Fruit machines have their origins in the first classic slot machines called one-armed bandits. A prototype of fruit machines was a machine called Liberty Bell. It was in the 19th century that its constructor, Charles Fey, presented to the world a machine with three spinning wheels and three lines, which used fruit symbols such as cherries, plums, lemons and grapes instead of card symbols. The chosen fruits were not randomly-chosen symbols – they represented new chewing gum flavours. A machine with three reels and three lines appealed to players so much that fruit symbols have remained the most popular symbols up to this very day, even though fruit slots have undergone some major developments. They can still provide lots of fun, with classic slot fans seeking out versions with a limited number of reels and symbols.