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AMAZING NEW
PROGRE$$IVES!
FABULOUS REINVENTED FAVORITES AND EXCITING NEW HALF & QUARTER MILLION PROGRE$$IVE $LOTS ARE COMING SOON!
by Billie Lee Bartell
Slot lovers look out! New, amazing progressive slots are coming our way soon. Some are even debuting here in Southern California casinos! Survey any Southern California casino oor for progressive slots and you’ll see many MegaJackpotsTM favorites like I Love Lucy®, Megabucks®, Elvis®, maybe the new M*A*S*H or Dilbert’sTM WheelbertTM and, of course, everyone’s favorite Wheel of Fortune®. Plus the popular rillionsTM group—Bally Gaming’s exciting Millionaire 777sTM, Betty BoopTM, Blondie®, and the new Cash for LifeTM!
But in the next few months, you’ll see some fantastic, brand new progressive slots! Some are the result of increased high-speed computing power and new graphics technologies, plus embedded live-action video and high-powered progressive link capability. Four brand new slot progressives are coming to Southern California casinos, with jackpots starting from $100,000 to $1.5 million! Some are reinvented favorites, and some are brand new concept games, and still some with familiar themes. ese amazing new slot progressives include Wheel of Fortune® Special EditionTM, QuarterMillion$TM, Monopoly® MoneyTM and Millioni$erTM! Here’s the news about them.
Wheel of Fortune® Special EditionTM — A New Spin On The Most Popular Slot Machine Ever — With a $1.5 Million Starting Jackpot!
e most popular progressive slot on the casino oor is the all-time favorite Wheel of Fortune. We all love to play the “Wheel” and dream of those big, dazzling top jackpots. But now the tried and true Wheel is getting a make-over, and what an amazing one! And Southern California casino
players will be among the very rst in the nation to sample the excitement within the next few months.
With a MegaJackpotsTM award that begins at a whopping $1.5 million and accrues, this 5-reel, 15-line nickel video slot is built on igt’s new avpTM (Advanced Video Platform), a juiced-up technology that delivers advanced visual effects and animation and sound that rates a “wow” from even the most experienced video slot player!
ere’s incredibly sharp, live action video of Pat Sajak and Vanna White, and when the longtime stars of the television program appear on screen, it’s easy to imagine what it may feel like to stand on the show’s sound stage. In bonus rounds, Pat and Vanna cheer your progress, give instructions and seemingly interact with you!
Of course, Wheel of Fortune® Special EditionTM features the ever- popular spinning wheel, but in a jazzed-up, three-pointer, triple-color
The new Special Edition’s advanced visual effects, animation The screen displays three of the television show’s word puzzles, and sound are spectacular and impressive! each associated with one of the different colored pointers.
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