Private Eye Online Pokie From Microgaming

Added: November 24, 2016

From Sherlock Holmes to Hercule Poirot to Nero Wolfe, private detectives have captured the imagination of people. Microgaming has brought that fascination to the reels with the online pokie Private Eye. Australian players can wager on this game at online casinos like Casino Mate, Spin Palace and Royal Vegas.

Private Eye uses only thematic symbols and this adds value to the online pokie. The symbols awarding line payouts are gangster's moll, policeman, car, cash and whisky, revolver, handcuffs, chalk outline, box camera and rotary dial telephone. The private eye badge is the wild symbol that also awards the highest line payouts. The detective awards scatter payouts multiplied by the total bet. The audio visual win animations add spice.

Even the bonus games in Private Eye have a thematic basis. The free spins feature is triggered when three or more newspaper boy symbols appear scattered on the reels. You are first taken to a second screen that displays three racks of newspapers. A newspaper picked from the first rack awards up to 20 free spins. A newspaper from the second rack awards a multiplier up to 4 times. The last pick from the third rack awards a cash prize. The free spins can be retriggered.

The bonus game on the second screen is triggered when the magnifying glass bonus symbol appears on the first three reels. The second screen displays a table on which are scattered a number of clues. Players have to pick clues till the telephone rings to signal the end of the feature. You will receive bonus credits for each clue picked. If any of the clues reveals a fingerprint then you will win the prizes associated with all the clues and also advance to the next level, which is the mug shot round. In this round you have to select the mug shot of one of the criminals for another cash prize.

Private Eye online pokie has the popular Microgaming 243 ways to win format. There are no defined paylines. Like symbols can appear on any spot on the reel, but from left to right on consecutive reels to make a winning combination. Because of this the total bet is fixed at 25 times the line bet. You can wager up to 10 coins per line with a maximum coin size of AU$0.25. The maximum total bet works out to AU$62.5. The maximum line payout is 1000 coins, which is on par for all ways online pokies.