How to play Mines, step by step

Grid

5 × 5, 25 tiles

Mines (Spribe)

1 to 20, default 3

Demo stakes

$0.10 to $100

Demo win cap

$10,000 per bet

A round in five steps

1. Set the mines. Spribe's Mines has a dropdown from 1 to 20 mines, starting at 3. Its rules put it simply: "This affects game odds and bet multiplier."
2. Set the stake. In Spribe's demo the range is $0.10 to $100; a casino sets its own limits.
3. Open a tile. Tap any tile, or press Random and the game picks one. Each tile hides a star or a mine.
4. Watch the multiplier. Every star raises it. The Next figure shows what the next star would pay: with 3 mines it reads 1.10× before your first pick and 1.25× after it.
5. Cash out or carry on. Cash out pays stake × current multiplier and ends the round. Opening a mine ends it too, and the stake is lost.

What each control does

Auto Game and its stop rules

Auto Game starts from its own button, and then you select the tiles it should open each round. You can tell it to stop if your balance drops by a set amount, if a single win passes a set amount, or if your balance rises by a set amount. Spribe adds a warning worth reading: "this feature might be unavailable in some casinos."

When you walk away

Spribe's game doesn't leave a round hanging. If you stop clicking, it cashes out by itself after 30 seconds, with a countdown on screen for the last 10. If your connection drops while a bet is live, the rules say "the game will auto cash out with the current multiplier, and the winning amount will be added to your balance." If the game itself malfunctions, affected bets are void and refunded.

Limits: the number that actually caps a win

Spribe lists the game's maximum odds as 5,044,291×, but the rules add that the maximum win is limited by the operator. In Spribe's own demo a single bet can win at most $10,000. A casino's limit is in the game's Game Limits menu, and it's worth reading before you chase a long run.

Before you play for money

Try a few dozen rounds on the free grid first, and decide your mine count and cash-out point in advance. Online casinos are not licensed in Australia; what to check before using one is on Mines for real money.