Why do fruit images appear so often on slot machines?

[Igor G]

Have you ever wondered why there are so many fruit slots? It turns out that in the 1880s, the first slot machines did not pay out money, but fruit-flavoured chewing gum. Cherries, lemons and plums symbolised the flavours of the gum, and these images remained on the slots even after the machines started paying out cash prizes

 

[CNXRegie]

Ah, that explains why fruits are such a classic in slot machines! 🍒🎰 Pretty amazing how this whole game of chance got started. ✨

 

[Tero]

This is actually a quite interesting piece of information. As long as I remember there has been plumbs, lemons, watermelons, etc. I simply thought that they have been chosen because they are easy to recognize, and do not offend anyone.

 

[monkeytilter]

It's part of a gambler's 5 a day

 

[monkeytilter]

This is actually a quite interesting piece of information. As long as I remember there has been plumbs, lemons, watermelons, etc. I simply thought that they have been chosen because they are easy to recognize, and do not offend anyone.

Joking apart, I think early slot machines rewarded fruit flavour gum instead of cash - this got around legal issues as they were vending rather than gaming machines.

 

[najisami]

Have you ever wondered why there are so many fruit slots? It turns out that in the 1880s, the first slot machines did not pay out money, but fruit-flavoured chewing gum. Cherries, lemons and plums symbolised the flavours of the gum, and these images remained on the slots even after the machines started paying out cash prizes

Many times I wondered why, but I also was wondering why the 7s are very common. Now you gave me the idea of looking it up .

 

[antonis32123]

Funny story, so they paid chewing gums instead of money at the beginning ?? That's odd indeed . Yeah fruits are fun to play with at slots , but I play mostly other slots , Egyptian slots . 7s , fruits in slots , interesting to know their origins in the slots