Two IGT Jackpots Totalling CA$3.2M Won in Just Three Days!

Starting out as a popular television gameshow, the Wheel of Fortune has taken players and contestants on a spin of a lifetime, but how we see it today is very different to what we witnessed on our screens. Three lucky contestants are plucked from a random pot to go head to head as they search for letters in a phrase. Guess correctly to win a prize. The one with the most points then goes on to the final board to win cash or a car.

Maybe I shouldn’t own up to this, but I still watch the gameshow to this day! Repeats of iconic episodes can be found on Challenge, along with very questionable fashion, hairstyles and prizes! Over the years, the brand has changed ever so slightly to become a board game and even online slots and it’s thanks to the latter, we can bring you news of two life-changing wins!

A couple of days ago, IGT announced that they had created a total of two new millionaires, courtesy of their Wheel of Fortune slot machine (there are a few engaging titles in his franchise!). A jackpot of CA$2,256,578 was triggered in Ontario on the Wheel of Fortune: Exotic Far East casino game, making it the largest ever sum won from an IGT Powerbucks slot at a land-based casino in Canada.

Three days after the record-setting win in Canada, an online slots player (at PlayOLG) landed a jackpot of CA$1,015,561 while playing the Powerbucks Wheel of Fortune: Hawaiian Getaway title! Combined, that’s a sum of CA$3.2million in just three days!

Power to the People

Powerbucks made its debut back in 2016 when it became the first omni-channel progressive game to link jackpot prize pools between gaming machines both online and at land-based venues. To date, they have delivered some of the largest jackpots in Canada, paying a total of 17 jackpots to date, each worth more than CA$1million!

Kim Clark, OLG Vice President of Product Management had this to say on the latest news: “OLG introduced IGT’s Powerbucks game several months ago and our players were drawn to its exciting opportunity to win life-changing jackpots at any bet level. It’s thrilling for us to be able to say OLG players have won some great prizes, including the highest-ever Powerbucks jackpot!”

David Flinn, IGT Regional Vice President in Canada added: “Despite the temporary closure of casinos in Canada, IGT’s Powerbucks has continued to engage online players, build significant jackpot liquidity and deliver big wins such as the record-setting CA$2.2 million jackpot awarded on OLG’s online casino.

 IGT Powerbucks’ omnichannel availability has fuelled its reputation as a growth-driving solution for Canada that delivers on its millionaire-making promise.”

Source: “CA$3.2 Million in Life-Changing Jackpots Won on IGT Powerbucks Wheel of Fortune Slots in Three Days”. IGT. June 15, 2020.