A soft bamboo-flute loop carries across swaying green stalks while koi drift, a stone Buddha meditates beneath lotus blooms, and a panda pads in as the wild on the middle reels. Bamboo Bear Deluxe is Mascot Gaming’s 243-ways slot set in a sunlit Asian forest, built around a calming score and a paytable headed by the white lotus at 1,000 coins for five of a kind.
Underneath the zen styling sits a practical modern toolkit. There’s a 3x multiplier on every Free Spins payout, and the studio’s Risk’n’Buy system that either sells the bonus directly or lets the player gamble any win up to a 1,000x total-bet ceiling. Context on how this release sits alongside the rest of the lineup is on Mascot Gaming’s review index.
The grid is a 5×3 layout draped with red and gold temple trim, set against a bamboo grove that sways gently in the background. Premium symbols are hand-rendered in a softly shaded style: the white lotus tops the table at 1K coins for five, followed by the crouching tiger at 300, the stone Buddha at 150 and a bonsai tree stacked with Chinese coins at 100. A koi fish pair rounds out the premiums at 40. Low pays are brush-stroked royals on aged paper backing, keeping the temple-scroll aesthetic consistent across the whole symbol set.
A bamboo-chewing panda plays the wild. It substitutes for every symbol except the scatter, and appears only on reels two, three and four in both the base round and Free Spins. The scatter is a coin etched with Chinese characters; land three, four or five anywhere on the grid and the game awards 15, 20 or 25 Free Spins respectively, with every payout during those spins tripled by a flat 3x multiplier.
The Risk’n’Buy system is the signature mechanism. After a winning spin, the player can gamble the win in the Risk game, where a successful outcome multiplies the banked total, with a ceiling of 1,000x the total bet. Alongside that, a Buy Feature button on the left edge of the screen offers direct purchase of the bonus round at a fixed price, and a random Special Buy offer can surface after any spin at a different price point. Buy Feature is disabled during autoplay, which keeps the player’s hand on the decision.
Bamboo Bear Deluxe uses a 5×3 grid with 243 bet ways, meaning a payout lands when matching symbols sit anywhere on adjacent reels reading reel-one first, running along the adjacent reels. Only the highest win on each bet way is paid. The stake control sits in the lower-left of the cabinet and the central red spin button handles the round. Autoplay controls sit to the left of spin, with STOP and standard autoplay sequences available. Fill quantities, turbo toggle and other display options live in the left-hand side menu.
Each entry in the paytable uses the 5.00 default bet as its reference. Each listed figure scales with the stake on a direct ratio.
| Symbol | 5 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 3 of a kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Lotus | 1,000 | 150 | 25 |
| Tiger | 300 | 50 | 15 |
| Buddha | 150 | 25 | 9 |
| Bonsai with Coins | 100 | 25 | 6 |
| Koi Fish | 40 | 15 | 2 |
| Symbol | 5 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 3 of a kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 30 | 10 | 2 |
| K | 20 | 5 | 1.40 |
| Q | 20 | 5 | 1.40 |
| J | 16 | 5 | 1.20 |
| 10 | 16 | 5 | 1.20 |
The scatter coin triggers the bonus round on three, four or five landings anywhere on the reels, awarding 15, 20 or 25 Free Spins. Every payout within the round is multiplied by 3. The stake carried into Free Spins is locked to the triggering stake, so the multiplier compounds against whatever bet level the player was spinning at. Further scatters landing during the round add more Free Spins to the running total.
After any win the player can push into the Risk game, where a correct call multiplies the current winnings. The Risk ceiling is 1,000x the total bet, and an incorrect call forfeits the staked winnings back to balance at zero. The Buy Feature surfaces at a set price point on the left of the cabinet, and a Special Buy offer can appear at a different price after individual spins. Both buy options are disabled in autoplay.
The studio lists the RTP at 94.74%. The slot sits in the medium-volatility band, with the 3x Free Spins multiplier driving the bigger cluster of pays during the bonus round. The peak single-round payout via the Risk game is 1,000x the total bet.
