Online Fruit Machines

If you are new to slots, we’d like to give you an introduction into the world of the online fruit machine (as they are known in the UK) / slot machines (USA), or “Pokies” (as they are known in Australia).

We Consider ourselves an authority on online fruit-machines - in fact the developer of this website made a great living playing real-life slot machines in the UK for a six year period by observing and sharing information with other savvy players on how to tell when machines are due to pay, and when machines are due to go on a run of big payouts (also known as a “Streak”).

Online Slots are quite similar to real life slots, however they will have passed rigorous testing and will not be prone to bugs like real slots were back in the good old days.

To make the most of from Online slots, please take a look at all our pages and learn about all the different types of slots you can now play online.
Single Line Slots - These are the classic slots, consisting of three reels and one pay-line [across the middle row of the three reel lines). The singe line slots date as far back as the early 1900’s. The payouts were originally novelty items such as gum, small confectionery items etc, and later on small change. The term “One Armed Bandits” came to be because of the single mechanical lever located on the right side of the fruit-machine.  The game was simple: pull the arm down, watch the reels spin and see if you won.

Bonus Slots - Eventually Bonus Slots came along to add some variety to the idea of  Single Line Slots. As their name implies, Bonus Slots offer one or more bonus rounds in addition to the regular slot game. The triggers for the bonus round will vary from game to game, but essentially when you trigger the bonus (by matching particular symbols on the win-line), the player is taken to a secondary game to play out the round by choosing from several objects which will reveal a prize, or in some cases, nothing. After the bonus round is finished, you are returned to the original single-line game.

Feature Slots - Feature slots add different components to increase the challenge in a standard slots game. These components may consist of Wilds, Scatters, Multipliers or Bonus Rounds. Feature Slots are usually multi-line slots, The features in these games usually allow you a chance at winning more cash or free spins, and add a new dimension or variety to the single or multi-line game.

Multi Line Slots - Multi Line Slots have more than one pay-line, and in most cases, more than three reels. A 3 reel multi-line fruit-machine/slot machine often pays across the top line, the middle line, the bottom line as well as diagonal lines from top left to bottom right and from top right to bottom left. It’s also not uncommon for these slots to contain more reels - and in these cases you can play with up to 40 pay-lines on some of these games, although the vast majority online have five reels and approximately twenty pay lines.
Progressive Slots - These are the big kahuna of online slots, as they offer mega-jackpots. Progressive Slots are tied to all the online casinos using the same casino software. When one jackpot is hit, the game is reset at all the participating casinos.