Play Land Fruit Machines in any British Pub

Land Fruit machines, or as they are sometimes called, pub fruit machines, can be found in almost any pub in the U.K. They are uniquely British and are quite different from standard Vegas style slot machines. They provide hours of entertainment even though they may not provide payouts as large as video slots and bonus slots.

There probably isn't a pub in Britain that doesn't have a backroom full of fruit machines with a crowd of players standing around them.

What Are Land Fruit Machines Like?

Land Fruit machines are played for real money only. With online fruit machines you can play for fun to see what features are offered before you decide if you want to bet real money. But pub fruit machines don't give you the free option, so when you decide to play a land Fruit machine be sure you have enough money in your wallet.

Fruit machines require interaction on the part of the player. They generally have only three reels and one pay line, and very often you can only play one coin. Sometimes the coin denomination is decided by the game, and sometimes you get a range of coin denominations. Usually the coin size is not large so that you can play for quite a long time without losing a lot of money.

Pub Fruit Machines Special Features

When you spin the reels of any fruit machine, you are randomly awarded Nudges and Holds. You may also get a Shifta or a Let em Spin. All of these features allow you some control over the outcome of the pay line, but not much.

Nudges: you can move one reel down to create a winning combination. Sometimes you are offered more than one nudge and this can really help you to get a win.

Holds: you can hold one or two of the reels and spin the remainder which also may award you a winning line. Again, as with nudges, the fruit machines often give you more than one hold to try for a win.

Shifta: this shows up randomly on the reels. The reels spin until they form a winning pay line, usually one of the symbols that doesn't pay out a large sum.

Let em Spin: like Shifta the reels turn until a winning line is made and you get the pay out.

Land Fruit Machines with Bonus Trails

The real fun with pub fruit machines begins when you have a machine that has a bonus trail as one of its special features. The bonus trail is generally triggered by some hidden symbol which shows up two or three times on the reels. You then go to a second screen where you start moving around the trail with the offer of various skill features. Here is where you have to be very skillful with the fruit machines push buttons. If you don't push the Stop button quickly at the optimum feature, you may end up with the loser square on the trail and that will be the end of the bonus game for you.

Fruit machines, whether they are pub fruit machines, land Fruit machines or online fruit machines, have very amusing and entertaining themes so that, even if you are not taking in a lot of cash, you will always enjoy playing them.