Keywords
Bitcoin; Bustabit; crash games; DraftKings; expected value; online casino; Return to Player; Rocket
Disciplines
Behavioral Economics | Probability
Document Type
Original Research Article
Abstract
Crash games are a new type of casino game offered on some online gambling sites. The first crash game was created by the online cryptocurrency casino Bustabit. Other cryptocurrency casinos started offering their own versions of crash games. Now mainstream online casinos have developed their own crash games—notably Rocket by DraftKings. Crash games are easy to learn and play. They offer the opportunity to increase your bet by many hundreds of multiples—though, as we show when deriving expected values, these outcomes are rare. In this paper, we study the history of crash games and calculate theoretical values of crash game bets. We then use data from two popular online crash games to study the behaviors of players and return to player (RTP) percentages.
Funding Sources
A research grant was provided to the first two authors of this paper by the Leon Hess Business School's Business Council.
Competing Interests
None.
Recommended Citation
Scott, R. H., Sher, M. M., & Daigle, J. (2026). Cash or Crash: Return to Player Percentages and Expected Value of Crash Games. UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal, 30(1). Retrieved from https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/grrj/vol30/iss1/1DOI: https://doi.org/10.9741/2327-8455.1509