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Crash

A rising curve, a cash-out button, and the only Original that keeps a cut.

0.10% house edge Variance High Provably fair

Duel Crash in short

What it is
A multiplier climbs from 1.00× and stops at a random point. You cash out before it stops and keep whatever it reached.
What it costs you
A tenth of a percent — 10p on every £100 you stake. It is the only Original that keeps a cut, and it is still far cheaper than almost anywhere else.
Is it fair?
Yes, and unusually so. Crash uses a public randomness source that nobody controls, locked in before the round exists.
Who it suits
People who like a bit of tension. Set an automatic cash-out and it becomes a calm game rather than a reflex test.

0.10% edge — documented. The crash-point formula multiplies by (1 − 0.001), which is a 0.10% house edge. Small — about a tenth of what most crypto casinos charge on crash — but worth knowing, since every other Original takes less or nothing.

How to play

How do you play Duel Crash?

01

Place a wager before the round locks.

02

Watch the multiplier climb, or pre-set an auto cash-out so timing never costs you.

03

Hit cash out before the curve breaks to bank stake × multiplier.

04

If the curve breaks first, the stake is lost — there is no partial return.

Playing it well

What actually matters

It is still an excellent game — just not a 0% one

A 0.10% house edge is roughly a tenth of what a typical crypto casino charges on the same format and a fortieth of an average slot. The point is not that Crash is a bad bet. The point is that it is not the zero-edge bet the category page implies, and you should know which one you are playing.

Auto cash-out removes your reaction time

Manual cash-outs add latency you are not compensated for. A pre-set target converts Crash into a clean commitment and removes the only edge the round genuinely has over you.

The drand scheme is stronger than the seed pair

Because Crash mixes in a public randomness beacon whose value did not exist when Duel committed to the round, no amount of server-side knowledge helps. That is a better guarantee than the standard seed-pair scheme, and it is a genuine point in Crash’s favour.

Quick check. Read Duel’s Crash article and look for the (1 − 0.001) term in the crash-point formula. Then take any round from the bet history, run the documented calculation, and confirm the published crash point matches.

Fair odds are not a winning system. Taking the casino’s advantage away does not hand you one. The best any of these games does is break even over time, and a bad night can still take everything you brought. Decide what you are willing to lose before you open the game, not halfway through it.

What it pays

What you get paid on Duel Crash

The numbers below are what actually lands in your balance, using a $10 bet as the example.

The further you let the multiplier climb, the more you win and the less often you get there. Aim for 2× and you make it about half the time; aim for 100× and you make it about once in a hundred rounds.

Crash keeps a tenth of a percent, so a $10 bet cashed out at 2× pays a fraction under $20 rather than exactly $20. Over a night you would struggle to notice it.

Cash out atYou get thereA $10 bet returns
1.50×2 rounds in 3$15
2.00×1 in 2$20
5.00×1 in 5$50
20.0×1 in 20$200
100×1 in 100$1,000

FAQ

Duel Crash questions

Does Duel Crash have a house edge?

Yes — Duel’s own provably-fair documentation for Crash includes the term × (1 − 0.001) in the crash-point formula, which is a 0.10% house edge. Every other guide we checked lists Crash at a flat 0%.

What is drand and why does Crash use it?

drand is a public randomness beacon that publishes a verifiable random value on a fixed schedule. Duel commits to the drand round ID before that value exists, so the outcome cannot have been known or selected by the operator. It is a stronger commitment than the standard client-seed scheme.

Can the casino crash the round early if I bet big?

No. The round is derived from a drand value published on a public schedule and a server seed committed to in advance. Neither reacts to your stake.

The technical bit: how a Crash result is generated Only if you want it — nothing else on this page depends on it
Scheme drand beacon
HMAC message server seed + drand seed + nonce (always 0)
Rejection threshold None documented
  1. HMAC mixes the unhashed server seed, the drand beacon value and a nonce that is always 0.
  2. Take the first 8 hex characters of the result and convert hexadecimal → decimal.
  3. crash multiplier = (2³² ÷ (decimal + 1)) × (1 − 0.001).
  4. Duel commits to the hashed server seed and the drand round ID before that round’s randomness is published.

No rejection threshold is documented for Crash — the conversion is a direct division rather than a modulo, so modulo bias does not arise.

Uses a public randomness beacon that nobody controls. Duel locks in which beacon round it will use before that randomness exists, so neither side can know the result in advance.

Duel’s Crash documentation

Keep reading

Other Originals.

0.10% edge — documented

Play Crash at true odds.

Duel runs a deposit match plus rakeback for new accounts. Terms, size and wagering change often — confirm the current numbers in your account before you deposit.

18+. Wagering requirements apply. Terms set by the operator and subject to change.