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Stake Mines is the Stake Originals minesweeper-style game, not crypto mining and not a board game. Stake's own guide says the aim is to avoid the mines on a 5×5 grid, that you choose between 1 and 24 mines, that the multiplier rises with every safe tile revealed and that you can cash out at any time; hitting a mine ends the round and loses the bet. Stake's provably-fair documentation publishes how the mines are placed: each mine is drawn from the tiles still remaining, with a Fisher–Yates selection so no tile is drawn twice, from the round's randomly generated floats (Stake's own words). A calculator can restate the multiplier for a given number of mines and gems; it cannot tell you where a mine is. Stake states a 99% RTP and a 1% house edge; those are the operator's figures, and this site has not played a round.
Last verified:Mines has one setting that matters, the number of mines, and one decision that repeats, whether to reveal another tile or cash out. More mines means each safe reveal pays more and each reveal is more likely to end the round; fewer mines means the reverse. This page quotes what Stake documents, explains what the "Stake Mines calculator" searches are really asking, and says plainly that nothing predicts the layout.
Stake's provably-fair game-events page: "A mine game is generated with 24 separate game events, in the form of mines on the board. Each float is multiplied by the number of possible unique tiles still remaining on the board", the position is plotted left to right, top to bottom, a Fisher–Yates selection prevents duplicates, and between 1 and 24 game event results are used, based on the settings chosen.
Stake's guide (Chinese edition, 2025-07-30) tabulates the game as a minesweeper-style game on a 5×5 grid with 1 to 24 mines, a multiplier that climbs with each gem revealed, cash-out at any time, RTP 99%, house edge 1%, and provably fair: yes.
On 2026-09-03 Stake's Mines page showed a bet amount field, a mines selector offering 1 to 24 (preset to 3), a gems count reading 22, a random-pick button, a total profit readout at 1.00×, twenty-five tile buttons, manual and auto bet tabs and a fairness button.
Stake's guide calls Mines one of the Stake Originals, and the Originals catalogue listed a "mines" tile on 2026-09-03.
Stake's guide says there is no demo version of Mines, that the bet can be set as low as 0.01 to start, and that for cryptocurrency play there is "almost no limit" on the maximum bet; Stake's help centre separately publishes maximum bet and maximum profit figures per cryptocurrency for its Original games.
Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): regardless of the specific progression, no such strategy can statistically overcome the casino's advantage, since the expected value of each allowed bet is negative.
"Mines" here is a casino game, not mining. Stake's guide describes a minesweeper-style game on a 5×5 grid: you set the bet and the number of mines, press bet, and reveal tiles one at a time. Each tile hides either a gem or a mine; a gem raises the multiplier and lets you carry on or cash out, a mine ends the round and the bet is lost. Stake lists it among its Originals, the operator's own games that run on Stake's provably-fair system.
Searches for "mines" also return mining, minesweeper apps and other studios' versions. This page is about the Stake Originals game only. It does not list or compare operators.
On 2026-09-03 the game page opened with the mines selector at 3 and the gems count at 22, which together fill the 25 tiles. Stake's guide says you may choose from 1 to 24 mines, and that choosing more mines raises both the risk of the round and the payout. That is the whole trade-off: with more mines, each reveal is more likely to hit one, and each safe reveal is worth more; with fewer mines, the reverse.
The guide states the multiplier climbs with every gem revealed but does not print the multiplier table, and Stake's provably-fair documentation does not either. The total profit readout on the game page, which read 1.00× before any reveal, shows the current multiplier as you go; that readout is the record for your round. This site publishes no table of multipliers.
A Mines calculator, as the search is usually meant, is a table or tool that gives the multiplier for a chosen number of mines and a chosen number of gems revealed. Because Stake does not publish that table in the documents this site cites, this site does not host one; the game's own profit readout gives the same number for your round.
What no calculator can do is tell you where the mines are. Stake's provably-fair page states that each mine position is drawn from the tiles still remaining on the board, for as many mines as the settings chose, with a Fisher–Yates selection preventing duplicates; Stake's page describes game events as the translation of randomly generated floats into a game-specific outcome, naming "the location of every bomb in a game of mines" as one example. A tool that claims to show safe tiles, or to read a pattern from past rounds, is claiming to see a random draw before it happens. This page offers no prediction, and the mine count is the only input that changes the numbers.
Stake's game-events page publishes the method: "A mine game is generated with 24 separate game events, in the form of mines on the board. Each float is multiplied by the number of possible unique tiles still remaining on the board. This is done by subtracting the number of tiles remaining by 1 for each iteration of game event result generated using the corresponding float provided. The location of the mine is plotted using a grid position from left to right, top to bottom." It adds that a Fisher–Yates selection prevents duplicate positions and that "Between 1 and 24 game event results are used, based on the settings chosen."
The floats come from the server seed, your client seed and the nonce, and the server seed is committed before the round. After the round you can enter those values on the provably-fair page, recompute the mine positions and compare them with the board. That verifies the layout was not altered; it says nothing about whether the multiplier favours you.
Stake's guide describes a "1:1 method" of setting one mine and auto-betting, and says the odds "slowly tilt in your favour"; it also describes the Martingale. This site does not carry either suggestion. With one mine, each reveal is very likely to be a gem and each gem is worth very little; the operator's own table states a house edge of 1% for the game, and an independent reference (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) states that "no such strategy can statistically overcome the casino's advantage, since the expected value of each allowed bet is negative".
The guide's own line on strategy is worth quoting: no betting system can guarantee a profit; they only give a sense of control. A progression changes the shape of your results, not their average.
Rounds are quick and there is no demo, so a budget can go in minutes. Decide the bet per round, the mine count and a total loss limit before you start; if you use the auto tab, set the number of rounds and the stop conditions first. Stake's own guide says to start with small bets and to keep to a budget; the responsible gambling page on this site lists tools and resources.
This site offers no strategy and does not claim that any mine count is better value than another.
Mines is Stake's own game and sits in the Originals catalogue. Before opening an account, read the regional restrictions and the age rules in the terms: Stake's terms name 44 restricted jurisdictions, recorded in this site's source register on 2026-09-03. This site gives no legal conclusion for any place and does not accept any way of working around a restriction.
The Originals overview on this site explains how to read the catalogue as a dated record, and the provably-fair page explains the full verification method.
Set a bet per round, a mine count and a total loss limit first.
Before each reveal, read the profit readout; it is the multiplier you would cash out at now.
Decide in advance how many gems you will reveal before cashing out, and keep to it.
After a round, recompute the mine positions on the provably-fair page and compare them with the board.
Stop at the loss limit; do not chase.
A Stake Originals game on a 5×5 grid: choose 1 to 24 mines, reveal tiles, cash out when you like; a mine ends the round. It is not crypto mining.
Between 1 and 24, per Stake's guide; the game page's selector offered exactly that range on 2026-09-03.
This site does not host one: the documents it cites do not publish the multiplier table, and the game's own profit readout gives the number for your round. No calculator can tell you where the mines are: the positions are drawn from the round's randomly generated floats.
Stake's provably-fair documentation publishes it: each mine is drawn from the tiles still remaining, plotted left to right and top to bottom, with a Fisher–Yates selection preventing duplicates, for as many mines as you chose.
Stake's guide states 99% with a 1% house edge. Those are the operator's figures; this site knows of no independent audit.
No. The positions are drawn from the round's randomly generated floats, the operator states a 1% house edge for the game, and no progression changes a negative expected value.
Read the restricted-jurisdiction list in Stake's terms, recorded in this site's source register. This site gives no legal conclusion and provides no way around a restriction.
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