Series
Wheel of Fortune series
Wheel of Fortune slots: IGT's prize-wheel franchise
Few licensed TV slot lines occupy the prize-wheel niche as completely as IGT's Wheel of Fortune series, which makes the wheel reveal the recurring payoff event rather than a decorative side feature. The games change reel geometry, paylines, ways and volatility, but the recognizable bonus-wheel structure keeps the franchise tied to the television format.
Ranked by Slot Score
| Game | Year | RTP | Volatility | Slot Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 94.04% | Medium volatility | 47 | |
| 2016 | 96.6% | Medium volatility | 70 | |
| 2018 | 96.15% | Medium volatility | 70 | |
| 2021 | 96.15% | Medium volatility | 67 | |
| 2022 | 96.15% | High volatility | 80 | |
| 2022 | 97.11% | High volatility | 85 | |
| 2024 | — | 34 |
Wheel of Fortune Triple Extreme Spin presents an early wide-coverage version: a 5x3 screen, 720 ways, pays in both directions and wheel and pick bonuses. Wheel of Fortune On Tour narrows the base to 30 paylines but adds free spins, symbol collection, a feature map and random wilds. Wheel of Fortune Hawaiian Getaway uses 25 paylines and makes reel modification more prominent through expanding wilds, random multipliers and a 3x3 mega symbol.
What the television formula keeps
- Central reveal: a bonus or prize wheel provides the franchise's most recognizable decision or award moment.
- Show identity: TV imagery and celebrity presentation separate these games from unlicensed fortune-wheel slots.
- Supporting tools: wilds, scatters and bonus symbols lead into the wheel rather than competing with it.
- Flexible reel math: the same wheel concept operates across fixed paylines, hundreds of ways and 1,024-way layouts.
The later entries split into jackpot, volatility and expanded-ways branches. Wheel of Fortune Ruby Riches couples a 30-line game with cash collection and a progressive jackpot. Elegant Emeralds raises the listed volatility and adds nudges, multipliers and extra free spins. Wheel of Fortune Power Wedges makes the largest structural jump, moving to 5x4 reels, 1,024 ways and 97.11% RTP. Wheel of Fortune Diamond Spins 2x Wilds returns to nine paylines, pairing 2x wilds with a progressive jackpot.
How the main versions diverge
- Triple Extreme Spin: 720 ways and two-direction wins put reel coverage ahead of free-spin depth.
- On Tour: a feature map and symbol collection create a more staged bonus route.
- Hawaiian Getaway: expanding wilds, mega symbols and respins concentrate the reel modifiers.
- Ruby Riches and Elegant Emeralds: one favors cash collection and a progressive jackpot; the other raises volatility and free-spin modification.
- Power Wedges and Diamond Spins: the former expands to 1,024 ways, while the latter contracts to nine lines and emphasizes 2x wilds.
The wheel is the constant, but it does not make these editions interchangeable. On Tour and Hawaiian Getaway offer denser feature sequences, Ruby Riches and Diamond Spins foreground jackpot play, and Power Wedges provides the broadest ways-based format. That mechanical split matters more than the destination or gemstone skin when choosing between Wheel of Fortune slots.