Welcome to Ukslots...
Welcome to our website, we've dedicated this site to
giving you everything you need to know about UK fruit machines, we will
cover all aspects ranging from different types of UK fruit machines,
Casino Slots and other fruit machine gaming. Whether you're a regular
player, or newbie you're guaranteed to find our site very useful. We
will continue to update the site in the coming months as and when
machines, laws and anything else in the industry changes. Our site is
completely free to use and you will not be charged for anything and
there's no membership required
. In the UK there's currently an
estimated 300,000 fruit machines, all played daily, the aim of this site
is to help you make sense of them, understand them a little more and
hopefully help you on the road to winning that Jackpot!
The site is still under construction, we are adding more pages as we
find time, it should be complete by the end of the year.
UK Hi-Tech AWP
We'll start with the most popular of UK fruit machines, these are the machines you find in pubs, bookies and arcades across the UK, they're known as Hi-Tech AWP's and the current jackpots and stakes stand at 10p per play with a ?5 jackpot or 30p/50p per play with a ?35 jackpot.
The ?35 Jackpots are relatively new to the UK and replaced ?25 jackpots early in 2007, the main change other than the top prize is that most new releases have a multi-stake option, this is usually a choice between 30p and 50p, both playing for the same jackpot but the higher stake usually gives 'mega play' which can do things suck as doubling numbers or adding super features when on the board.
All these machines usually have a feature board and trail, these vary from being a spin of a dice to travel around a feature board or going Hi/Lo on a number from 1-12, most are based on numbers and fruits with the a number of features leading upto what's usually a 'mega streak' these games do usually involve a degree of skill or knowledge but as with all fruit machines, you'll only ever win what they're willing to let you win!
B3 (aka S16 & S21 - ?500 Jackpots)
In the UK there's currently
an These are the new breed of fruit machines which are spreading like
wildfire throughout the UK with new video reels and features being
played on plasma screens, they started to hit our bingo halls, casino's
and arcades in 2006, originally 'random' machines with a varying stake
between 50p and ?5 for a ?500 Jackpot and smaller progressive jackpots
usually with 5 reels.
The legislation was changed shortly after to allow a maximum of ?2 per
spin.
While it lasted these S16 & S21 machines were very, very popular amongst
the bigger players who could afford to play them, and even though the
jackpots were set at ?500 because of the randomness they could quite
easily pay a few Jackpots within a quick succession. They created a lot
of addicts who went on to lose ?1000's chasing their money expecting the
machines to pay out, not understanding that because they were random a
chase or 'force' was completely pointless, these machines have
no nudges, holds and there's no skill involved whatsoever.
In September 2007 the government issued another legislation which affected the industry in a big way, all the S16's and S21's had to be changed from a maximum of ?2 per stake down a set ?1, and the progressive Jackpots were also removed from the gameplay. But the biggest change was the government only allowing any venue to keep a maximum of 4 of these machines.
These machines are now called B3, they're still hugely popular but payouts have dropped from 94% to 90% which has made a big difference in the amount of big wins awarded. Whether we like it or not these kind of machines are the future, classics such as Rainbow Riches, Elvis Top 20, Random Spinner, Cashino & Bar 500, setting a trend.
UK Jackpot/Club Machines
These fruit machines are commonly known as Club machines, they're currently only allowed to be sited in venues where punters have to be registered members or have proof of identity, which are usually snooker halls, clubs, ferries and casino's.
They vary in stakes and prizes, machines found in local clubs tend to be 5p play for a ?100 jackpot and machines on ferries, casinos and in snooker clubs tend to be 25p/30p play for a ?250 Jackpot.
These main difference these have from normal AWP's is that they have 4 reels instead of 5, the %'s are similar to normal pub machines, varying from 78% to 88%. The machines more often than not are cloned from the AWP predecessors, some of the all time favourites being psycho cash beast, casino crazy, temple of treasure and the all time classic Cops N Robbers.
Unlike AWP's that can pay several jackpots in within a few pounds these tend to be very predictable, in our experience it's quite easy to work out when to play these or when to avoid them, and they usually have very similar patterns, when pushing for the Jackpot they more often than not give a straight ?250 followed by a few small wins usually giving around ?360 in total.
You do have to be very careful with these, they can offer signs of being 'due' by offering wins over ?50, but then they can easily go on to take over ?400 without a jackpot. Another thing to note with these is that they often have blocks on cash amounts, most machines won't go over ?50/60 no matter how much you force them, but when they do there's always a jackpot in close range.
UK Lo-Tech Machines
As with Hi-Tech fruit machines these can very from
10p per stake for a ?5 jackpot upto 50p per stake for a ?35 jackpot. The
main difference in these from the outset is the lack of a feature, trail
and the reels usually only contain a few different symbols.
These machines have a reputation for only being played by the older
generation, but this has changed over the last few years, mainly with
the introduction of one of the most popular Lo-Techs ever, Partytime.
This machine is still very popular and most decent sized arcades have
one, or at least a variation, it fuelled a lot a clones including
Bullion Bars, Red X, etc...
The most popular Lo-Techs are OXO Machines, also known as Bar X, closely followed by a machines taking on the Red 7's theme. They're never seen in pubs or bookies, these kind of machines are limited to arcades and bingo halls.
There's been a recent increase in the amount of these machines, because of the popularity of the partytime, then Golden Game, and now there's more and more clones of these machines being made, with the likes or Coronation Street, Stampede, Monopoly, Grand Golden Game, and Partytime Double Decker.
The main reason these are popular is because of the payout circles, they can be very tight machines sometimes, but when they start streaking they really do make up for it, with ?25 Jackpot machines going for runs of over ?200 and ?35 Jackpots even more, they can sometimes be tedious to play but the newer versions seem to have more and more twists and turns, bonuses and hidden features.
UK Casino Machines
UK casinos are the only places allowed to site machines with a jackpot over ?500, they can vary, from ?1000 to ?4000 depending on the licence, the machines are a combination of all machines mentioned above, they usually have 5 reels like B3's and again they don't tend to have nudges, holds and there's no skill involved.
The most popular casino machine of all time is Cleopatra, with an Egyptian theme, features and symbols. There's one of these in pretty much every casino, and now they've spread onto most online casinos too.
Another thing to note is that these machines don't usually pay out in cash, they pay in receipts that can be exchanged at the cashier, or inserted back in for more credits.
Online Casino Machines
Recently there's been a huge increase in online
casino's, most of which offer a huge variation of online fruit machines
and slots.
These usually offer a choice of stake from 1p upto ?100 or even more!
With massive jackpots, of tens of thousands of pounds!
There have been a lot of popular machines released for online casino use, many taking on popular themes from TV game shows, quizzes, and also clones or real fruit machines.
The best casinos we've found for slots is Ladbrokes, but there's many more available, like Jackpot Joy, Gala Casino etc.. The %'s aren't usually displayed but do seem to be fairly high, payouts can be quite large, we've had many streaks over over ?200 from just 10p stakes.
A lot of online casinos offer bonuses too, many will give you 100% of your initial deposit, many of these bonus schemes can be exploited, simply deposit once, play your free games then withdraw your initial deposit, the best bonus we've found is gala, click the link below, deposit ?5 and get ?10 worth of free games, easy!
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