Cash Noire

The film noir was a very popular film genre from the 40's and 50's, with a number of fixed rules:

• The main character was always a chain-smoking, (too much) whiskey drinking “Private Eye”, a private detective.
• He was commissioned by a wealthy widow, who always got the role of femme fatale
• A bar singer (or dancer) fell madly in love with the private eye

The atmosphere was dark, menacing and infused with the main character's cynical one-liners
All men wore hats and always carried a piece, a revolver. Netent has really managed to translate the atmosphere and unwritten rules of film noir into an online slot. That is very clever, especially because Cash Noire is also terribly entertaining. The year 2020 seems to be a major turning point for Netent. They have released many rock-solid new slots, including Street Fighter 2 and Gods of Gold.
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Cash Noire is a win all ways slot, where you, the owner of Black Cat Detective Agency, take on a case of a beautiful and mysterious woman.
To solve the case, you will have to find clues. These clues are obtained by spinning winning combinations in the Crime Zone, a red-lined area on the reels.
There are 5 reels with 4 rows of symbols and 1,024 ways to win. You can bet from two dimes and up to 200 euros per spin.
Winning combinations disappear and make way for new symbols. This way you can make several winning combinations in succession, and you need them to collect enough clues.
Cash Noire is a low to medium variance slot, according to Netent itself. This surprised us at first, because you can win a lot of money on Cash Noire: more than 10,000 x the total bet.
When you play the game, you understand a little better. This is a slot where you can play at your leisure, especially to enjoy the bonus features, the atmosphere, and the one-liners of the main character.
Cash Noire is not a slot where you quickly take a few thousand times your bet. It could in theory, but it will be extremely rare.
The theoretical payout percentage is 96.06%.

Remarkable: there is no wild symbol in the game.
The femme fatale in the game is the highest paying symbol: she pays 4x the total bet for every 5-of-a-kind.
There are also gangsters, detectives, and "broads", which yield between 1 x and 3 x the total bet with five of the same.
The lower symbols include a matchbox, pistol, magnifying glass and dagger. These give you between 0.20 x and 0.30 x the bet with five of the same.
The safe is the mystery symbol and can help you make important steps in the game: sometimes it just gives you an extra winning spin or ensures an extra-large payout.

When you have collected enough clues, the free spins bonus will start.
The nice thing about Cash Noire is that the tension is slowly ramped up. You never win the bonus round in one go, but you really have to work towards it.
You win 6 free spins and again you have to try to make as many winning combinations as possible in the Crime Zone. These give you rides through the city and provide more free spins and extra multipliers.
The further you get, the higher the potency.