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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune season 5 will premiere on October 14, on ABC. Pat Sajak will be taking on hosting duties alongside his co-host Vanna White. The spin-off of the syndicated game show invites several celebrities in each episode to spin the most famous wheel and solve some word puzzles to get a shot at winning one million dollars. The prize money goes to the charity of the winning celebrities' choosing.
Pat Sajak retired as the original show's host in June 2024 after an impressive 41-year run. Debuting in 1981, Sajak is one of the longest-serving game show hosts in TV history. However, he is returning for one last job. The news was part of ABC’s announcement of its fall premiere schedule.
According to Celebrity Networth, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak's net worth is over $75 million and his annual salary is $15 million. In June 1988 he bought a home in the LA suburb of Encino for $1.895 million, which is now worth $7-10 million. Later in 1991, he bought a 3-acre waterfront property in Severna Park, Maryland for $1.275 million.
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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak's net worth and salary explored
Besides being a game show host, Pat Sajak is an actor in his own right. He receives an annual salary of $15 million from the game show. In comparison, his co-host Vanna White receives a salary of $10 million.
Wheel of Fortune shoots four days a month and packs six shows worth of content per day. The two hosts arrive at the set at 8:30 am and start shooting by noon. They shoot four days a month which amounts to 48 days per year.
Since the production shoots six shows a day, Pat Sajak gets $52,083 per show and $312,500 for the entire workday. Similarly, his Celebrity Wheel of Fortune co-host gets $34,722 per show and $208,333 for the entire workday.
Besides earning from the game show, Pat Sajak's net worth also comes from listing his image on the casino slot machines. In fact, as per Celebrity Networth, the Celebrity Wheel of Fortune host earns more from the Casino licensing than from hosting the game show.
Wheel of Fortune's branded slot machines were introduced in 1996 and were the "first entertainment property to be licensed for use on slot machines". For its initial run, branded slot machines were first placed in Las Vegas casinos. After its success, the slot machines were shipped all over the world and currently have a count of an estimated 20,000.
These Wheel of Fortune branded slot machines gather a gross revenue of over $1 billion per year in Las Vegas and $2 billion per year worldwide.
Pat Sajak on Wheel of Fortune
Pat Sajak was offered the chance to host Wheel of Fortune by show impresario Merv Griffin. However, the President of NBC at that time, Fred Silverman, did not like the idea and rejected the proposal. Griffin was fixated on hiring Sajak and refused to film any episode of the game show until the television personality was hired.
Pat Sajak eventually took over the hosting role from Chuck Woolery in 1981 and continued in that role until 2024. In 2018, Sajak surpassed The Price is Right's Bob Barker to become the longest-running host of any game show. He was named in the Guinness World Records for that feat on March 22, 2019. Further, he received three Emmys and was also awarded with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune season 5 will premiere on October 14, on ABC.
