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Click on the three 'click here' areas to see the different parts of the mechanism animated. Then read the description below for details.

A series of events takes place after a person pulls the handle on a slot machine. Here's a rundown:

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• A slot machine (American English), known variously as a fruit machine (British English, except Scotland), puggy (Scottish English), the slots (Canadian and American English), poker machine/pokies (Australian English and New Zealand English), or simply slot (British English and American English), is a casino gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers.
• NDS: Even though slot machines are considered to be a light form of gambling due to their relatively low stakes, ease of play and historical popularity with women, they are actually the most potent. There are three reasons why: Playing on slot machine is solitary, rapid, and continuous.

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• The handle rotates a hook mechanism, which grabs hold of the kicker, pulling it forward (toward the player).
• A catch on the opposite end of the kicker grabs a control cam piece and pivots it forward. This rotates a series of gears connected to the control cam. A spring pulls the control cam back to its original position, but the gear assembly slows it down considerably -- the gears act as a mechanical delay.
• When the control cam is pivoted forward, it releases a spring-mounted cam plate extending across the back of the machine.
• The control cam also pulls the stoppers away from the notched discs. As the kicker keeps moving, it pushes the stoppers against several catches on the cam plate. These hold the stoppers in place, so the discs and reels can rotate freely.
• As the handle continues to move the kicker, the kicker paddles push the discs forward briefly. When the handle is pulled all the way back and the kicker has passed the discs, the bottom of the hook mechanism moves up against a slanted surface. The slant pivots the hook forward, which causes it to release the kicker.
• The kicker spring jerks the kicker backward at a good speed. The kicker paddles hit the notches on the discs, spinning the reels rapidly.
• While all of this is happening, the control cam is slowly returning to its original position. When it does return, it pushes the cam plate back, which releases the stoppers. The different catches holding onto the different stoppers are positioned so that the cam plate will release the stoppers one at a time. Each stopper springs forward and locks into a notch, holding the reel in position.

From the player's point of view, here's how it looks. The player pulls the handle. There is a clunk, and the three reels start spinning. Then the three reels stop abruptly one at a time, followed by the payout (if necessary). The 'stopping one at a time' part builds suspense. If the first reel stops on the jackpot symbol, then you have to wait for the next reel to stop to see if it is a jackpot, and then finally the third. If all three display the right symbol, the player wins.

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Conventional mechanical slot machines eventually gave rise to electrical machines that worked on similar principles. In an electrical machine, the reels are spun by motors and the stoppers are generally activated by solenoids, but the game basically plays out the same way. Electrical machines have more sophisticated money-handling systems, like those you might find in a vending machine, and flashier light and sound displays.

In both types of systems, once the reels have come to a stop, the slot machine needs to read whether the player has won or lost. In the next section, we'll examine some systems for making this determination.

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Classic Fruit Machines - Free Play Games

Here we have a selection of UK fruit machines and also some from around Europe and a few from Vegas to enjoy for free. No download required, no registration needed.

Traditionally, fruit machines would be played in seaside resorts or at the fairground, as part of a holiday's entertainment, or festive season when the fair comes to town. Older games usually involved 7s and BAR symbols, as well as games with naughts and crosses (O and X symbols) being massively popular too.

These days, although the games still look quite old-fashioned, under the skin, they are very advanced and include all sorts of features and tricks and tactics to get the best pay-outs. There is also a huge amount to learn for almost all the games and a seemingly never-ending number of versions of the games, to keep players on their toes.

In that respect, with the hug number of versions and (unlike USA slots), an element of skill involved, the UK slots are similar to US video poker games. Each game needs to be mastered in order to get the best out of it.

These days, things are starting to change in the UK (and Ireland), as Vegas slot machines become more and more popular, as well as games from Europe.

Just like Vegas slot, none of the new generation of fruit machines, require any skill at all to play. They also do away with the 'nudge and hold' features, as well as the 'skill stop' aspect to games that required timing and as well as quick hand-to-eye coordination, if you wanted to win on a regular basis.

These days, when you mention the term 'fruit machine' in the UK, different people will have different ideas about what, exactly that means.

For some it means the real old school games, like the naughts and crosses machines

Arkham knight riddler beneath casino. For others, it means pub bandits, like 'Deal or No Deal' (one of the biggest brands in pubs across the UK). For other people, a fruit machine means Las Vegas video slots (i.e. the games made by IGT and Novomatic, like Cleopatra slots and Book of Ra).

So, here, with our free fruit machine page, we have tried to include a broad cross-section of games that people in the UK will recognise.

Unfortunately, the internet is massively short on some games types, like the naughts and crosses (Bar X Bar) type games and has no proper pub bandit games at all. Yes, there are some that call themselves pub bandits and they are good fun, but they are not a patch on the ones you get in pubs these days, with all of their features, tricks and tactics. This is such a shame, because they are such great fun to play and to figure out all the tricks.

There are loads of differences between the classic pub fruit machines and the type of games you would find in a high street casino, which are predominantly made by IGT and Novomatic.

The first big thing to notice is that a lot of classic fruit machines in the UK have just 3 or 4 reels, rather than the 5 reels that are most popular in casinos these days (although 3 reel video slots are still around).

Then we aso have the element of fruit. As you would expect, older fruit machines have loads of lemons, grapes, oranges and melon symbols, whereas video slots often have completely different and varied themes. However, it seems very odd, but the new-generation of fruit machines don't even bother with the fruit. It's hard to say how that is possible, but there you go, as they say.

Then we also have the nudge and hold features and the bonus features. These are totally different from Vegas slots, or UK casino slots. Especially the nudge and hold which have never been seen in Vegas and probably never will, due to the element of skill.

The bonus games in pub bandits are many and varied between the different UK fruit machines as well as the pub slots. As you work your way up the games you often move up money ladders, increasing your potential pay-out. You never see this type of feature in Vegas casino slots - the thought of the fact that you could lose the lot at any stage would be too much to bear for players in the USA, whereas in the UK, we are used to this type of thing - the gamble feature, with the opportunity to lose the lot.

One of the reasons for fruit machines like the Deal or No Deal game above not being seen online much could be to do with the way computer screens are. The typical computer screen is like a TV, but these games in the pubs and clubs are very tall and long, so would not fit on a normal computer screen.

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However, the fact that tablet computers are getting more and more popular and that they can be turned around to make a long tall screen, whether companies will consider making fruit machines for them. Hopefully, we will begin to see the full range of proper pub fruites appearing online soon, for the many fans in the UK and Ireland.