Fruit Machines Rules

Fruit Machines Reels and Paylines

Not all Fruit Machine games have the same reels and paylines, and some machines even have special features and themes. The reels and paylines form the basic structure of the fruit machines in any casino. But the rules of these fruit machines can vary with different casinos.

The colorful fruity reels are the main feature of any fruit machine; they serve to attract more players to the machine. A reel is made up of a wheel with fruit symbols etched on it. The reel spins once the player starts the game and stops after some time to determine the results for that particular spin.

The symbols and themes on the fruit machines can be of different types. Some of the common symbols on the fruit machines are playing cards, animals, numbers etc. Some fruit machines may have winning combinations also displayed on the machine. Whether online or in a casino, while playing a fruit machine, matching the symbols by spinning the reels is what the game is all about. The symbols are easily recognizable and brightly colored, with pictures of fruits, numbers, cartoon characters or popular celebrities and geometrical shapes, or shapes of bells, diamonds etc.

The payline runs all across the reels. It may be positioned at any angle depending on the look of the fruit machine. Paylines are the ones on which the bets are placed. When bets are placed the payline gets enabled and a player is said to win the slots when the predetermined winning symbols appear on the payline that has been enabled.

Special Features of Fruit Machines

Different buttons present on the fruit machines actually prove to be the special advantage of fruit machines over slot machines. Only fruit machine slots have the Hold and Nudge buttons, which are undoubtedly their best features. The Hold button lets the player hold the two similar reels and spin only the third reel, thus increasing the odds of the player winning the game. Moreover, if the reels differ only by one symbol and the third reel has the similar symbol in the players reach, just above the correct payline, then the player can choose to nudge the reel using the Nudge button and spin the reel into position to win.

Feature Boards are another special inclusion on fruit machines. Fruit machines have feature boards like a chess board, which allow the player to advance on the squares either collecting or forfeiting prizes.

The jackpot on Fruit Machines is usually strictly limited. Fruit Machines have an array of extra features incorporated into them with sub-games and trials. Though the player may not necessarily always hit the jackpot, this provides more chances of winning money on fruit machines in comparison to playing at regular online slot machines.