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IGT’s DoubleDown Casino launches Wheel of Fortune Extra Spin mobile slots game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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International Game Technology, one of the world’s biggest slot machine makers, really likes the idea of combining slot machines and popular brands. That’s why it is launching DoubleDown Casino‘s latest social casino game, Wheel of Fortune Extra Spin, on desktop and mobile devices.

Back in December, IGT turned the long-running TV quiz show Jeopardy into a social-slot machine game as part of the DoubleDown Casino line of games. Mobile gaming is $25 billion industry, according to market researcher Newzoo. And social casino and slots games are a $2.7 billion slice of that market. Churchill Downs moved into the market by buying social casino game maker Big Fish Games for up to $885 million. That deal made Churchill Downs into the No. 4 social casino game company, by revenue, according to market analyst Eilers Research.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.