Casino Originals
Limbo
Set a target multiplier and a random result is drawn. Win if the result exceeds your target.
How the maths works
Win probability is the inverse of the target multiplier, adjusted for house edge. The simplest expected value calculation of any original.
Published RTP by operator
| Casino | Limbo RTP | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stake | 99% | Operator states |
| Duel | 100% capped | Operator states |
| Shuffle | Not published | Not published |
| BC.Game | 98% | Not published |
Figures as published by each operator, last checked 2026-08-18. Where an operator does not publish a figure we say so rather than inferring one. Operators can change game configuration without notice.
What changes your results and what does not
Changes variance: risk settings, target multipliers, bet sizing, how long you play. All of these alter the shape of your outcomes, sometimes dramatically.
Does not change expected value: any of the above. On Limbo, as on every original, the house edge is constant across settings. A different configuration gives you a different distribution around the same expectation.
This is the point most strategy content gets wrong. There is no Limbo strategy that converts a negative expectation into a positive one, because the edge is applied to the payout formula itself rather than to any particular way of playing.
Verifying a result
Limbo runs on the standard provably fair model at every operator here: a hashed server seed committed before play, your own client seed, and an incrementing nonce. Rotate your seed to reveal the old one and you can reproduce every result it generated.
How to actually verify, and what it does not prove
Where to play it
Check the published RTP in the table above before you choose. On several games the spread between operators is the largest cost difference available to you. Full RTP comparison
Limbo is negative expectation at every operator except inside the capped zero edge allowances at Duel and Gamdom. Even there, zero edge removes the operator's long run advantage without making profit likely, because variance operates independently of expectation.
Gambling carries a negative expected return. Over enough bets the house edge wins by design, and no ranking on this site changes that. If it has stopped being a choice, free confidential help exists: Peluuri in Finland, Stödlinjen in Sweden, BZgA in Germany, and GamCare internationally.
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Originals RTP compared
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Provably fair
How to verify a result and what it proves.
All Originals
The rest of the in-house games.