fruit machine

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But former Home Office minister and a critic of royal finances Norman Baker said the duchy would still be a "royal fruit machine... he pulls the handle and gets a jackpot every time".

From BBC • May 18, 2026

They have pumped coins into the Zak Crawley fruit machine in the hope he pays out in Australia and Ben Duckett is among the premier openers in the world.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Corrine Durber, from Gloucestershire, played the Wild Hatter game in October 2020 - a two-part game involving a fruit machine and a wheel of fortune.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

He threw a scornful glance at the fruit machine and left the café.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2013

He was, according to the Mirror, sent flying by a bodybuilder twice his size in the Railway Inn in Hyde after butting into a queue to get at a fruit machine.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2010