Today, there are thousands of computer-generated online slot machines to choose from on a typical online casino website, and they are brought to you on most sites by anywhere from 10 to 100 or more different game development studios and software providers. 

I’m a huge fan of these games, especially ones from top-tier, multi-award-winning companies, because their content is well-known for having high or above-average return to player (RTP%) payout rates of around 93.00% to 98.00% or higher. 

If you are new to playing this type of digital entertainment content and want to know if any strategies can be applied, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve played countless online fruitys over the past 10 to 12 years and have learned that several effective strategies can, in fact, be used. 

However, due to the very nature of online fruit machines, these strategies cannot affect the outcomes/results, like in other classic favourites such as poker and blackjack, where using the correct strategy at the right time can affect the outcome and help you win more hands. 

In other words, I’ve found that most of these strategies are more about bankroll management than gameplay and have more to do with responsible gambling and deciding which ones are worth playing [and avoiding] quickly and more efficiently.  

Let’s dive straight in to reveal some of the best online slot machine strategies every beginner should know about in 2025.

Top online fruit machine strategies to try in 2025

As mentioned, the following strategies are less about gameplay strategies that can impact the outcome and more about being a responsible gambler. I wish I had known some of these strategies when I first started out instead of finding them out years later.  

These strategies can help you identify which fruitys might be worth playing (and which sites to play them on), and they will hopefully extend your average gaming sessions and help you hold onto your bankroll for much longer periods. 

The top 5 simple and effective strategies to try in 2025 are the following:

1. Before depositing and playing in the real money mode, ALWAYS start by setting a sensible spending budget
2. Where possible, manually set as many safer gambling tools/controls as possible. I find that deposit limits work best, but you may find that win/loss limits, spending caps, or session time reminders are far more effective
3. I tend to look for online fruitys with a high or above-average RTP% (return to player) payout rate, preferably 96.00% or higher. You might like to try the same because, mathematically speaking, these ones are more likely to pay than low RTP% payout rate fruitys
4. Decide whether you want to play low, medium, or high-volatility fruit machines. Low-volatility ones pay out more often, but the wins aren’t usually that big. Medium ones pay out slightly less often, but the wins are typically greater in value, and highly volatile fruitys hardly ever pay out, but when they do, the wins are much greater in value. In other words, the lower the volatility rate, the less risky they are
5. To mitigate risks, NEVER log into your favourite casino site to play online fruit machines (or any other games) in the real money mode while tired or intoxicated. Playing like this (in an altered state of mind) can lead to riskier play and is NOT advised

If you can remember some of these ‘golden rules’ when you next play hit titles like The Goonies Megaways, Jurassic Park Gold: Link and Win, Eye of Horus Jackpot King, Fishin’ Frenzy Megaways, or Big Bass Bonanza, you will hopefully get to play them for longer. 

What other strategies are worth trying?

I’ve always found that you can tell if an online fruit machine will pay within five or so spins. If it wants to pay, it will pay almost straight away. 

There’s no point hanging in there, spending loads, and waiting for those wins to come in. However, you can disregard this advice if you prefer high-volatility ones because of the reasons just mentioned above (they don’t pay out too often, but when they do, the wins are generally much higher in value than in low volatility fruitys). 

I would also suggest that you only ever play a selection of casino games on legally permitted sites, like those recommended by the experts on AskGamblers. Their top-rated sites are controlled by reputable operators with good standing in the industry, and they will only ever have software from top-tier providers. 

The other thing I would suggest before playing any online fruitys is to reduce the total stake to the lowest amount allowed, which is usually around $/€/$0.10 or $/€/£0.20 (or equivalent currency value) per spin. Also, where possible, I’ve found that playing in the free-play demo mode is a great way to ease yourself into a fruity to decide whether you like it or not.

To conclude…

You may also like to try mixing up the online fruit machines you play by trying different software companies. For example, some people love playing online fruitys from Playtech, Games Global and Red Tiger, whereas others, myself included, prefer them from NetEnt, Pragmatic Play, and Relax Gaming fruitys. 

You won’t know which ones you like until you try them all out. The other thing I find is that if I hit a winning streak, I gradually increase my stake a little until I think that win streak has ended, at which point I will either reduce my stake again until I hit another winning streak or will close the game and try something else, and then keep repeating this pattern until I’m bored. 

You might like to try the same as me, or perhaps you have some of your own new strategies you might like to try.