MIAMI, Feb. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Cruise Line and International Game Technology PLC ("IGT") (NYSE:
IGT) have partnered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of
the IGT Wheel of Fortune® slot machines, featured aboard all
Carnival ships and in casinos worldwide.
The World's Most Popular Cruise Line® and the world's leading
end-to-end gaming company will reward players with free cruises and
a variety of exciting giveaways throughout 2016. The brands are
also partnering with the most successful syndicated game show in
television history, Wheel of Fortune, on a first-ever Carnival
Cruise Line-themed week featuring an exciting viewer
sweepstakes.
Carnival Cruise Line and IGT
During 2016, Carnival and
IGT's partner casinos will give away hundreds of free cruises on
the Carnival Magic. The winners will participate in the
onboard Spin N Sail slot tournament featuring the IGT Wheel of
Fortune slot machines exclusively during an eight-day Caribbean cruise aboard the Carnival Magic
from Port Canaveral, Fla., in November 2016. The $200,000 prize pool, provided by IGT, includes a
$100,000 grand prize to be taken home
by one lucky winner. IGT customers across the U.S. and
Canada will host qualifying events
where winning players are awarded a free cruise for two and an
entry into the grand finale $200,000
tournament.
"Wheel of Fortune slots and Carnival cruises are synonymous with
fun and excitement, so IGT's partnership with Carnival Cruise Line
provides the ideal way to celebrate 20 years of Wheel of Fortune
slots," said Victor Duarte, IGT
global chief product officer, gaming. "We appreciate
the continued partnership between Carnival Cruise Line and
IGT. Featuring Wheel of Fortune slots on all 24 Carnival
cruise ships gives the games great exposure to millions of people,
and has played a valuable role in helping IGT's Wheel of Fortune
slots become the most popular casino slot brand of all time."
"We're delighted to team up with IGT to commemorate the
20th anniversary of the wildly popular Wheel of Fortune
slot machines and provide consumers with a number of fantastic
prizes, including the opportunity to win $100,000 in the Spin N Sail tournament," said
Mike Hunssinger Turek, vice
president of casino commercial operations for Carnival Cruise Line.
"We're also excited to offer a variety of special Wheel of
Fortune-themed activities on board and be a part of Spin & Sail
Week on this iconic show," he added.
Introduced in 1996, the Wheel of Fortune slot machines have
become a player favorite in shipboard casinos, including all 24
Carnival Cruise Line vessels, as well as in casinos on land.
IGT has placed more than 200 versions of Wheel of Fortune slots in
casinos around the world, and the game has awarded more than
$3 billion in jackpots and minted
more than 1,000 millionaires. Players enjoy how Wheel of
Fortune slots capture the spirit and creativity of the popular
television game show produced by Sony Pictures.
Throughout 2016, Carnival will also host a number of Wheel of
Fortune-themed events across the fleet that will include special
branded items and on-board activities and games every sailing,
including the popular Wheel of Fortune scratch-off game where
guests can win up to $30,000.
Additionally, each sailing will feature a Wheel of Fortune prize
wheel offering a wide range of prizes, everything from Carnival
logo items and Casino Cash to entry into the $200,000 Spin N Sail slot tournament.
Wheel of Fortune
The 20th anniversary Wheel
of Fortune slot festivities will also include a "Spin & Sail
Week" with five Carnival Cruise Line-themed shows airing this
spring on the iconic game show that inspired the slot machine. Spin
& Sail Week" airing March 21-25,
2016, will feature a custom, tropical-themed set with
high-definition Carnival ship images and footage. Contestants
will be able to win Carnival cruises to a variety of exotic
destinations including the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska.
In preparation for the broadcast, Pat
Sajak, Vanna White and the
Wheel of Fortune crew went on location to shoot customized segments
aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship.
The "Wheel of Fortune Spin & Sail Sweepstakes," will
encourage viewers to watch "Spin & Sail Week" on Wheel of
Fortune and enter each night's bonus puzzle solution at
www.wheeloffortune.com. Twenty winning entries will be selected,
and the grand prize will be an eight-day Caribbean cruise aboard Carnival Magic to be
taken in November 2016 with a
guaranteed spot in the Spin N Sail $200,000 slot tournament.
For additional information and reservations on Carnival's cruise
offerings, contact any travel agent, call 1-800-CARNIVAL or visit
carnival.com.
Carnival can also be found on:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/carnivalcruise
Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/carnival
YouTube: www.youtube.com/carnival
Instagram: www.instagram.com/carnival
Journalists also can visit Carnival's media site,
www.carnival-news.com or follow the line's PR department on
Twitter at www.twitter.com/CarnivalPR.
About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival, a unit of
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is "The
World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 24 ships operating three-
to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas,
Caribbean, Mexican Riviera,
Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Australia, New
Zealand and the Pacific Islands. The company currently
has two new 133,500-ton ships on order -- Carnival Vista, set to
debut in 2016, and an as-yet-unnamed vessel scheduled to enter
service in 2018.
About IGT
IGT (NYSE:IGT) is the global leader in
gaming. We enable players to experience their favorite games across
all channels and regulated segments, from Gaming Machines and
Lotteries to Interactive and Social Gaming. Leveraging a wealth of
premium content, substantial investment in innovation, in-depth
customer intelligence, operational expertise and leading-edge
technology, our gaming solutions anticipate the demands of
consumers wherever they decide to play. We have a well-established
local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in
more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by
adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and
responsibility. IGT has approximately 13,000 employees. For more
information, please visit www.IGT.com.
About Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of
Fortune has been the number one syndicated game show since
its inception and has earned seven Emmy Awards, including a Daytime
Emmy for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show. With more
than 26 million viewers per week, syndication's most successful
series continues to attract a larger audience than many primetime
television shows. Wheel of Fortune is produced in High
Definition by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures
Entertainment Company. It is distributed domestically by CBS
Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Studios
International, both units of CBS Corp.
MEDIA CONTACTS
For Carnival Cruise Line
Vance Gulliksen
305-406-5464
media@carnival.com
For IGT
Phil O'Shaughnessy (702)
669-2975
Ortal Dahan (702)
669-7662
For Wheel of Fortune
Krista Ostensen Osche
310-244-6286
Krista_ostensen@spe.sony.com
©2016 Califon Productions, Inc. "Wheel of Fortune" is a
registered trademark of Califon Productions, Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
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