Betsoft gives the fruit machine a polished makeover here. The reels sit against a deep purple backdrop of soft bubbles, framed in gold, and the logo sparkles with an ice-blue diamond. A quartet of jackpot plaques stretches above the reels. I spun at an 80-credit stake.
Theme and Gameplay
It’s classic fruit machine fare given a modern shine: plump cherries, juicy citrus, purple plums, wedges of watermelon, golden bells and gleaming red sevens. At an 80-credit stake, the jackpot plaques read Mini 1,200, Minor 2,400, Major 16,000 and Grand 160,000, which is 15x, 30x, 200x and 2,000x the bet.
The controls are neatly laid out along the bottom, with an info button, autoplay, the bet adjusters, a large turbo spin button and the menu.
Slot Features
When a full wild reel appears on reel 3, it’s held in place, given a random 2x, 3x, 5x, 8x or 10x multiplier, and the other reels respin once for free before wins are tallied. It’s limited to once per spin and never coincides with a Hold & Win trigger.
A scatter of six Bonus coins or more starts Hold & Win, giving three respins; every newly arrived coin sticks and refills the counter. Coins hold cash amounts or the Mini, Minor and Major jackpots, and covering all 15 spots earns the Grand. Once the counter empties or the screen fills, all locked prizes are paid.
The Hold & Win round is always played at the bet of the spin that triggered it.
RTP and Win Potential
With a top jackpot worth 2,000x the bet and multiplier wilds reaching 10x, volatility sits at medium-to-high. Coin prizes keep the Hold & Win rounds ticking along, but the Grand needs every position filled.
My Thoughts On This Slot
Betsoft knows how to make a classic look good, and Fruit Diamonds is a slick, easy-to-follow fruit slot. The nudging multiplier reel livens up ordinary spins, and the coin round is a familiar, reliable bonus.
It doesn’t bring anything truly new, though, and players who’ve tried other Hold & Win fruit slots will feel they’ve been here before.
