How Mines works
Before starting a round, you choose how many mines are hidden in the 5x5 grid: anywhere from 1 to 24. Then you start clicking tiles. Each safe tile you reveal increases the active multiplier. The multiplier compounds with every click: each reveal reduces the number of remaining safe tiles and increases the probability that the next tile is a mine, so the multiplier rises faster as you go deeper.
At any point before clicking a new tile, you can cash out your current multiplier. Hit a mine and you lose the stake. Cash out before that and you keep the multiplier times the stake. The round ends when you cash out, hit a mine, or clear all safe tiles.
Mine count and multiplier relationship
The table above is illustrative. Exact multipliers depend on the remaining-tile probability at each step. The key relationship: more mines means faster multiplier growth but higher per-click risk. One mine in 25 gives very slow multiplier growth; 24 mines in 25 gives a huge single-tile payout but a 96% chance of instant loss.
| Mines set | After 1 tile | After 3 tiles | After 5 tiles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 mine | ~1.04x | ~1.13x | ~1.24x |
| 3 mines | ~1.13x | ~1.45x | ~1.93x |
| 5 mines | ~1.22x | ~1.86x | ~3.00x |
| 10 mines | ~1.67x | ~5.00x | ~25x+ |
| 24 mines | ~25x | N/A | N/A |
Drop MAXBET at sign-up and you have 100% up to $1,000 to put on the grid.
Claim MAXBET at Shuffle →Strategy for Mines
The only variable you control is how many mines to place and when to stop clicking. More mines means higher expected multiplier per safe tile but higher per-click loss probability. The mathematically neutral approach is any setup: with 1% house edge, the long-run expected return is 99% regardless of mine count.
For bonus wagering, lower mine counts (1-3 mines) allow you to reveal more tiles per round and clear more wagering per dollar staked at lower variance. Higher mine counts are the entertainment path. Both are valid.
Provably fair verification in Mines
The mine positions are determined before the round by the server seed and client seed committed at round start. After cashing out or hitting a mine, the server seed is revealed and all mine positions are shown. The player can verify the positions were set before any tiles were clicked, not placed retroactively after the first click landed safely.