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What Is Stake Blue Samurai?
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Stake Blue Samurai is an in-house Stake slot set in ancient Japan, with 5 reels and 40 fixed paylines. Stake sets its RTP at 96.70%, a 3.30% house edge. Wins depend on the symbols you line up and your bet per line, plus two features: 10 free spins from three scatters and a Samurai bonus game.
- Fixed paylines, wilds, free spins and a bonus game
- Every spin can be checked with your own seed
- !High volatility, and Stake offers no demo version
| RTP | 96.70% |
|---|---|
| House edge | 3.30% |
| Reels | 5 |
| Paylines | 40, fixed |
| Free spins | 10, from 3 scatters on reels 2 to 4 |
| Free spins cap | 180, with retriggers |
| Bonus game | 3 Samurai on reel 1 or 5 |
| Volatility | High |
| Fairness | HMAC-SHA256 seeds |
Source: Stake's Blue Samurai page.
How to Play Blue Samurai on Stake
- Open Blue Samurai from the Stake Originals lobby and stay on Manual to spin one bet at a time.
- Enter your Bet Amount in the currency you hold. As their labels suggest, the ½ and 2× buttons halve or double it.
- The 40 paylines are fixed, so there are no lines to set.
- Press Bet to spin the 5 reels.
- Watch reels 2, 3 and 4 for scatters, and reels 1 and 5 for Samurai: they trigger the two features.
- Auto, the other mode, is for automated spins.
Blue Samurai Paylines, Features and Payouts
Blue Samurai pays on 40 fixed paylines. Stake’s page says you can earn a payout by matching 4-5 of a kind on a payline, and that all wins are multiplied by the bet per line. Wilds can land in the base game and stand in for every regular paying symbol.
In the base game, scatters land on reels 2, 3 and 4. Three in view trigger 10 free spins, which can be retriggered up to a cap of 180 free spins.
The bonus game is separate from the free spins. It opens when the first or fifth reel lands three Samurai. You then have 5 chances to fill the board with Samurai only, and the result is paid on the bonus game’s own paytable, listed in the game info.
Stake’s game page prints neither the paytables nor a max win: check the payouts shown in game before you bet.
Stake lists a single RTP for Blue Samurai: 96.70%, a 3.30% house edge. Over a long run of spins that is about $3.30 kept for every $100 wagered. From Bronze VIP ($10,000 wagered), or from sign-up with code BONUSTIIME once Stake support activates it, Stake’s rakeback returns 3.5% of that edge, about 11.6 cents per $100.
Scarab Spin and Tome of Life, the other two Stake Originals slots, both list 97.84% RTP. To compare every Original, see our house edge table.
What the House Edge Costs
An average cost per $100 wagered, not a fee on each bet.
| Edge | Cost | After rakeback |
|---|---|---|
| 3.30% | $3.30 | $3.18 |
Blue Samurai Strategy: Bet Size and Limits
You control
- Your Bet Amount and how many spins you play
- Whether you play in Manual or Auto
- A loss limit and a time limit, set before you start
You don’t control
- Which symbols land: every spin is random
- The paylines: all 40 are fixed
- The house edge, built into the paytables
Stake rates Blue Samurai as high volatility: expect long runs of small wins or none between bigger payouts, so size your bet for a full session. With fixed paylines, your Bet Amount is the only lever on what each spin costs.
At 3.30%, its house edge is the highest of the Stake Originals in our house edge table, and no bet size or timing changes it.
Doubling your bet after each loss (Martingale) does not change the edge. It makes losing runs more expensive, and it stops at Stake’s maximum bet and maximum profit per bet.
18+. Play with money you can afford to lose. Stake lets you set limits or self-exclude: see our Stake self-exclusion guide and our responsible gambling page.
How to Check a Blue Samurai Spin
Blue Samurai is one of Stake’s Provably Fair Slots. Your seeds and the nonce set the symbols that land on the 5 reels, and Stake’s page says every outcome is provably fair, the features included.
- Before you play, open Fairness in the game and note the hashed server seed.
- After your session, rotate your seed: Stake reveals the old server seed.
- Hash it, compare it with the one you noted, then replay any spin with your client seed and nonce.
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Stake Blue Samurai FAQ
Is Stake Blue Samurai Rigged?
No. Every spin, free spins and bonus game included, comes from your client seed, Stake's server seed and the nonce. Stake shows a hash of its server seed first; once you rotate that seed, you can replay any spin and check that the same symbols land on the 5 reels.
What Is the RTP of Stake Blue Samurai?
Stake lists Blue Samurai's RTP at 96.70%, which leaves a 3.30% house edge. Over many spins that is about $3.30 kept per $100 wagered. Stake gives one figure for the whole game, with no separate RTP for the free spins or the bonus game.
What Is the Max Win on Stake Blue Samurai?
Stake's Blue Samurai page does not publish a max win or the paytables, so check the payouts shown in game; the bonus game's paytable is in the game info. Any win is also capped by Stake's maximum profit per bet.
How Do You Trigger Free Spins in Blue Samurai?
Land three scatters in view in the base game, where they drop on reels 2, 3 and 4. That awards 10 free spins, and the round can be retriggered up to a cap of 180 free spins.
How Does the Blue Samurai Bonus Game Work?
It starts when the first or fifth reel lands three Samurai. You then get 5 chances to fill the board with Samurai only. The result is paid on the bonus game's own paytable, which Stake lists in the game info, not on its game page.
Can You Play Blue Samurai in Demo Mode?
No. Stake's page says Blue Samurai is "not available as a demo slot game". To learn how it plays, open the game info first, then start with a small Bet Amount.
