The most shared methods, run through the numbers. They change the rhythm of wins and losses; none changes the average result.
Search "crash game strategy" and you'll find charts, PDFs and videos promising a method. Here's what the best-known ones give when you run the numbers with a game's real probabilities. The examples use the routes in Pothole, where the RTP is 97% at every km.
It's the core of nearly every method: pick a multiplier and cash out there, every time. The target changes how often you win, never the average return:
| Target | Route, km | Chance to win | Average return per 100 staked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.08× | Country road, km 1 | 89.8% | 97 |
| 2.03× | Country road, km 7 | 47.8% | 97 |
| 2.96× | City street, km 5 | 32.8% | 97 |
| 10.59× | Expressway, km 5 | 9.2% | 97 |
| 300.66× | Expressway, km 12 | 0.3% | 97 |
Aim low and you get many small wins; aim high and you get rare big hits. But for every 100 tokens staked, 97 come back on average either way. The maths is laid out on our probability page.
The idea: aim for about 2× and double the stake after each loss, so the first win recovers everything. In Pothole the stakes are fixed (10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1,000, 2,500), so the closest progression is this one, on the Country road at km 7 (2.03×, a 47.8% chance):
| Loss no. | Stake | Total staked | Net win if it clears | Chance of getting this far |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 10 | +10 | 52.22% |
| 2 | 25 | 35 | +16 | 27.27% |
| 3 | 50 | 85 | +16 | 14.24% |
| 4 | 100 | 185 | +18 | 7.43% |
| 5 | 250 | 435 | +72 | 3.88% |
| 6 | 500 | 935 | +80 | 2.03% |
| 7 | 1,000 | 1,935 | +95 | 1.06% |
| 8 | 2,500 | 4,435 | +640 | 0.55% |
In 99.4% of runs you walk away with a small win, 10 to 640 tokens. In the rest (0.55%, about one run in 180), all eight rounds fail and you lose 4,435 tokens at once, almost half of the 10,000 you start with. Add both up and the average run is negative (about −4 tokens). The martingale doesn't create a profit: it trades many small wins for one rare big loss. At a casino, the table's maximum bet stops the progression the same way.
Other methods raise the stake one notch after a loss and lower it after a win (d'Alembert and its variants), or raise the target one step at a time. They lose more slowly than the martingale because they risk less, not because they're better. Every round is still a bet with a 97% average return: whatever the order or size of your stakes, the expected total is 97% of what you staked.
Many crash games let you set an automatic cash-out multiplier. It's a fixed target that runs without you: it doesn't change the odds, but it stops you from changing your mind mid-climb. Pothole doesn't have one (you drive km by km), but you can decide your km before you set off. More on the cash-out page.
Nothing beats the house edge. What really changes your experience:
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None beats the house edge. A target, the martingale or step systems change how often you win, not the average return, which stays the game's (97% in Pothole).
It often gives a small win and, more rarely, a big loss that wipes everything out. In our example, eight losses in a row happen about once every 180 runs and cost 4,435 tokens.
It's a target like any other: slightly under a one-in-two chance to win, and a 97% average return. It doesn't tip the game in your favour.
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