EARN BALLS AT THE TABLE, DROP THEM HERE
The Tumble
Make a straight or better at the table to earn balls, then drop them onto a pinball-style board where the edges pay about 55x the centre.
How it plays
Make a straight or better and hold to showdown at the table, or win the pot and show your cards, and you earn balls: a straight is worth one, a royal flush 25. A free ball lands once a day, at your own midnight, whether you play or not.
Choose one of five chutes along the top: every one has exactly the same odds. Eight fair coins decide the path, the twin gems, centre post, discs and wall kickers throw the ball about like a pinball table, and the board publishes the exact odds of every bay: the centre pays least and the two edge bays pay about 55x the centre.
Beside the free ball sits a staked board: pick a stake, drop on the same pegs, and the bay you land in pays your stake times its published multiplier: 9.39x at the edges and 2x in the bays next to them, so about one drop in five doubles up, house edge 8% from every drop point.
Step by step
- Earn a ball
Make a straight or better at showdown, or win and show your cards (a straight earns 1, a royal flush 25) or claim the free ball once a day (a new one is ready at your midnight).
- Pick a drop point
Choose one of five chutes along the top. Every chute has exactly the same odds.
- Watch it fall
Eight fair coin flips decide the path into one of seven bays.
- Or stake the board
Pay to drop on the same pegs: house edge 8%, published, with multipliers scaled to the board's real odds.
The numbers
| What | Published figure |
|---|---|
| Ball earned per straight | 1 |
| Ball earned per royal flush | 25 |
| Free ball | once a day, from your midnight |
| Double Tumble | every Wednesday and Thursday, your time: every ball you earn lands twice |
| Edge bay payout | about 55x the centre |
| Free ball at Beginner, edge to centre | 8,000 · 720 · 208 · 144 chips |
| Free ball at Beginner, average | about 1,640 chips (pocket touch 240, full ring 4,000) |
| Staked board house edge | 8% from every drop point (92% back) |
| Staked row, edge to centre | 9.39x · 2x · 0.15x · 0.10x |
| Staked 2x or better | about 1 drop in 5 |
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Questions
How do I get Tumble balls?
Make a straight or better at the table and hold to showdown (win or lose the pot, making the hand is what counts), or win the pot when everyone folds and show your cards, or claim the free ball once a day (a new one is ready at your midnight).
Does the drop point I pick change the odds?
No. The bumpers at the top of the board catch every ball, so all five chutes have exactly the same odds for every bay: the chute changes the path you watch, not what it pays.
Is the staked Tumble board fair?
Yes. House edge 8% (92% back), published, from every one of the five chutes, measured on the wallet, not just the formula.
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