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Fruit machines and slot machines have been frequently associated with each other that one would find it hard to differentiate one from the other. A lot of people even make the mistake of thinking that they are both the same. But a fruit machine is very different from a slot machine and this article will try to cite the differences between these two.

Fruit Machines explained

Fruit machines are actually a variation of slot machines in which one might say that the former is a kind of slot machine but slot machines are not necessarily fruit machines. Also, with fruit machines a little bit of skill is required to play with these games, unlike slot machines wherein the player only needs to rely on chance in order to win. Fruit machines consist of a nudge and hold feature, and lots more features that players can use to affect the outcome of a spin. But with regular slot machines there’s only the lever or the button, which activates the reels into spinning and no other features are present that could affect the spin of a reel. Fruit machines also have cash ladders and bonus boards or sometimes referred to as bonus trail by some players.

In general, fruit machines have three reels just like regular slot machines but there are some fruit machines that consist of 4 or even 5 reels. Most fruit machines have only one pay-line, but they could allow the players to have more control over the machines and thus significantly affect the outcome of a spin unlike regular slot machines. In order for you to understand better how a fruit machine’s features work here are a few descriptions of its features:

Nudge – when this feature pops up on the pay-line, the player could use it to nudge the spinning reels, similar to a pinball machine, so that the player can help tip the scales to his favour. Although the nudge feature will not guarantee a win for the player it could significantly improve the player’s chances of winning

Hold – with this feature the player can use it to hold on to a symbol in the hopes that after the reels stop spinning the symbols that appear will match with the symbol the player held on to

Repeats – with this feature the player can use it if he wants to repeat a previous feature such as the hold or nudge.

Cash Pots – with this feature the player can get to see his or her wins on-screen

Cash Ladder – with this feature the player can get to know what multiplier he is on. Also, all of the wins he got during the bonus trail can be multiplied according to the number shown on the screen

Bonus Trail – with this feature the player can get wonderful pay-offs if he comes across it on the bonus trail. But if the player comes across dangers on the bonus trail he could lose money as well.

Gamble – this feature gives the player an opportunity to double (or lose) his winnings after a winning spin.