k is a Five Reel, Five Payline Online Slot Machine that offers a great Progressive Jackpot. The object of the Fruit Mania Slots game is to get a winning combination of symbols by successfully spinning a winning spin on the game’s reels. Playing the game is easy. The first thing that you have to do is choose your bet by either clicking the “Bet One” button or the “Bet Max” button to pick how many payline that you wish to place a wager on. Activating each payline costs twenty five cents (for a bet on one payline) and as much as one dollar and twenty five cents (for a five coin max bet on all five paylines). Each click on the Bet One button activates one more payline, meaning that symbol combinations along that payline will count. You can choose the amount of activated paylines by clicking on the line numbers on the left or right sides of the reels. For example, clicking the number on payline 5 will activate not only payline five, but paylines 1-4 as well. The next step, if you did not press Bet Max that is, is to click the “Spin” button to spin the reels. At this point, once the reels have stopped spinning, if the reels reveal that you have hit a winning combination on one of the activated paylines, you win and are paid out according to the paytable shown below.
Number of Symbols |
Cherries |
Plums |
Oranges |
Grapes |
Apples |
Strawberries |
Lemons |
5 (on 5th payline) |
Jackpot |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
5 |
5000 |
2500 |
2500 |
500 |
500 |
200 |
200 |
4 |
1000 |
250 |
250 |
100 |
100 |
50 |
50 |
3 |
100 |
25 |
25 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
The paytable (in the game itself) shows a certain number of coins for every hit amount for every symbol. For example, if you have four symbols in a row (a.k.a. four hits) starting from the leftmost reel, all you have to do is read the number on the line next to “XXXX” and in the column under that symbol that you hit. Then, just multiply your line bet by that number and you get the winning amount. If you have winning combinations on multiple lines, multiply the credits line by line and then add them all up to get the winning amount. The symbols have to lie consecutively, starting from the leftmost reel, to qualify as hits.
All paylines are represented by lines that appear only when activated. You will see the shape of each individual line by activating the lines one by one by pressing the Bet One button. And winning combinations will only be paid out when on an activated payline. However, the Scatter symbol is the one exception to that rule. The Cocktail glass with its own paytable in the lower left part of the winnings table is the scatter symbol. When you hit three or more cocktail glasses on the screen at the same time, you will win the corresponding amount, whether they lie on any paylines or not. The scatter payout table is shown below:
5 Cocktail Glasses 500
4 Cocktail Glasses 40
3 Cocktail Glasses 5
Since this game does have a Progressive Jackpot, a certain percentage of every bet you make goes into the progressive jackpot pool. The current size of the jackpot is displayed on the red scrollbar on the top of the machine. You win the jackpot if you get five cherries along the 5th payline.
Fruit Mania also has a great Bonus Game. To enter the bonus game, you have to collect three or more suns on an activated payline. The suns have to lay consecutively, starting from the leftmost reel. In the bonus game, choose one fruit from each row. You win a bonus amount, the size of which depends on your choice.
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