How to Play Blue Samurai on Stake Casino

Blue Samurai ranks as one of our most popular games. It’s a slot game with 40 paylines in the base game, a free spins bonus round and a special “Samurai Bonus” that you can trigger for seriously big wins.

Read on below to learn all about Blue Samurai, including how to play, how much you can win, and how to access the various advanced features available in this slot at Stake.com.

What is Blue Samurai?

Blue Samurai is a Stake Original slot game with a Japanese theme. Stake Original games are extremely popular at our casino, as they are exclusively available and have simple gameplay mechanics, high RTPs, and big potential payouts.

You can enjoy Blue Samurai alongside some of the other Stake Original titles, including games like Scarab Spin and Tome of Life. Also, keep your eyes on the newest releases at Stake Casino so you can play the latest Stake Original games when they land.

Basics & Game Overview

Blue Samurai is an Oriental Stake Original slot game. It plays out on a 5-reel grid offering 40 paylines for winning combinations.

The base game awards a win when 4 to 5 matching symbols land on a payline, but you can also trigger access to the special bonus round when you get 3 scatter symbols.

The theoretical return to player percentage of Blue Samurai is set at 96.70%, meaning that this game has a house edge of just 3.30%.

How to Play Blue Samurai on Stake

To play Blue Samurai at Stake Casino, you first need to create an account. As this is a Stake Original game, you can only play it at Stake.com; it is unavailable anywhere else.

Creating an account takes just a few minutes, and when you’re all set up, you can deposit funds into your account to play.

Depending on your gaming preferences, you can play Blue Samurai with crypto or fiat currency.

With funds in your account, decide how much you want to bet per spin.

Game Mechanics & Features

Blue Samurai is a 5-reel Stake Original slot game. 10 standard symbols appear in the game, as well as 1 wild symbol and 1 scatter symbol. The wild substitutes for regular symbols, and the scatter triggers access to the free spins bonus round.

There is also a special samurai game available, which triggers when 3 samurais land on the first or fifth reels.

All Stake Original games, including Blue Samurai, are provably fair and use Random Number Generators (RNGs) to determine the outcome of each spin.

What are the Advanced Features of Blue Samurai?

There are several advanced features in Blue Samurai:

Wild Symbol

The wild symbol in this game can land in all positions on the reels during the base game. When it appears, the wild can substitute for all regular symbols to help you land winning combinations.

Free Spins

The star attraction in Blue Samurai is the free spins bonus round, which fires up when 3 scatter symbols land in view in the base game. Scatter symbols can only land on reels 2, 3, and 4.

The game begins with 10 free spins, and you can retrigger the bonus round with more scatters, up to 180 free spins.

Samurai Bonus

If the first or fifth reel is spun with 3 samurais, you can unlock a special bonus game to fill the entire board with samurai symbols. You are given 5 chances to fill the board with samurais, leading to high payouts.

Auto Mode & Hot Keys

To make your play even easier, you can activate “Auto Mode,” enabling you to indicate the number of bets you wish to place automatically. You can also set a percentage increase on wins and losses or a stop on profit or profit loss.

You can also enable “Hot Keys” for Blue Samurai, allowing you to spin the reels with your keyboard.

Payouts & Responsible Gambling

To land a payout while playing the Blue Samurai slot game, 4 or 5 matching symbols must land on any of the game’s paylines.

The low-value symbols in this game are the bow & arrow, swords, red, blue, green, and purple symbols. When 4 or 5 of these land, you win a payout of 1.50 or 3.00, respectively.

The high-value symbols are the yellow, orange, and cyan symbols, which offer a payout of 2.00 or 4.00 for 4 or 5, respectively.

The most valuable symbol in the game is the red samurai, which delivers a win of 2.50 for 4 and 12.50 for 5 on a payline.

To maximise your enjoyment while playing slots, table games, and other casino titles at Stake.com, we encourage you to gamble responsibly and within your means.

This includes making a budget available for gambling and deciding how much to bet each time you play to ensure your bankroll goes as far as possible.

We have numerous tools and guides to help you gamble responsibly, so please read through the Stake Smart Guidelines as a starting point.

You can even use our Responsible Gambling Calculator to work out how much of your disposable income to spend on gambling each month.

What are the Casino Promotions & VIP Club at Stake.com?

The best way to play Blue Samurai and other slot games at the Stake Casino is after unlocking our current casino promotions and participating in our weekly giveaways.

If you’re a regular player at the Stake Casino, you can learn more about the exclusive rewards available via the Stake VIP Club. Stake VIPs can access the best promotions and enjoy other perks like a dedicated VIP host to enhance the gaming experience. Read through the Stake VIP FAQs for more details on bonuses like rakeback and reload bonuses.

You can keep up to date with promotions and connect with other players via the Stake Chat, a great place to get involved in our online gaming community.