Windy City

About Windy City Slot

This jazzy-tuned slot with a glamorous theme in the big city uses a standard grid of 5 reels and 3 rows. There are 10 fixed pay-lines. Winning combinations should be on a pay-line of adjacent reels. They need to start from the leftmost reel except scatters. The latter can land on any position and still ensure your wins.

Windy City has an RTP of 96% and you can play it with wagers from as little as 0.01 up to 100 credits per spin. It includes payouts from almost all symbols except scatters. The latter play the role of wilds and they pay you during free spins. The Free Games that you can trigger are 10.

The max win per spin is 5,000 time your stake from a full screen of the boss of Mafia wild that can give you £500,000 at the most. Players can take part in a card gamble after every win and double their payouts up to 10 times in a row. During this game, your aim is to beat the Dealer’s hand by drawing a higher value card.

Windy City Design

The game is set in the centre of the streets of Chicago in the 1930s. You can see the glowing lights of venues and buildings around the reels. The grid takes almost the whole screen. It is framed with glittering lights like such taken from a casino. On the reels, you can see card symbols with a simple design and 3 characters. There is a stack of whiskey bottles and a retro car from that time.

The boss of the Mafia is the Wild, his daughter is an elegant and stylish lady. The gentleman whom she has fallen in love with looks like a rich gangster and holds a shotgun. All symbols are authentic, look great and combined with the place the slot is set in grant an excellent time. The music is jazzy, playful and perfect for the Windy City’s theme. It sets the atmosphere of the game.

Windy City Gameplay

The symbols include 5 card royals, which are the low-value ones, 3 premiums, a wild and scatter. You must match from 3 of the cards and 2 of the premiums to 5 of a kind on a pay-line to win. All combinations must appear from the leftmost reel to the right.

The 10 and J pay equally – 3, 4 and 5 give you 0.50, 2 and 10 times your stake. The Q, K and A also have the same value – 3, 4 and 5 matching cards of a kind on a pay-line pay 1, 4 and 15 times your stake.

All premium symbols of the 2 characters, whiskey stack and the wild reward for 2 to 5 symbols on a line. The wooden box full of whiskey bottles pays 0.50, 1.50, 7.50 and 25 times your stake for 2, 3, 4 and 5 symbols on a pay-line. The gentleman with the shotgun pays 0.50, 2.50, 10 and 50 times your stake. This is the second by value of the regular symbols and the right-hand of the Mafia boss.

The lady holding a cigarette is the most rewarding of all regular symbols. This is Don’s daughter. Landing 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this symbol on a pay-line gives you 0.50, 5, 20 and 100 times your stake.

The most rewarding symbol is of the wild, which is the Don himself – the Mafia boss. Hit 2, 3, 4 or 5 of this symbol on a pay-line to win 1, 10, 100 or 500 times your stake, respectively. It also substitutes for all missing symbols except scatters. A full screen of wilds gives you 5,000 times your stake.

Windy City Features & Bonuses

The scatter is Don’s car, which is a typical one for the 1930s. Landing 3 of this symbol in a spin rewards you with 10 Free Games. Scatter appear during free spins and then they play the role of wild symbols. You can win more from them as wild’s payout is the highest in the slot.

After every win, you can subject the sum to a Card Gamble. You will see the Dealer’s hand on the left and have to choose one of the 4 cards. If its value is higher than the Dealer’s card, you win, double your payout and can continue to gamble. If not, you lose the sum. You can take part in the Card Gamble up to 10 times in a row.

The Joker beats all cards and the dealer can never get this card, but players can. You can collect your winnings if you decide not to take part in the Card Gamble after you see the Dealer’s card. If you pick a card with the same value as the Dealer’s card, this is a draw and you can take another chance. Your chances to win depend on the Dealer’s card; if it is of the higher value ones you have fewer chances.

The average return to player rate of the Card Gamble is 84%. The probability of appearance of the different cards varies. The lower cards from 2 to 6 have chances of
appearance from 162% to 100%. The cards from 7 to A can appear in descending value from 100% to 42%.

The Conclusion

Windy City is an atmospheric slot that lets you feel the glamour and thrill of the 30s’ of the 20th century in Chicago. Presenting a secret forbidden love affair, the slot offers straightforward gameplay.

It has and standard features: a card gamble and free spins, but the symbols have abundant payouts. Other games that you may also like are SlotFather II by Betsoft, Gangsters and Kings of Chicago by NetEnt.