Stake Plinko Calculator — Rows, Risk, RTP and Payout Range

How this calculator works

This calculator takes a bet amount, rows and risk level. It converts Stake's public min and max multipliers into payout amounts, shows the number of payout destinations and gives the raw probability of landing on an edge. It also translates the public 99% RTP into expected return and expected loss for your bet.

Rows and destinations

Stake Plinko lets you change the row count, and the number of payout destinations is always one more than the rows: eight rows make nine destinations, sixteen rows make seventeen. More rows create a deeper board, more final pockets and rarer edge outcomes.

destinations = rows + 1
total paths = 2ⁿ

Stake risk levels

Stake's public game lists payout ranges for Low, Medium, High and Expert risk. Low has the narrowest spread; Medium and High raise the top multiplier; Expert is the steepest published range, with the largest maximum and the smallest minimum. Risk changes the payout range — it does not make the edge easier to hit in the binomial model.

Lower risk

Low risk keeps the range narrower. The maximum payout is smaller, but the minimum is less severe than higher settings.

Higher risk

High and Expert push more value toward rare edges. The top multiplier rises while the lowest return shrinks.

Why this page shows no full official paytable

The public Stake range gives min and max payouts by rows and risk, which is enough to calculate payout range, edge odds and expected return from RTP. It is not enough to claim every intermediate slot multiplier as official, so this page deliberately avoids fabricating a full Stake slot-by-slot table and only shows the values Stake publishes.

Edge odds on the Stake board

In an idealised digital board each row is a left-or-right step, so a board with n rows has 2ⁿ possible paths. One path reaches each far edge, so both edges combined have probability:

both edges combined = 2 / 2ⁿ

On 16 rows that is 2 paths out of 65,536, which is why the largest multipliers sit on the rarest destinations.

Stake RTP and house edge

Stake's public Plinko page describes a 1% house edge, which corresponds to 99% RTP. That does not mean every $10 drop returns $9.90 — it means that, across a very large number of drops, the table averages about 99 cents back per dollar staked before short-term variance.

expected return = bet × 0.99
expected loss = bet × 0.01

What the Stake Plinko calculator can and cannot tell you

It can show payout range, min and max payout, edge probability, destinations, expected return and expected loss. It cannot predict the next drop, and it cannot confirm the exact intermediate multiplier table unless the current live Stake paytable is checked slot by slot.

Questions people ask

What is the RTP of Stake Plinko?

Stake's public Plinko page lists a 1% house edge, which corresponds to 99% RTP. This is a long-run average, not a guaranteed session result.

What is the highest Stake Plinko multiplier?

In the public Stake range used here, Expert risk on 16 rows reaches 10,000×, and High risk on 16 rows reaches 1,000×.

Does more rows mean better odds?

No. More rows create more destinations and make far-edge outcomes rarer in the binomial model. The larger maximum multipliers compensate for rarity; they do not make the edge easier to hit.

Does risk level change where the ball lands?

Risk level changes the payout range. In the probability model it does not change the raw chance of landing in a given slot.

Is this the official Stake paytable?

No. This Stake Plinko calculator is an independent tool based on public min/max ranges and probability math. The live Stake game interface is the final source for current settings.