Fruitfellas Fortune Wheel (Gamebeat) – Review & Demo Play

Fruitfellas Fortune Wheel Overview

I spent time with Fruitfellas Fortune Wheel from Gamebeat, a 5-reel, 3-row slot with 20 pay lines. Launched 30.10.2023, it comes with 96.39% RTP and sits in the medium to high volatility bracket. Stakes run from £0.40 to £200 and the top win reaches 5,000x the stake. It plays smoothly on mobile, tablet, and desktop. The base game holds interest, and when features arrive the tempo rises. The maths feels balanced yet swingy, which suits how I like to grind sessions.

Fruitfellas Fortune Wheel Theme and Symbols

Fruitfellas Fortune Wheel riffs on 1930s New York and Chicago organised crime, but the cast are fruits and veg. Think cherry brothers, a pineapple gangster, a pear mistress, even an Al Capone-style tomato. The backdrop is a plush cinema, art deco lines, film strips framing the reels. The whole thing blends noir flavour with a playful twist, which works better than it sounds in motion. The audio and visuals set the scene and help the wheel moments land with proper drama.

The symbols split into low, high, and special. Lows are newspapers, a liquor crate, and a Tommy gun. Highs are those fruit characters, with the tomato headlining. The paytable peaks at x25 for five on the best icon, then x10, x7.5, and x5. Lower tiers show x3, x2.5, and x2 for five. For three and four of a kind, values range roughly from x0.25 to x2 and x0.75 to x5, depending on the symbol. The scatter is the free spins trigger.

Fruitfellas Fortune Wheel Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x2
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.5
	5	x7.5
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x3
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.25
	5	x2
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.25
	Scatter

Game Play in Fruitfellas Fortune Wheel

It’s a 5x3 grid with 20 fixed lines, paying left to right from the leftmost reel. Wins need three or more matching symbols on a line. I set stakes via the control at the bottom left and used spin or auto spin in the centre. A help menu shows a short tutorial and the paytable if you want the figures to hand. RTP sits at 96.39% and volatility reads medium to high, so I pace bets and let features carry the heavy lifting.

Fruitfellas Fortune Wheel Features

The Random Fortune Wheel can trigger during regular play. When it drops in, the wheel segments carry multipliers applied to the current line wins, so a modest hit can jump if the needle favours you. It’s not every spin, but I saw it often enough to keep me engaged between bigger moments. The presentation fits the theme, with that cinema screen feel as the wheel turns and lands on a chunky number or a path into the bonus.

Free spins arrive when three or more bonus scatters land together. Inside the round, the fortune wheel remains active, only the multipliers are larger than in base play. There is also a portion of the wheel that can add extra spins, so a decent trigger can stretch out if the wheel keeps falling your way. The change in pace is clear, and those uprated segments give the feature a fair ceiling when paired with a tidy starting screen.

The gamble mechanic adds a different rhythm. After any win, I could risk it in a Russian roulette-style mini-game, picking a difficulty and spinning the chamber. Survive and the payout climbs step by step; hit the bullet and the staked win is gone. It’s straightforward risk versus reward and I kept it for smaller base hits rather than feature returns. Sensible use there lets you press without putting a solid bonus round at risk.

Pros and Cons in Fruitfellas Fortune Wheel

On the plus side, the 96.39% RTP, 5,000x top win, and 20-line layout are spot on for this style. The hybrid theme stands out, and the Random Fortune Wheel adds that jolt during base play. Free spins with bigger multipliers feel worth chasing, and the gamble option gives a post-win outlet if you like extra jeopardy. The £0.40 entry suits testing strategies before stepping stakes up.

The flip side is the medium to high volatility. Dry spells do appear, and because the wheel fires on its own schedule, sessions can hinge on timing. I treat it as a game where I take measured shots at the features, then bank out when a wheel run or a bonus pays cleanly. If you prefer constant triggers, this won’t be that, but when the parts line up it lands tidy returns.