Shuffle Originals: all 17 in-house games and RTP

Shuffle Originals are casino games designed, built and run in-house by Shuffle Games, the studio side of Shuffle. They sit in their own lobby category on shuffle.com and share three traits: very fast rounds, volatility you set yourself, and provably fair results you can check bet by bet. Shuffle also says the games and the random number generator behind them have been certified by iTech Labs.

There are 17 at the time of writing: Dice, Mines, Keno, Limbo, Plinko, Blackjack, Coinflip, Slide, Floor Is Lava, Blitz, Crash, Hilo, Roulette, Wheel, Tower, Chicken and Baccarat. Several are familiar crypto-casino formats; a few, such as Slide, Floor Is Lava, Blitz and Chicken, are Shuffle's own twists.

Shuffle publishes returns from 97.30% (Roulette) to 99.48% (Blackjack with correct play), and states the exact figure on each game's page. That honesty matters, because the Originals are not all the same: the classic number games sit at 99%, while several newer titles run at 98%.

Dice

The original crypto-casino game. Drag a slider to set your win chance and multiplier, roll over or under. Shuffle lists a 1% house edge and a top multiplier of 9,900× at a 0.01% chance. The most precise risk control of any Original. See Shuffle Dice.

Limbo

Type a target multiplier from 1.01× to 1,000,000×, press Bet, win if the result reaches it. 99% RTP at every target. See Shuffle Limbo.

Crash

A multiplier climbs until it crashes; cash out before it does, manually or at an auto target. 99% RTP, multiplier up to 1,000,000×, with a stated per-round payout cap of USD 250,000. See Shuffle Crash.

Mines

A 5×5 grid with 1 to 24 mines. Reveal gems, cash out any time. 99% RTP at every mine count, top win 5,148,297×. See Shuffle Mines.

Plinko

Drop a ball through 8 to 16 rows of pins on low, medium or high risk. House edge around 1%, top slot 1,000× on high risk at 16 rows. See Shuffle Plinko.

Slide

Shuffle's shared-round game. Every player worldwide sees the same result in the same eight-second round, with about 15 seconds between rounds. You place one or several bets at different target multipliers and win on any that the result reaches. 98% RTP, up to 1,000,000×.

Blitz

A card streak game: you bet on how many unique cards will be drawn in a row before a duplicate. Bigger targets pay steeply more. 98% RTP and a headline maximum of 15,181,603×, the highest in the range.

Chicken

A road-crossing arcade game. Your chicken hops lane by lane; each safe lane raises the multiplier and you cash out whenever you like. Difficulty sets the risk per lane. 98% RTP, top multiplier 181,060.88×.

Floor Is Lava

Guide an egg across a 49-tile board: pick a tile, then a set number of tiles drop into the lava. Survive and the multiplier climbs; clear the board and you move up a level with the multiplier intact, to a maximum of three. Four difficulties run from Easy to Toxic. Shuffle applies the edge once, at the first level, so the stated 98% RTP holds however deep you go. Top payout 115,296.02× on Toxic.

Coinflip

Heads or tails: a correct call pays 1.96×. Classic mode can chain up to 20 correct calls, doubling the running multiplier each time, and Target mode lets you bet on how many of a set number of flips land your way. 98% RTP, with a stated maximum of 1,027,604.48×.

Blackjack

Shuffle's in-house blackjack, at a stated 99.48% RTP with correct basic strategy, the best figure on the site. It is the one Original where your decisions change the edge. See Shuffle blackjack.

Baccarat

Player, Banker and Tie on the Originals engine, instant and verifiable. Banker carries the lowest edge, as in every baccarat. See Shuffle baccarat.

Roulette

A single-zero European wheel with a 2.70% edge (97.30% RTP), the lowest return of the Originals, but every spin is verifiable. See Shuffle roulette.

Hilo

Higher or lower on the next card, building a streak and cashing out when you choose. See Shuffle Hilo.

Keno

Pick up to ten numbers and watch the draw; a risk selector changes the paytable. See Shuffle Keno.

Wheel

Choose a risk level and number of segments, spin, and get paid by the segment. See Shuffle wheel.

Tower

Shuffle's Waifu Tower: climb floor by floor picking safe tiles, with five difficulties from Easy to Master. See Shuffle towers.

For Hilo, Keno, Wheel, Tower and Baccarat the exact RTP is shown in each game's info panel; check it there.

RTP is a long-run average across all players and all bets. A 99% RTP means that, over an enormous number of bets, the game keeps about 1% of what is wagered. It does not mean you get 99% of your deposit back, and it says nothing about a single session, which can be well above or well below.

The difference between 99% and 98% sounds trivial and is not. It is twice the cost per bet. On USD 10,000 of total wagering, which a fast game can reach in an evening at modest stakes, a 1% edge costs about USD 100 on average and a 2% edge about USD 200. If two games appeal equally, the 99% one is the cheaper entertainment.

For comparison, online slots commonly run around 94% to 96.5%, so even the 98% Originals are cheaper per bet than most slots. That is one reason Originals are popular with players grinding VIP XP or weekly race volume. The other side of that coin is speed: low cost per bet combined with instant rounds can still add up to a large total cost.

• Auto Bet is available on most Originals. You set the number of rounds, stake, behaviour on win and loss, and stop conditions on profit or loss. Use the stops first; they are the point.
• Zero-stake play. Shuffle lets Originals run with a stake of zero, using the real maths rather than a separate demo. It is the cheapest way to learn how a setting behaves.
• Bet limits depend on the currency you play in and are shown in each game. Some games scale the maximum bet with the target, for example Dice's maximum bet is described as 50,000 divided by the target multiplier.
• Payout caps apply on some games, such as Crash's USD 250,000 per round. Check the info panel before chasing a headline multiplier with a large stake.
• Shared balance. Originals draw on the same wallet as slots, live tables and the sportsbook.

• You want the lowest cost per bet: Blackjack with basic strategy, then the 99% group (Dice, Limbo, Crash, Mines, Plinko).
• You want one decision and an instant answer: Dice, Limbo, Coinflip, Wheel.
• You like deciding when to stop: Mines, Hilo, Tower, Chicken, Floor Is Lava. See the Mines strategy guide for how cash-out choices shape a session.
• You like watching it happen: Crash, Plinko, Slide. Our Plinko strategy page explains rows and risk.
• You want a long-shot ticket: Blitz, Keno on high risk, high-target Limbo.
• You want classic table games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette; or their live versions in the live casino.

Whichever you choose, no setting, pattern or system changes the stated edge. Pick for enjoyment and budget, not for a promised advantage.