Wheel of Fortune Articles

Wheel of Fortune Slots Enhanced with a New Video and Special Bonuses
The Wheel of Fortune Slots, which are based the television game show “Wheel of Fortune”, one of the most popular game shows ever on television, were a big hit the minute they were introduced to the playing public. Now, IGT, the slot machine’s manufacturer, is launching several new versions of the game complete with video and special bonuses...          Read More

Wheel of Fortune Slot Machines are Fun but Learn Their Risk Factors Before You Play
Wheel of Fortune slot machines are available in several different formats in the standard three-reel format and associated pay tables. What makes the machines different is that each one is equipped with a free spin symbol that gives the player a bonus payoff of anywhere from 25 coins to 1000 coins whenever it lands on the pay line...          Read More

Learning all about the Wheel of Fortune Machines
Modeled on the favorite game show, Wheel of Fortune slots arrives in a number of different types such Double Diamond, Red, White, Blue Wild Star, Five Times Play, and others, connected to pay tables and the regular three wheel format. The catch is that the machines have a free spinning symbol providing a bonus payoff in the region of twenty five coins to one thousand if the pay-line is struck...          Read More

Another Misconception about Slot Machines Put To Rest
If you’re a regular slot player you will have noticed it - the delay that occurs every now and then while you’re playing a machine. It’s almost as though the machine stops for a few seconds to take a deep breath. When it does this it won’t allow you to play. The coins don’t register, the handle doesn’t move and even hitting the play button won’t help...          Read More

Even Slots Hit Multiple Jackpots
Several weeks ago I started an avalanche when I wrote of my experience of hitting two $1,200 video poker jackpots within five hands. This led to a flood of e-mail and phone calls from video poker players, each with their own tales of riches...          Read More

New Slots 2006
Industry leaders rolled out their new machines for the coming year at the end of 2005. Almost all the big offerings for this year are exploiting new video features and themes. "Video" is the big word this year...          Read More

Playing Multiple Machines Simultaneously
It’s never a surprise to see the reel-spinning Wheel of Fortune slot machines being played heavily. Ever since they were first introduced by IGT in the late 1990s, they’ve been popular. Such a long run is unusual in the fast-changing world of casinos and slot machines...          Read More

Slots are Still Slots
Slot machines have come a long way in the last twenty or so years, as all of us except the very youngest gamers will remember. Before the digital revolution of the nineteen eighties, the choice of slot machines offered to a gamer was a little like the choice of model T Fords offered to a new driver in the nineteen twenties: "any color you like so long as it's black"...          Read More

True Jackpot Stories
If you really want to know the answer to the question "what are the big cash winners playing in the casinos", the answer is: they are playing the slot machines with progressive jackpots. Here are the true stories from some recent lucky winners...          Read More

Winning at Slots and Video Poker - A Slot Expert's Guide
Every time I am inside a casino, I see players standing in front of the progressive machines and playing less than full coins. What this actually means is that you are feeding the machine and bumping up the jackpot with no chance of winning it yourself. The full jackpot can only be won by playing maximum coins...          Read More

The Big Jackpot
This week the progressive jackpot on the Wheel of Fortune was surprisingly very high. The meter readings were soaring skywards as the money rose to a record of over eight million dollars. It’s true that although I really am convinced that types like myself are not usually capable of raking in such sums, I still felt the urge to try and have a go. Naturally I didn’t get lucky. However, late at night success struck and there was the victory dance...          Read More

Class Action Calls Out Casinos Over Odds
A fifteen million dollar class action has been filed in Michigan against a well known chain of casinos. The suit claims that the chain in question obtained wagers through misrepresentation and fraud to gamers, in breach of several state and federal statutes...          Read More

All about Harrah’s Watch
Of all the casino firms Harrah’s is the most diversified. In its attitude to the world of gaming Harrah’s is also the varied. Harrah’s is frequently well in front when gaming firms are seeking growth possibilities. Its tribal connections and in every place you’ll find Harrah’s a leader: as a racino operator and in negotiating with social groups in states which are learning gaming...          Read More

Behind the idea of Limited Participation
What is the reason that not all the casino possesses their most popular slot machines was a question posed recently by several readers. Of the two readers, one was a great follower Wheel of Fortune while the other reader was a huge Monopoly fan. Although the two games could be found easily at the majority of casinos, the readers complained that the trouble was they were occupied most of the time...          Read More