Mines game review: Spribe's pick-and-cash-out game

The Mines game is a short instant game from Spribe: you uncover tiles on a grid, each star raises your potential winnings, and hitting a mine loses the stake, so the only decision is when to cash out. Spribe lists an RTP of 97% and released Mines on 14 June 2019. In South Africa it turns up in the crash and instant game sections of licensed bookmakers, next to Spribe's better-known Aviator.

How the Mines game works

1. Set your stake before the round.
2. Pick a tile. A star means you survive and the winnings on offer grow.
3. Decide: pick again for a bigger payout, or cash out what is on offer. Spribe allows a cash-out after any successful pick.
4. Hit a mine and the round ends with the stake lost.

Spribe also lists an autoplay option. Autoplay speeds rounds up a great deal, so use it, if at all, with a set limit.

The numbers behind Mines

The spec card on this page shows the provider's figures. The key one is the 97% RTP, meaning that over a very large number of rounds the game pays back on average 97% of what is staked. That is a long-run figure: one session can end far above or below it. Mines has no reels or paylines, which is why those fields show n/a.

Each extra pick carries more risk than the last, because the remaining tiles hold a higher share of mines. The payout grows to match, so pushing on does not improve your expected result. It only changes how often you win and how much.

Provably fair rounds

Spribe describes Mines as provably fair. The outcome of each round is generated from seeds that can be checked once the round is over, so you can confirm the mine positions were not moved after you picked. It does not reveal anything in advance: no app, pattern or bot can tell you where the mines are, and "Mines predictors" sold online are scams or malware.

Is there a Mines strategy?

No strategy beats the game. Cashing out after one or two stars wins often but pays little; going deep pays more but fails more often. Both average out to the same RTP. What you can control is how much you stake and for how long, which matters more with a game whose rounds take seconds.

Mines in South Africa: where it is listed and the legal position

Mines is a Spribe title, and Gbets and YesPlay name Spribe among the providers in their published game lobbies; check the lobby itself for Mines, since titles change. The legal status of casino-style games at bookmakers is disputed and depends on the province: a 2025 Supreme Court of Appeal ruling barred Gauteng bookmakers from casino-game bets, and the National Gambling Board reads it as national. For other quick games, see our crash games guide and the Plinko review.

There is no playable demo on this site. Spribe shows its games on its own website, and some licensed bookmakers offer a demo mode in their lobby; our demo games guide explains where to look.

Mines is for adults 18 and older. If short games are taking more time or money than you planned, our responsible gambling page explains limits and self-exclusion.