Fruit machines are slot machines that are fun to play and have been around for a long time, right from when the only slot machines available were the traditional land-based slots. There has always been some confusion regarding fruit machines and slots.
You need to be clear about one thing: all fruit machines are slots, but not all slots are fruit machines. Online fruit machines began making their appearance much after the original fruit machines appeared, i.e. a while after the gambling industry went online and the slots games went online.
Fruit machines have been very popular in the UK; in fact, they have been around in the UK for quite a while now. They were not very popular in the USA when the only slots you could find were the traditional land-based slots at casinos.
Even today, you can find fruit machines at casinos and pubs across the UK, while this is not the case in the USA.
The advent of online fruit machines has ensured that these games are popular in multiple places across the world and not just the UK.
History of Online Fruit Machines
The inspiration for the development of the first fruit machines can be credited to Charles Fey, the person who designed the first slot machines. Fruit machines are considered to be Amusement with Prizes (AWP), as many of them have prizes instead of cash for winners.
The modern version of the fruit machine games came into existence later than the original fruit machines, when lawmakers in the UK demanded that skill was an essential criterion for the legalization of the fruit machines as they existed then.
Online fruit machines hit the market much later, quite a while after the gambling industry went online and online slots quickly became one of the most popular online gambling games across the world. Today, you find online fruit machines at a number of top online casinos. Nowadays, besides fruit machines for cash, you also get free online fruit machines.
Some Online Fruit Machines
There are quite a few online fruit machines available nowadays, with the numbers shooting up rapidly ever since the arrival of the first few online fruit machines.
Listed here are three such online fruit machines:
• The Hulk: This game is not currently available to players from the US, as it is seen only at online casinos that do not accept US players. This is one of those online fruit machines that has multiple player-friendly features, including a hi-lo gamble, a cash pot, a safe bank, a scatter symbol, and two bonus trails.
• The Gee Gees: This cool online fruit machine was launched quite recently, in November 2007, and is based on the famous rock band, the Bee Gees. This is one of those online fruit machines that comes in the classical mold, with the nudge feature, the hold feature, a cash ladder, and a bonus trail.
• Treasure Island: This cool online fruit machine with an Irish Pirates theme was launched in January 2008, and has a number of cool player-friendly features.
