Roaring Forties: forty lines of fruit and sevens

Forty lines on a fruit theme

Roaring Forties is one of Greentube’s more popular multi-line fruit games. Instead of three reels and a handful of lines, the reels are taller and the line count reaches forty, so the screen is always busy. The symbols are the familiar ones: cherries, lemons, oranges, plums, grapes, watermelons and red sevens, framed in a bright, almost neon style.

With forty lines, wins land often. Most of them are small, because your stake is shared across all the lines, but they keep the balance moving between the bigger results.

What makes it different from the smaller fruit slots

On a five-line game, a single row of sevens is a rare event. On Roaring Forties the same symbols have many more paths to connect, so you will see sevens line up more often, but each line is worth a smaller slice of the bet. It is a trade-off between frequency and size, and the reason some players prefer the forty-line format over its little siblings.

Special symbols and their exact rules are shown in the in-game paytable. Read it once before you start: it tells you which symbol, if any, substitutes for others and what pays anywhere on screen.

Testing Roaring Forties in demo mode

The demo gives you 1,000 virtual credits without sign-up or download. A practical plan:

• set a stake equivalent to £0.40, or one penny per line;
• play 250 spins and note how many return at least the stake;
• watch for the spins where sevens connect on several lines at once.

After a win, the card gamble lets you try to double it by guessing red or black. Use it a few times in demo to see how quickly it can swing a session either way.

Verdict

A solid choice if you want a classic fruit look with more going on per spin. Play Roaring Forties free here; the same slot is available for real money at the casinos below.