Fruit Machines at Casino Cruise

If you live or have ever visited the UK then you will no doubt have noticed a great deal of fruit machines dotted around the country, they have them in cafes, cinemas, railway stations, in fact there are so many of them you would be forgiven for thinking that UK residents are gambling mad.

But to be honest the type of fruit machines you see are usually low stake games often referred too as AWP's or Amusements With Prizes to give them their full title.

If you are a fan of playing fruit machines then you will be pleased to learn that you can now play, virtual fruit machines online and what's more is that you can play them for free or you can play them for real and win real money!

There are some really good examples of fruit machines online and one site where you will find an ever growing number of them is Casino Cruise, above you can see an image of Billion Dollar Gran Fruit Machine, one of their brand new fruit machines that comes complete with holds and nudges and all the usual bonus game features fruit machine players love, give the image a click to see the full sized version.

This section of our website is dedicated to online fruit machines and here we will show you all there is to know about them and where you can download these brilliant slot games.

How to Play Fruit Machines Online

Fruit Fight

The first thing you need to decide when playing an online fruit machine is what stake level you are comfortable playing for, you select the stakes by click either the plus or minus button on the fruit machine game control, this will move the coin values either up or down until you find one that suits your pocket.

To the left you can see one of the newer fruit machines which is the Fruit Fight Fruit Machine game that is available to play at Betfair, simply give the image a click to view the full sized screen shot of this excellent virtual fruit machine.

Unlike land based fruit machines the operators of the online, download versions are unable to tamper with the payout percentages, so they cannot cheat players by switching them to payout low amounts, and this is one of the major advantages of playing virtual fruit machines, as the payout percentages are usually in the high 90's unlike those found in UK amusement arcades where they can be as low as 72%.

Once you have chosen your stake levels then you simply need to give the start button a click, the reels will then be set in motion and your aim is to line up a winning combination as per the payout schedule.

There are several different features available on fruit machines that you won't find on usual slot games, and this is what makes them so playable, below we shall take a look at some of these unique game play features and will give you an explanation on each.

Holds - Before you press the start button you may notice the Hold buttons are illuminated, if they are then this means that the fruit machine will let you select either one, two or three of the reels to hold for the next game, this means that once you select one or more then that particular reel(s) will remain static for the next spin, often a fruit machine will let you hold a winning combination, which means you win it again!

Nudges - Sometimes the fruit machine will offer you a set number of nudges, this means you can move any reel symbol downwards in the hope of completing a winning combination, the number of nudges awarded is displayed on the fruit machine screen.

The most common place to find a fruit machine is in a pub, and the main advantage of playing them online is that the jackpots in the virtual world are much higher than those offered in land based venues.

Play Free Online Fruit Machines and Real Money Fruit Machines Online

Take a look at the reviewed casinos part of our website, where you will find details of all of our recommended online casino where you can play all manner of fruit machine games for free or for real money.