fortune five double slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

Whilst fruit-themed online slots are a dime a dozen at every online casino on the web, Gamebeat’s Fortune Five Double immediately stands out because of the multipliers that appear randomly on, I believe, every one of the symbols that are included in the game. Despite the fact there must be several dozen fruits that exist around the world, fruit machines always seem to have the same handful of symbols: watermelons, grapes, plums, oranges, lemons, and cherries make up the fruit-based symbols here, whilst a star is also included as a scatter symbol but does not trigger any kind of bonus round no matter how many of them you could get be fortunate enough to hit simultaneously. I prefer the slots I play to have at least one bonus round to break up the regular base game. Still, I have realised that not all players feel the same way I do. According to reliable statistics regarding the most popular online slots, Starburst by NetEnt has consistently been the highest grossing game on the web for several of the past 5 years. As that game has no bonus round whatsoever, I have to conclude that there is a large subsection of slots players who prefer to see the majority of the RTP in the games they play being allocated to the combinations that can be hit during regular play.

As for Fortune 5 Double, the highest-paying combination on the paytable is awarded for hitting five scatter symbols, which returns 50x your total stake. As far as the payline-orientated combinations, hitting five melons will pay you 30x your current bet, as will five bundles of grapes. The plums, oranges, lemons, and cherries all return 20x your stake for five-of-a-kind. There are no lower-paying symbols after this on the entire paytable, so I can understand the attraction of skipping any type of special features when all regular wins share these higher than average returns. Aside from this, the Lucky Seven symbol will pay you 20x your bet for three on a payline, 200x for four on a line, and a whopping 1,000x for a complete line of five-of-a-kind. Many symbols also have a 2x multiplier overlay, but sadly these are not added or multiplied together if more than one should appear as part of a single winning payline.

There are ten options for choosing your wager; the minimum bet per spin is set at €0.10, while the maximum is capped at €50.00. As with most other Gamebeat slots, the options available are clustered towards the lower end of this range; you have five options between €0.10 and €1.00, after which the gaps widen dramatically.

base game & Modifiers

The basic gameplay of Fortune Five Double is about as straightforward as it gets for a five-reel online slot; a five-by-three playfield featuring just five pay lines spread across the most obvious paths from left to right and wins being awarded for hitting three or more matching symbols on any of those paylines.

That’s not to say that the game is bad. However, the limited number of symbols makes for much more frequent winning lines than you might expect, considering the low number of pay lines, and the 2x multiplier symbols appear very often too.

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What may be more of a deal-breaker for some players is the lack of a free spins feature or any other kind of real bonus round. As I mentioned during the paytable section of the review, the trade-off for missing out on such a feature is that all of the RTP available for prizes is allocated to base game combinations – you don’t need to hit any scatter symbols or otherwise “buy” your way to the biggest wins when playing Fortune Five Double – all of the best prizes are available at all times and can be won any time you press the spin button.

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