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Cuba Caliente from Booming Games: Slot Review - cigars all round!

Get in the salsa mood and dance the night away Cuban-style when you play Cuba Caliente!

Leading games provider Booming Games have been on a roll as of late with a stream of highly entertaining online slots themed around specific countries including England (Royal Wins), France (Paris Wins), and Mexico (Mexico Wins). This latest slot release from the company invites players to travel to the heart of the revolution which is of course Cuba! So join us as we head to this beautiful country and get ready to put on your dancing shoes and celebrate with one of their world-famous Cuban cigars in this fun online slot.

Cuba Caliente is a 5 reel slot with 25 paylines that includes Free Spins, Wild Multipliers, and Wild Reels.

Cuba Caliente Screenshot

Special Features

The first feature to discuss is that wins are formed in this game when you land identical matching symbols on an active payline and payouts occur from left to right. Players should note that only the highest win on an active payline will be paid out.

The Wild symbol in this slot is illustrated by a pair of dancers surrounded by bright colourful neon-style lights. Like most Wild symbols, this symbol substitutes for all other symbols apart from the Scatter to help form winning combinations on the reels and also comes with 2X, 3X, or 4X multipliers which trigger randomly when you land a win featuring a Wild symbol. The central reel (reel 3) can become fully Wild from time to time and might come with multipliers too, to further boost your chances of landing a big cash payout.

The Scatter symbol is represented by an image of a Cuban Car and if you land 3 or more of these symbols anywhere on the reels then you will trigger the Free Spins bonus game. In this feature, you will be awarded 10 Free Spins. Unfortunately, it is not possible to retrigger more spins in this feature.

Theme, Graphics and Sound

The graphics are bright and colourful and a superb representation of Cuba itself as the game takes place on a street in a small town with lots of palm trees and a classic Cuban car placed just behind the bottom of the reels. Symbols consist of a range of Cuban-inspired items such as Cigars, Cars, Drinks, Bongos, Guitars, Hats, Flowers, as well as an assortment of different coloured Lucky Seven symbols. Eagle-eyed players will even notice that one of the Lucky Seven symbols features the national flag colours of Cuba. A really nice touch there! The animations are crisp as symbols speed up and down the reels and then flash and enlarge impressively when part of a winning combination.

The music features lots of Cuban-style bongos, melodic piano beats, and slow guitar strums. It complements the Cuban theme of the game nicely.

Win lines, Payouts and Jackpots

The game has 25 paylines, a decent RTP of 95.28%, and a maximum payout worth 1,722X your wager.

Below is a summary taken from the PayOut Table from the game. The amount won for each combination depends on the value of the bet when you spin the reels.

Bet Per Line: 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.25, 2.50, 5.00, 7.50, 12.50, 25.00, 50.00, 75.00, 125.00, 250.00

Based on a bet of 0.25:

  • Dancers Wild Symbol: 0.25 for 3X, 1.25 for 4X, 5.00 for 5X
  • Car Scatter Symbol: 0.50 for 3X, 5.00 for 4X
  • Red/White 7 Symbol: 0.20 for 3X, 0.80 for 4X, 3.00 for 5X
  • Blue/Red Symbol: 0.15 for 3X, 0.60 for 4X, 2.00 for 5X
  • Blue/Green Symbol: 0.10 for 3X, 0.40 for 4X, 1.50 for 5X
  • Bottle Symbol: 0.05 for 3X, 0.25 for 4X, 0.75 for 5X
  • Guitar Symbol: 0.04 for 3X, 0.20 for 4X, 0.50 for 5X
  • Bongo Symbol: 0.03 for 3X, 0.15 for 4X, 0.40 for 5X
  • Hat Symbol: 0.02 for 3X, 0.10 for 4X, 0.25 for 5X
  • Drink Symbol: 0.02 for 3X, 0.10 for 4X, 0.25 for 5X
  • Cigar Symbol: 0.02 for 3X, 0.10 for 4X, 0.25 for 5X
  • Red Flower Symbol: 0.02 for 3X, 0.10 for 4X, 0.25 for 5X

Our Verdict on Cuba Caliente

Booming Games created this entertaining slot and it is one trip to Cuba certainly worth checking out. This game features a highly original theme so kudos to Booming Games for focusing their attention on the country of Cuba here. Cuba Caliente has amazing graphics, a toe-tapping soundtrack, and a decent amount of bonus features to keep players spinning those reels again and again. I was able to trigger the Wild Reel quite a few times while playing although the Free Spins game took a bit a longer and it's a bit disappointing that you can’t retrigger additional spins. Be sure to keep a close eye on the Wild symbol as if you can fill up all the reels with Wilds with 4X multipliers attached then you will win a grand prize worth 1,722X your total bet! I found this game to be of Low variance so you will notice that small cash payouts are evenly distributed the more you play. For slots with a similar country-specific theme, check out Paris Wins and Royal Wins.

Salsa your way to a massive cash prize when you play Cuba Caliente!