Mines in South Africa: Turbo Games' Diamond Grid, 95% RTP and x456,660
Mines is Turbo Games' take on the minesweeper idea; its game page dates it to May 2021. You choose how many mines hide in the grid, 25 tiles on the studio's screens, then open tiles one at a time: each diamond raises the multiplier, you can cash out after any of them, and one mine ends the round. Turbo Games gives Mines a 95% RTP and a maximum win of x456,660, and says every mine layout is fixed before the first pick.
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What Mines looks like
Images: Turbo Games, official game page (turbogames.io).
How a Mines round works
Turbo Games lists Mines as single-player and states the aim plainly: "to open as many diamonds as possible and not to blow up on a mine". Its game page calls it "the original Turbo Games Mines that started the whole family".
The studio's screenshot shows the game before a round: 25 tiles in a five-by-five grid, a bet box, a mine selector on 3 and a Start Game button. Above the grid runs a row of multipliers, x1.08, x1.23, x1.42 and on; the studio's page on its Mines games says "the multiplier table is fixed and visible in-game".
Its interface preview, in dollars, opens with a manual $50 round. Before any tile opens the button reads Cancel; from the first diamond it reads Cash Out, and the orange highlight moves one step along the multiplier row per diamond. Five diamonds down one column reach x1.92, and a You win! panel shows $96. The rest of the board turns over: three mines among the diamonds, by our count.
Manual picks, Auto patterns and the mine count
What the studio's screenshot, interface preview and game page show.
- Manual. You open tiles one by one and decide after each diamond whether to go on. The game page: "Bank your winnings after any successful guess."
- Mine count. Chosen up front, in the studio's words, with quick buttons for 3, 5, 10 and 20 on the screenshot and minus and plus beside them.
- Auto patterns. "Customize auto-play settings and run your favorite opening pattern", says the game page. In the preview, tiles picked on the Auto tab show a dot, and the row lights the price of that many picks: x1.23 for two, x1.64 for four, x1.92 for five.
- Autoplay in the preview. Once started, the button reads Stop Autoplay and the same row of five is played three times: one mine sits in it on the first run and two on the second, each run taking the $50; the third finds five diamonds and pays $96. One short clip, not a rate.
Three mines, R10 staked: the studio's multipliers, our arithmetic
The multipliers are the studio's: all eight run along the top of its interface preview, whose boards show three mines, and the first six on its screenshot set to three mines. The chances and the last column are our arithmetic, assuming every closed tile is equally likely to hide a mine: 22 safe of 25 for the first pick, 21 of 24 for the second, and so on. R10 is an example stake.
Swipe the table sideways to see every column.
| Diamonds opened | Chance, our arithmetic | Multiplier shown | Cash-out on R10 | Chance x cash-out, our arithmetic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88.0% | x1.08 | R10.80 | R9.50 |
| 2 | 77.0% | x1.23 | R12.30 | R9.47 |
| 3 | 67.0% | x1.42 | R14.20 | R9.51 |
| 4 | 57.8% | x1.64 | R16.40 | R9.48 |
| 5 | 49.6% | x1.92 | R19.20 | R9.52 |
| 6 | 42.1% | x2.25 | R22.50 | R9.48 |
| 7 | 35.5% | x2.68 | R26.80 | R9.51 |
| 8 | 29.6% | x3.21 | R32.10 | R9.49 |
What the mine count and the stopping point change
In the studio's words, few bombs make "a long steady climb" and many make "fast, violent multipliers". By our arithmetic, with every closed tile equally likely to hide a mine, each multiplier on the three-mine row is 95% of the break-even one, rounded: x1.08 is 0.95 times 25/22. On that row a longer run pays more because it is less likely, not because it is better value.
So every line of the table averages about R9.50 back per R10 over many rounds, the published 95%; our check covers only the three-mine row the studio shows and says nothing about other mine counts. No pattern of picks, favourite corner or staking system beats the house edge: on that row, stopping early or late changes how often you win and how much, not the price.
