Multiplier games

What a multiplier is

In a multiplier game, the potential payout shows as a coefficient of the stake: 1.5×, 4×, 100×. It rises while the game lasts and applies if you cash out. Legibility is total: 100 tokens at 4.07× is 407 tokens. That's what drives the success of crash games, risk ladders and some tile games.

Where the steps come from

An honest multiplier follows from the probability of reaching it. If the chance of clearing a step is p, the "fair" multiplier after n steps is 1 ÷ pⁿ. The game keeps a share: in Pothole, the coefficient is 0.97, hence 0.97 ÷ pⁿ and a 97% RTP. The full tables are on the Multipliers page.

Volatility

Two games with the same RTP can feel very different. With p = 90%, rounds are long and multipliers modest; with p = 62%, more than one round in three ends at the first step, but every step cleared makes the payout leap. Volatility is that shape of the distribution: it changes your experience, not your expectation.

The myth of the ideal stop

Since the expectation is the same at every step (by construction of the formula), no exit multiplier is "better" than another in the long run. Cashing out early lowers variance; cashing out late raises it. The right stop is the one that matches the fun you're after and the balance swings you accept. Setting your target before you set off, and sticking to it, remains the only discipline that matters.

Two multiplier games with us

Pothole, with tokens, here; and Chicken Road, for real money, at the operators we compare. See also Crash games.