How to play Aviator: the mechanics, the maths, and the myths
Aviator is a crash-style game: a plane takes off and a multiplier climbs from 1.00x until the plane flies away at a random point. You place a bet before takeoff and cash out any time before the plane leaves — your bet times the multiplier at cash-out is what you win. Wait too long and the round crashes, losing the stake. The crash point is decided by a provably-fair algorithm before the round starts.
The Fairness Lab — run it yourself
Free demo · no money · no stakes · house edge 3% (RTP 97%)
Change the cash-out. Run hundreds of rounds. Watch "Your RTP" keep finding its way back toward ~97% — low targets win often and small, high targets win rarely and big, and the long-run number doesn't move. That's the whole lesson.
The round, step by step
- The betting window opens — place one or two bets.
- The plane takes off; the multiplier climbs.
- Cash out manually, or set an auto-cash-out multiplier before the round.
- If the plane flies away before you cash out, the stake is lost.
Two-bet play allows one conservative auto-cash-out and one manual ride — a structure choice, not an edge.
Where the crash point comes from
The flight is decided before takeoff by a provably-fair system: a server seed and player seeds are combined and hashed, and the result can be verified after the round in the game's fairness panel. This means the game cannot decide to crash "because" many players are still in — the outcome pre-exists every decision you make in the round.
What the RTP actually means
Aviator's published RTP is around 97% — meaning that over millions of rounds, the game returns about 97% of everything staked and retains about 3%. That 3% is the house edge, and no cash-out timing, pattern-watching or "strategy" changes it. RTP describes the long run; any single session can land anywhere.
The myths, debunked plainly
Watching previous rounds tells you nothing: every round is independent. A string of low multipliers does not make a high one "due" — the simulator above will happily prove it.
Bankroll basics
Decide the session amount before you start, treat it as spent, and size stakes so a normal losing run doesn't end the session — many small bets give you more rounds (more entertainment) than a few large ones, with the same expected cost. Auto-cash-out is your discipline tool: set it when calm, don't override it mid-round. And the golden rule of crash games: winnings withdrawn are the only winnings that are real.