The mine layout is fixed before the first pick
Turbo Games' fairness page lists "the bomb layout of any mines round - committed before your first click" among what a player can verify. The scheme, commit and reveal, is the same across its catalogue; our Aero page goes through the steps.
When the hash of the revealed seed matches the one published before the round, the board was set before you clicked and was not rearranged while you played. It does not reveal the next board, whose seed the server generates before that round opens, the studio says.
Mines, Turbo Mines and the other Mines games
Mines is a common name. Funky Games and PopOK Gaming, among others, have games called Mines, and Turbo Games has three relatives of its own: Turbo Mines (September 2022), 1Tap Mines (February 2024) and Book Of Mines (April 2024), each a separate game with its own page. Nothing here comes from them.
The operators listed on this page carry this 2021 game. Before you stake, make sure the tile reads Mines with Turbo Games as the maker, not Turbo Mines or another studio.
Mines RTP and volatility 📊
Turbo Games gives Mines's return to player as 95%.
Top payout: 456660x.
Paying for Mines in rand
Mines is in the lobby at 3 operators we list: all of them take cards; 2 take Ozow; 1 takes Capitec Pay; 2 take cash vouchers.
The smallest first deposit for Mines among them is R1, at Luckyfish.
Mines winnings are paid by EFT to an account in your own name, after FICA.
Get FICA done first · How to deposit in rand · Every payment method
Is Mines legal in South Africa? 📜
Mines is a casino-style game, which licensed bookmakers carry under their provincial betting licences.
All 3 operators we list for Mines hold a South African provincial licence.
Before you play with real money ⚠️
Set your Mines budget and a deposit limit before the first round, not after a losing one. If it stops being fun, the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation helpline is free on 0800 006 008.
Pros, cons and verdict ⚖️
- Two decisions you control, in the studio's words: the mine count and the cash-out
- The studio's screens show the next diamond's multiplier before you pick
- 95% RTP and x456,660 maximum win, both published by the studio
- Each board is fixed before the first pick, the studio says
- At 95%, one point under Turbo Games' Aero and Crash X
- One mine ends the round, however far you have climbed
- In the studio's preview Autoplay replays one pattern, a new stake each run
- Shares its name with Turbo Mines and other studios' Mines games
Mines keeps the format to a grid, a mine count and a Cash Out button. On the studio's three-mine row, by our arithmetic, every stopping point is priced close to the published 95%, so there the choice shapes the ride, not the return. Set the mine count and a stopping point before the first tile.
Mines FAQ ❓
Who makes Mines, and since when?
Turbo Games; the company named at the foot of its website is TURBODEV OU in Tallinn, Estonia. The game page dates Mines to May 2021. The MGA's register shows recognition notice RN/029/2025 for TurboDev OU; by the MGA's definition, such a notice recognises an authorisation issued elsewhere as having the same effect as one from the MGA, so it is not a Maltese licence.
What are the RTP and the maximum win in Mines?
95% and x456,660, as Turbo Games states them on the game page and in its catalogue. The 95% is the share of stakes the game is "designed to pay back" in the long run, by the studio's glossary, not what a few boards return. The x456,660 is the studio's figure for the largest win.
Does it matter which tiles I open?
Turbo Games says the only things you control are "how many mines are on the field and when you cash out". In its preview the multiplier moves one step per diamond: a column of five and a row of five both reach x1.92. No pattern of picks beats the house edge.
Can an app tell me where the mines are?
No. Turbo Games says no app or "predictor" can see or change the field, since every mine's position is fixed by a seed before the round and can be verified after it. Of such offers its official-site page warns: "what they can do is take your money or your account". Keep your casino login to yourself.
Where to play Mines in South Africa
Licensed South African operators we have found carrying Mines, each with its licence and our score, and the date where we saw the game in the lobby ourselves. Ordered by that score. How we score Offers checked September 2026.
