Here are five fruit games you can play at Sun Bingo for National Apricot Day

CHECK out our recommended fruity games for National Apricot Day.

Today is a day everyone will have circled in their calendars.

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Be sure to stock up on this stone fruit, or purchase the dried variety, as today is all about apricots.

National Apricot Day is marked in the US on 9^th January. For those who made a New Year’s resolution to eat healthier, are you still keeping to your resolution nine days in?

Make sure to support the day that celebrates a fruit with vitamins A, B and C, as well as minerals and fibre.

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To get one of your five-a-day, you need just three or four fried apricots (a 30g serving).

The exact origins of the apricot have been lost to time. Although, there are links to ancient Persia (now modern Iran), India and China.

However, the biggest clue may lie in the scientific name for this stone fruit: Prunus Armeniaca.

The “Armeniaca” suggests it originated in Armenia, where the population have been growing the fruit for hundreds of years, 50 varieties of which are still produced today.

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It is even said that the orange stripe of the Armenian flag is also referred to as the colour of apricot.

This 16^th century aphrodisiac inspired the 2010 Armenian Eurovision Song Contest performance.

The song was called Apricot Stone and featured a giant prosthetic fruit stone evolving into a flourishing tree on stage.

Despite close associations with Armenia, Turkey is in fact the biggest producer of apricots.

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They produce 21% of the world’s annual supply, harvesting over 750,000 tonnes.

An apricot tree will produce fruit for 20 to 25 years.

Sun Bingo’s fruit games

Now that you’re bursting with juicy facts, why not see what other fruity fun you can have at Sun Bingo?

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We have many fruit games on offer but here are five that became the apple of our eye for offering unique gamer experiences.

• Fruit Blast

Picture the scene, a tropical beach bar and some great summer beats.

That’s the first thing you’ll note about Fruit Blast.

Rather than simply spin to see if you win, there’s more chance to interact with the game as the player must click on any clusters of three or more of the same fruit.

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The fruit selection on offer includes cherries, limes, grapes, watermelons and pineapples.

You blast the clusters to fill the fruit bars. Each fruit has its own bar and a multiplier attached.

Once the bar is filled, the player wins that multiplier value.   

The game features a cascade effect, with play continuing until there are no more fruit clusters on the screen.

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Additional features include collecting stars by completing successful games.

The stars allow the player to level up and unlock new bartenders, each of which has their own unique bonus feature.

You start with groovy Summer, a 1960s era hippy. Then, you unlock Aloha, the Hawaiian hula girl.

Bonus features include free games, instant cash wins and multipliers.

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If players manage to blast a cluster of jackpot tiles, they win a 1000x multiplier!

• Roman Fruits

Putting the common slot theme of fruits into the unusual setting of Ancient Rome creates a game that is familiar yet exciting to play.

Amongst the backdrop of Roman villas and mountains, players select their bet from between 10p and £20.

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The fruit symbols include watermelons, oranges, cherries, lemons, grapes and plums.

As well as attempting to spin in winning combinations across the 10 paylines, players can win by spinning in the Joker Flip jackpot symbols.

Any spin of any bet size can trigger entry to the jackpot game but the higher the bet amount, the greater the chances.

You can even trigger the jackpot game without winning in the base game!

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Once the jackpot round begins, a win is guaranteed.

However, it could be any of the four jackpots on offer: Jack, Queen, King and Joker.

Players pick cards until they reveal three identical symbols. They will then be awarded the associated progressive jackpot. 

• Hot Joker Fruits

This five-reel game uses the more traditional slot game fruit symbols of lemons, cherries, watermelons, grapes and oranges.

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Players bet between 20p and £10 for the chance to win up to 3000x their stake amount.

If you play this game and enjoy it, make sure to check out other games in the Hot Joker Fruits series. These include:

• Hot Joker Fruits Stacks
• Hot Joker Fruits: Hold & Win 94
• Hot Joker Fruits: Scatter Play

• Fruity Burst

Have you ever drawn a smiley face on a piece of fruit? Imagine that a magic spell animated that fruit and now it and its buddies want to help you win cash.

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That’s the land that this game takes place in.

This ragtag fruity team even have names: Jaffa the Orange, Pippin the Apple, Chester the Grape, Eureka the Lemon, Lester the Strawberry and Cherry the Tomato.

This is a five-line slot where you need to match five or more of the same fruit in an adjacent pattern to win cash.

The cash amount will vary depending on how many fruits you match and your stake amount.

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If your spin settles on a winning pattern, the winning fruit will burst before your eyes and fruit juice will be squeezed into your winner’s cup.

Thanks to the cascade function, if a new winning combination forms on the adjusted table, you’ll keep adding to your winnings smoothie!

• Baking Bonanza

This is a slingo game with a difference.

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Taking place on a flour-strewn table with the sounds of a bustling kitchen in the background, players have a greater control over their potential winnings with Baking Bonanza.

That’s because each of the five winning reels has a choice of eight difficulty levels.

Players can select which level they want to play at on specific reels.

You do not have to play at the same level for every reel. For instance, you could select level one for reel one but level three for reel two.

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The different levels are represented by recipes of increasing difficulty.

The harder the level, the more unusual the required ingredients.

With one stake, players get five spins. Each spin reveals up to five ingredients.

Then, much like with bingo, all instances where a revealed ingredient appears on the play table are dabbed off.

Once a whole recipe is completed, players win the cash prize associated with that recipe.

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Players can try to make a whole buffet of bakes, from scones to vanilla fudge, lemon drizzle cake to cherry pie.

The hardest recipe to complete is golden champagne truffles, which is why it awards up to £24,500 if completed! 

Thanks to all of the recipes involved, there are lots of fruits to enjoy in this game: strawberries, raspberries, limes, blueberries, oranges, apples, blackberries, lemons, cherries, raisins, pineapples, coconuts and bananas.

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