Fruity Bonanza
Fruity Bonanza Stats
RTP & Maths
- Jackpots
- Grand 1,000x / Major 25x / Mini 5x (fixed, Hold & Spin only)
Free Spins & Bonus
- Free Spins
- 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 stars = 10 / 15 / 20 / 30 free spins · Retrigger: none: stars do not appear in free spins
- Bonus Buy
- Feature Buy 50x
Symbols & Pays
- Money Symbols
- 0.2x to 30x the total bet, or Grand 1,000x / Major 25x / Mini 5x
- Wild
- Base game: all symbols except the star and blue diamond; free spins: all except the blue diamond; appears only as a transformed winning golden symbol
- Scatter Reels
- All reels, main game only
- Ways Pays
- Top symbol 5x · Lowest 0.05x
Fruity Bonanza Demo Slot
Every Wild in Fruity Bonanza starts out as a winner. A gold-framed symbol in any of the four middle reels or the special reel pays as its plain version, and once the game pays that win, it turns into a 7 WILD. The game has no other way to make one. The blue diamonds work on a delay too. Each shows GRAND, MAJOR, MINI, or a value from 0.2x to 30x on its face, and none of it pays until 6 or more start Hold & Spin.
This space-themed slot spins six main reels that each show 2 to 5 symbols at random, with a horizontal special reel of four symbols laid across the top of the four middle reels. That layout moves the ways count between 324 and 32,400.
Slot Features
Golden Symbols to Wilds
Any paying symbol except the Wild, the star, and the blue diamond can arrive in a gold frame, and only in the four middle reels and the special reel. A golden bell pays exactly what a plain bell pays and joins the same combinations. When a cascade clears the winners, golden symbols stay put, and each one that was part of the win becomes a 7 WILD. Gold frames never appear during Hold & Spin.
That converted Wild then covers all symbols bar the star and the blue diamond, and during free spins all bar the diamond.
Fixed Diamond Labels
Blue diamonds appear on all reels, each with its label showing before anything is won: GRAND, MAJOR, MINI, or a value from 0.2x to 30x the total bet. The named labels are fixed multiples: GRAND 1,000x, MAJOR 25x, and MINI 5x. In regular play, the diamonds pay nothing. The game pays their values only during Hold & Spin, which needs 6 or more on the reels to start. Over at Pragmatic Play, the 2,500x Grand on Cosmic Cash’s jackpot plaque is a bigger fixed prize than this GRAND, but Fruity Bonanza shows its label on the diamond itself from the moment it lands.
Red Diamond Sum
A red diamond appears only during Hold & Spin, on any reel. When one lands, it adds up the blue diamond values on the reels and shows the total as its own label. The round opens with 3 bonus spins and resets the count to 3 whenever a blue or red diamond lands. Each position spins on its own, at the height it had in the triggering spin, and diamonds stay held until the reels fill or the count reaches zero. Then, the game pays every value on the board.
Star Free Spins
Rainbow stars land on all reels during the main game only and count wherever they appear. Between 3 and 6 stars award 10, 15, 20, or 30 free spins, in that order. Cascades and golden symbols behave the same way during the round, but stars and red diamonds stay out of it, so the number of spins set at the start is the number the round lasts.
How to Play
Special Reel Cascades
Wins build reel by reel from reel 1 with no gaps, and the game pays the best combination on each way. After a win, it removes the winning symbols, except golden symbols, blue diamonds, and stars, then drops the rest down the six main reels while new symbols fill from the top. The special reel moves sideways instead, shifting its remaining symbols right to left and filling from the right. The chain continues for as long as each refill makes a fresh win, so a single spin may collect several wins before the grid goes still. Golden symbols survive this clear-out, and are still on the reels when they turn Wild. Stars and diamonds ignore the adjacent-reel rule and count by position.
