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Slot games have had a long association with fruit. Way back in the early 20th century, there were machines that used fruit symbols that related to chewing gum flavours because that was what you won, though I can’t say I’m too keen on melon flavoured chewing gum! Over a century later fruit is still highly prevalent in the slot industry and that’s illustrated by ‘Fruitilicious’, an entertaining slot game from Novomatic.

Your chances of getting wins in this game are increased by one simple fact. This slot doesn’t just pay out in the normal left to right direction, it pays from right to left too. Now that’s really useful as you play this trying to make some profits.

The game has five reel, three rows of columns but just five paylines. That’s more than in the past when fruit really ruled the roost with games often having just the one payline. Those five paylines are a fixed amount and can be played from as little as £0.50, so if it’s a little steep for some, you can try out these fun slots and play for free.

When you have a slot that is dominated by fruit one thing is certain. You are guaranteed to have a colourful game and that’s always a plus in my book. Symbols in the game are cherries, lemons, grapes, plums, watermelons, oranges and there’s also the red 7’s. It’s the red 7’s that provide the largest payout in this game. Five of them on an activated payline win you 5000x your line stake.

Other big wins available in this slot include 1000x your line bet if you can manage to get five grapes or five melons on an activated payline.

While the game is an entertaining one to play, those of you used to playing a slot that has a wild symbol, scatters and free spins bonus games may be a bit disappointed. They’re absent here and the game relies on a gamble feature (more of which later) and trying to get winning combinations that pay good prizes. That’s what life was like back in the old days with even less paylines.

The soundtrack to the game also brings back memories of the days when I spent far too much on fruit machines in the pub. It’s not going to win Eurovision but didn’t have me reaching for the mute button either. The game contains an autoplay feature but if you do use that to set up a certain number of spins you won’t be valid for the gamble feature.

This isn’t the most complex game by any standards but even so take a moment to look through the paytable. There’s some important information in there including how much all the winning combinations pay. Also have some free games to get used to how the game runs.

As mentioned previously, there’s no free spins game to aim for here. All we do have is the gamble feature. When you are lucky enough to get a winning combination you have an important decision to make. You can either take the win you’ve just had and get on with the next spin or take on the gamble. Your task is to try and double that win you’ve just had by correctly guessing the colour of the next playing card. Get it right and your win is doubled, get it wrong and you lose that win. Be careful here as it’s an easy way to lose your winnings.

It’s always good to see the fruit symbols back, it really does bring back some great memories. The fact that you can get wins paid out in both directions is a handy feature and there are some big wins to be had here. The lack of bonus games is bound to put some off but it shouldn’t as this is still very entertaining to play. Just be wary of that gamble feature, keep your winnings not give them back almost as soon as you’ve won them.