and Wild Gems.

As part of this agreement, IGT has also licensed the Jeopardy! brand, including game development for slot machines, online games for its DoubleDown Casino and for-wager online play.  The game’s appearance on IGT’s DoubleDown Casino will mark the first time that Jeopardy! will be available on an online social casino in the U.S.

Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! are part of IGT’s MegaJackpots Wide Area Progressive (WAP) product line, which has produced thousands of winners with jackpots ranging from us$ 1 million to the world-record slot jackpot of more than us$ 39 million.

Wheel of Fortune is America’s Game.  It has been the number one syndicated game show since its inception and has earned six Emmy Awards, including the 2011 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show. With more than 30 million viewers per week, syndication’s most successful series continues to attract a larger audience than many primetime television shows. 

Jeopardy!, America’s Favorite Quiz Show, is celebrating 30 years of “answers and questions.” The top-rated quiz show in syndication, Jeopardy! has become a pop culture phenomenon and holds the Guinness World Record for the most Emmy awards won by a TV game show (30 Emmys). In 2014, Jeopardy! won the inaugural Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Writing for Quiz and Audience Participation; it is also the recipient of a 2011 Peabody Award.