Book of Sam Slot

If you're a fan of ELK Studios slots, you know that the developer keeps on creating these slot characters, whole families of them, with the hope to make its slots friendlier and more familiar when you load them. And if so, in case you've played the Sam on the Beach slot or the Electric Sam slot slots, you've already met the Sam family, Sam himself, his daughter Maggie and his wife Sandra, presented in the slot Book of Sam.

As another “Book of…” slot, this 5x3 title with 10 paylines takes you to Las Vegas, where you are taken to a faux Egyptian resort. So, do not be surprised to see Ancient Egypt-themed symbols on the reels, along with the Wild/Scatter Book symbol. When it comes to the math model, the slot is highly volatile, with a rather low RTP of 94%. It does come loaded with features, so stay with us to learn how to go through them all!

When you load the Book of Sam real money slot, you get a sense that you're playing an Egyptian-themed slot, but when you look beyond the reels, in the background, you see the Welcome to Sam Vegas sign and the Sandra's Palace hotel, bringing you back to reality, and the reality is, you’re taken to Vegas.

On top of the reels, you see the Multiplier and Respins displays, hinting at the same-named features. On the right, you see the Autospin button at the top corner, and at the bottom, you see the big Spin button. On the left of the reels, at the bottom corner, you see the Coins button, where you can adjust your bet from $0.20 to $100 per spin. Going up, you see the X-iter button, where you can place your Bonus Buy bet, to be discussed below, and at the top left corner, you see the three-bar button. Press it, and you’re taken to the paytable.

Once inside the paytable, you’ll see the low-paying playing card Royals from 10 through A, giving you 5x to 9x the stake for the top combo. The high-pays are the cat, and each of the family members, giving you 10x to 500x the stake for a 5-of-a-kind combo. The Book Symbol, as introduced, plays both the role of the Wild and the Scatter, meaning it replaces symbols in the formation of winning combos, plays a role in triggering the Bonus Round, but on top of that, it also gives the top payout, just like Sam, of up to 500x the stake for the top combo.

At the footer, right below the reels, you see the Balance, Win, and Bet displays. Now that you know where all the buttons are, let’s see how to play the game actually.

You should know right away that the Book of Sam slot can be loaded on any smartphone and tablet. Whether you have a device that uses Android or iOS operating systems, due to its HTML5 format, the slot plays on any device smoothly, without the need of downloading slot game apps.

During both the base and the Book of Sam bonus game, you'll benefit from the Electric Treats modifiers. These get triggered when one of the family members forms a winning combo, and are corresponding to their names.

You trigger the Maggie Feature when two or more Maggie symbols form a win, during which there’s a symbol re-drop which removes Maggie symbols, cats, and low pays from the grid, but not Expanding symbols. Sandra gets triggered when a win with two or more Sandra symbols land, awarding Respins with a Multiplier active. And Sam gets triggered when two or more Sam symbols form a win, for which you get Respins with a Sticky Book Symbol. When this happens in the Bonus Round, the Sticky Symbol becomes the Expanding Wild Symbol.

You trigger 8 Free Spins with 1 to 3 Expanding Symbols for landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatters, respectively. Any symbol can be Expanding Symbol, which spreads to cover all positions on its reel. When they expand, they pay from any position.

Should 3 or more Scatters land during the Bonus Round, you get extra Free Spins plus 1 more Expanding Symbol. You can retrigger the Free Spins, again and again, this way, and get up to 5 Expanding Symbols. The Electric Treats modifiers are active here, too, with Sandra’s Multiplier available on all spins, but only active during an Electric Treat.

Also, where applicable, for 2x, 10x, 50x, 100x, or 500x the bet, you can purchase the Bonus Hunt, Electric Treat, Expanding Symbols, Bonus Game, or Super Bonus.

As introduced, Book of Sam comes with a rather low RTP of 94%, which is frankly really low compared to other slots being released nowadays. As far as volatility goes, it is a high-variance slot.

The maximum payout the slot can deliver is 10,000x the stake, which means, for the max bet of $100, you could win $1 million playing it.

We must admit that Book of Sam is actually a refreshing take on the book-themed slots genre. Add to that the mixture of themes used, and you’ve got yourself an interesting slot to try. You may be discouraged by the RTP, but then again, excited for the max payout, so the slot has its perks and flaws. It is up to you to decide whether you’d bookmark it, but it is definitely worth a try at the best online casino sites.