Chicago (Novomatic) – Review & Demo Play

Game Information for Chicago

Chicago is a five reel, twenty payline Novomatic slot set in the gangster era of the thirties. The look is grainy, black and white, almost sepia, with old style cartoon strip caricatures against a drab cityscape. I play it for that nostalgic feel and the tight line structure. RTP sits at 95.03% and max wins can reach 5,000x bet, so it fits the classic bracket. Stakes start from 20p per spin, which makes testing a new session easy.

Symbols include a uniformed policeman and a cheeky looking child, both paying up to 25x the stake. The gangster’s moll pays up to 40x. The headline faces, Al Capone and Eliot Ness, top the card at up to 100x the total stake. The Chicago skyline acts as the wild, and the classic mob car is the scatter that drives the feature. That line-up shows where base game value sits and why premiums matter once features kick in.

Chicago Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x500
	4	x125
	3	x12.5
	2	x0.5
	Scatter
	5	x100
	4	x20
	3	x5
	2	x2
	5	x100
	4	x25
	3	x2.5
	5	x100
	4	x25
	3	x2.5
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x1.5
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x12.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x12.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25

How to Play Chicago Casino Slot

I set my bet and spin across five reels and twenty paylines. Lines are fixed, so the key control is total stake, starting at 20p per spin. There’s no progressive jackpot here, and the main payouts sit in premium symbols and the feature. I pace sessions with steady stakes until scatters land. The rhythm suits methodical play, with quick rounds, a clean hit window, and a clear route to feature entry through the mob car symbols.

Bonus Features of Chicago

Three or more mob car scatters trigger Free Games. That hit pays 5x, 20x, or 100x the stake and awards 12 free spins. After every winning free spin, the Bottle Shooting Bonus loads. I aim at bottles to reveal a multiplier from 1x up to 10x. The final bottle standing sets the multiplier for that spin’s win. Land more scatters and you retrigger another 12 free spins, which keeps the round rolling when the streak is on.

The big swings come here. Base game can tick over, but that bottle screen decides the pace of returns during features. I like lining up skyline wilds with the top characters, as those hits scale hard once the bottle multiplier lands. It’s a simple loop that rewards patience and timing. I treat the feature as a cycle, hunting retriggers and letting the bottles set the ceiling on each win while I ride the variance.