Wheel of Fortune on Tour Pokie Machine
IGT have released a number of pokies based on the hit TV show Wheel of Fortune, but this newest version takes players around the USA, visiting some of the most famous sites that the country has to offer, while rewarding them with enhanced features, free games and of course, a spin on the famous wheel itself.
It’s got the Level Up Plus feature that’s seen on a few other games from IGT and which permanently unlocks additional rewards when played for long enough, but even in the basic version, there’s lots of extras here, in an action-packed game.
Played out over 5 reels, it’s got symbols arranged in 3 rows and 30 paylines running across from the left side, although to trigger all the features, players will need to wager a minimum of 50 coins, or 0.50. The maximum stake is a relatively low 10.00 per spin, so higher-stakes players wanting big payouts may want to look elsewhere.
Playing Wheel of Fortune On Tour
A night time view of a Los Angeles street viewed from a car window and edged with palm trees makes up the background image, against which the symbols seem to float, without any defined reels for them to spin along with. A map, the Route 66 sign and a set of keys will each be worth 15x the amount staked per line when they stop on reels 1, 2 and 3, or 25x when landing on reel 4 and if they land right across a payline, the reward is 150x.
Philadelphia and the Liberty Bell, The Alamo and Mount Rushmore symbols will each pay 20x, 50x or 250x, while New York is worth 50x, 100x or 500x, and Hollywood returns wins equal to 100x, 300x or 1250x the line bet when landing on 3, 4 or 5 reels.
Wheel of Fortune on Tour
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Bonus Features
The Wheel of Fortune makes an appearance as the highest value symbol and doubles up as a wild, acting as any other standard symbol if it’s needed to complete a winning line. Randomly, up to 4 symbols at a time can be transformed into extra wilds
The main bonuses however, are triggered as part of the Level Up Plus system that turns up across several IGT games in different ways. Here, a Winnebago symbol fills up a fuel gauge each time it lands on the reels, and after 10 appearances, the gas tank will be full. It takes 5 full tanks to Level Up and unlock new or enhanced features, but this doesn’t need to be done in a single session, as the software remembers what stage each player is at.
A bonus bus symbol stopping on reels 1, 3 and 5 at once will fill a tank right up and takes players to the Wheel of Fortune. Initially, there’s just bonus values on the wheel, but as they reach different tiers under the Level Up Plus system, new wedges will replace the bonuses. These will launch bonus features if they are landed on, with the first being a free spins game where extra wilds are added to the reels.
Next up is the expanded top award that makes the game jackpot 10,000x the line bet, then at the next level, players can enter a Letterboard bonus round where they get to pick up to 7 letters and win multipliers or cash. Going up a level, players get extra spins of the wheel, along with further multipliers of the amount won, while next up is the Spin to Win feature where they can accept the wheel prize, or spin several more times to try for a bigger reward. Reaching the final level means that just a single bonus symbol is needed to trigger spins of the wheel.
The Verdict
Wheel of Fortune On Tour looks good, follows a popular format and has the potential to earn players lots of extra treats as they take their journey around the USA. Anyone new to the game will still see the potential to be handsomely rewarded, with random wilds and the bonus wheel spinning up cash awards, but of course, this pokie is all about the Level Up Plus features.
From free spins, higher top awards and the Letterboard round, to extra spins and multipliers, the additional offers should see some nice returns on the wagers of those who have played this game for a while. It’s a good job that they won’t need to start all over again each time, as it can take quite a while to build up to the higher levels, but well worth the effort when they reach their destination in this stylish and exciting game.