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Sevens, fruits and lions: where classic game symbols come from

By the Play Social World editorial team ·

Sevens, fruits and lions: where classic game symbols come from

Every game at Play Social World uses symbols that have a long history. Knowing where they come from makes the artwork more fun to look at.

The lucky seven

Seven has been considered special in many cultures — seven days of the week, seven colours of the rainbow. Early game machines used a red seven as their most recognisable symbol, and it never left. See it in Sevens & Fruits.

Cherries and oranges

Fruit symbols arrived in the early twentieth century, when some machines showed chewing-gum flavours on their reels. Bright, round and easy to read, they are still everywhere — like the sunny oranges of 2 Sunny Fruits.

The lion

A lion stands for pride and strength in heraldry, on coats of arms and city emblems. In Lion Gems 3 Pots he guards a stage full of jewels.

The rhino

Safari themes became popular with modern video games, and the rhino is a perfect hero: strong, distinctive and instantly recognisable. Watch him in Rhino Coins.

Symbols, not promises

However lucky a symbol looks, in our free games it only changes the on-screen score. Results are random, and every spin is independent.

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