Play Plinko free
The real thing, right in your browser: pick your rows and risk, drop the ball, land a multiplier. Virtual coins — nothing to deposit, nothing to lose.
Tap to drop one ball — hold to keep them coming.
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How to play Plinko
- Set your bet. Pick a chip from 10 to 1,000 coins. You start with 1,000 free coins, and your balance is saved in your browser.
- Choose rows. 8, 12 or 16 — the number of peg rows the ball falls through. More rows mean more buckets and wilder spreads.
- Choose risk. Low keeps the payouts flat and friendly. High concentrates the value in the edge buckets — huge highs, harsh middles.
- Drop. Tap for a single ball, hold the button to rain them down. Several balls can be in flight at once.
- Land a multiplier. The bucket the ball lands in multiplies your bet — every drop pays something, from 0.2x consolation up to the 980x edge.
One honest detail: the outcome is decided the moment you drop — the ball takes one random left/right step per row, and the animation acts out that predetermined path. No physics, no nudging, no near-misses engineered to tease you.
What rows and risk actually change
Where the ball lands follows a bell curve: each row is a fair coin flip left or right, so center buckets are hit constantly and edges almost never. Rows and risk don't change your long-run return — every board is balanced the same way — they change the shape of the ride:
- More rows = longer odds, bigger edges. On 8 rows an edge hit is 1 in 256 per side; on 16 rows it's 1 in 65,536 — which is why the 16-row board can afford a 980x bucket.
- Higher risk = spikier table. High risk pays several times more at the edges than low risk, and funds it by paying under 1x across the middle where most balls land.
The real multiplier tables
These are the exact payout tables this game uses, printed in full with each bucket's true odds. Buckets are symmetric, so each row below covers both sides of the board.
8 rows
| Bucket (from edge) | Chance (each side) | Low | Medium | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edge | 0.39% | 5.49x | 12.7x | 28.4x |
| Edge + 1 | 3.1% | 2.06x | 2.94x | 3.92x |
| Edge + 2 | 10.9% | 1.08x | 1.27x | 1.47x |
| Edge + 3 | 21.9% | 0.98x | 0.69x | 0.29x |
| Center | 27.3% | 0.49x | 0.39x | 0.20x |
12 rows
| Bucket (from edge) | Chance (each side) | Low | Medium | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edge | 0.02% | 9.80x | 32.3x | 166x |
| Edge + 1 | 0.29% | 2.94x | 10.8x | 23.5x |
| Edge + 2 | 1.6% | 1.57x | 3.92x | 7.93x |
| Edge + 3 | 5.4% | 1.37x | 1.96x | 1.96x |
| Edge + 4 | 12.1% | 1.08x | 1.08x | 0.69x |
| Edge + 5 | 19.3% | 0.98x | 0.59x | 0.20x |
| Center | 22.6% | 0.49x | 0.29x | 0.20x |
16 rows
| Bucket (from edge) | Chance (each side) | Low | Medium | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edge | 1 in 65,536 | 15.7x | 108x | 980x |
| Edge + 1 | 0.02% | 8.82x | 40.2x | 127x |
| Edge + 2 | 0.18% | 1.96x | 9.80x | 25.5x |
| Edge + 3 | 0.85% | 1.37x | 4.90x | 8.82x |
| Edge + 4 | 2.8% | 1.37x | 2.94x | 3.92x |
| Edge + 5 | 6.7% | 1.18x | 1.47x | 1.96x |
| Edge + 6 | 12.2% | 1.08x | 0.98x | 0.20x |
| Edge + 7 | 17.5% | 0.98x | 0.49x | 0.20x |
| Center | 19.6% | 0.49x | 0.29x | 0.20x |
The center bucket's chance applies once; every other row in the table exists on both sides of the board. Multiply a bucket's multiplier by your bet to get the payout — a 100-coin drop into a 2.10x bucket returns 210 coins.
Plinko strategy, in three honest sentences
Size bets so a cold streak can't wipe you out — 1–2% of your balance per drop survives the middle buckets. Match the board to your goal: low risk to play long, 16-row high to hunt the 980x story. And treat every "guaranteed Plinko trick" you see elsewhere as marketing — the math on this page is the whole game.
Coming soon
Tournaments & the iPhone app
The games are free here forever. The competitive layer is on its way:
- • 24-player knockout tournaments — outlast the field for a top prize of 6,480 coins
- • Daily bonuses that grow with your streak, plus daily missions
- • One wallet across every game, saved to your account
- • The iPhone app that ties it all together
Until then: play free, no sign-up, and your browser keeps your balance.