Slot RTP
Fruity Bonanza returns 96.44% by JDB’s count. JDB quotes 5,330x for the game’s maximum win, a larger figure than any single diamond label. Only the main game offers the Feature Buy, where 50x buys free spins outright, with 3 to 6 stars dropped at random to set the spin count.
Symbol Pays
Only the bell reaches 5x, and only with six on a way. The five fruits all outpay the letters, and J and 10 share the bottom row at 0.05x for three. Watermelon is the only other symbol to reach 4x, and the A tops the letters at 0.75x for six. The figures below are stake multiples. The 7 WILD, stars, and diamonds have no row.
| Symbol | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell | 5x | 3.5x | 2x | 1.25x |
| Watermelon | 4x | 2x | 1.25x | 0.75x |
| Orange | 2x | 1.5x | 1x | 0.5x |
| Plum | 1.5x | 1.25x | 0.75x | 0.4x |
| Cherries | 1.25x | 1x | 0.6x | 0.25x |
| A | 0.75x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.2x |
| K | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.25x | 0.1x |
| Q | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.25x | 0.1x |
| J | 0.25x | 0.15x | 0.1x | 0.05x |
| 10 | 0.25x | 0.15x | 0.1x | 0.05x |
Ultimate Slots Verdict
The fruit table is ordinary, six bells paying 5x at most. What lifts it is a Wild that exists only as a former golden winner, and diamond labels up to GRAND 1,000x that wait for 6 or more to start Hold & Spin.
✓ What We Like
- Winning golden symbols in the four middle reels and the special reel turn into Wilds after they pay.
- Blue diamonds show fixed GRAND, MAJOR, and MINI labels, paid during Hold & Spin.
- During Hold & Spin, a red diamond adds up the blue values on the reels.
- Hold & Spin resets to 3 spins whenever a diamond lands.
✗ What Could Be Better
- Six bells pay 5x on a way at best.
- Stars do not appear in free spins, so no star can add spins.
- Diamond values from 0.2x to 30x pay only within Hold & Spin.
Detailed Review
JDB Gaming’s Fruity Bonanza Reviewed
Judged on its fruit table alone, Fruity Bonanza would score lower than it does. The symbol pays are modest from top to bottom, and the review score comes from two other places, what happens to a golden symbol once it has paid and what the diamonds are waiting for. Both are clear on screen from the opening spin of the demo, and both give the reels something to watch beyond the next line of cherries.
Hold & Spin is where that wait pays off. JDB Gaming shows the value on each blue diamond as soon as it lands, so a screen with four or five labelled diamonds builds anticipation, and those numbers stay unpaid until 6 or more appear together. Once the round starts, every new diamond resets the count to 3. Three bonus spins without a new diamond end it, and that short count is what makes each landing diamond feel like a reprieve. Meanwhile, the board can only gain value, and a red diamond rolls the blue values into one label. Ending with every position filled or the count at zero, it pays the whole board at once.
Six bells pay 5x on a way at best, and three of a J or 10 pay 0.05x, so regular wins between features stay small. The game has no win multipliers to stretch them. JDB rates the game High. Stars never appear during free spins, so no star can lengthen a 10-spin round. The art does its job without fuss, with watermelon, plum, and cherries wearing planetary rings and the Earth curving under the spin button.
The Wild rule is the part that feels designed rather than borrowed. JDB’s 2023 release keeps golden symbols on the reels through a cascade, converts each winning one after it pays, and then drops new symbols around a fresh Wild. A cascade that starts on gold-framed bells across the four middle reels can therefore leave Wilds behind for the refill, which no other symbol in the game can do. It is also the one place where the special reel matters beyond adding ways, since gold frames can land on it too.
Players moving on to the later Fruity Bonanza Combo will find the same six reels and a different bonus, without the GRAND, MAJOR, and MINI labels. That makes this original the place to go for fixed diamond prizes, and the label system is the feature worth keeping an eye on if JDB returns to the series again. For free play, this version is the pick for anyone who wants the diamonds to mean something before Hold & Spin begins.
