Crazy Time is Evolution’s live game show built on a 54-segment money wheel: you bet on numbers 1, 2, 5 and 10 or on four bonus games (Coin Flip, Cash Hunt, Pachinko and Crazy Time), and a two-reel Top Slot adds a random multiplier to one bet spot every round. Evolution puts the theoretical RTP between 94.41% and 96.08% depending on the bet, so the house edge runs from about 3.9% to 5.6%. In the US it streams to state-licensed online casinos, starting in New Jersey in December 2023.
This guide covers the rules step by step, every wheel segment with its odds and RTP, how the Top Slot and each bonus game work, the maximum win, worked betting examples and where US players can play legally as of October 2026.
Crazy Time at a Glance
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Studio | Evolution |
| Launched | July 2020 (international); New Jersey from 12 December 2023 |
| Game type | Live money wheel with a Top Slot and four bonus games |
| Wheel | 54 segments: 45 numbers (1, 2, 5, 10) and 9 bonus segments |
| Bets | 1, 2, 5, 10, Coin Flip, Cash Hunt, Pachinko, Crazy Time |
| RTP | 94.41% to 96.08%, depending on the bet |
| Top Slot multipliers | Up to 50x on one random bet spot per round |
| Top bonus multiplier | 20,000x in the Crazy Time bonus, per Evolution’s game page |
| Bonus frequency | About one spin in six lands on a bonus segment |
| US availability | State-licensed casinos in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Michigan and Connecticut |
For how Crazy Time compares with the rest of the live lobby, including blackjack, roulette and baccarat, see our live casino games guide.
How to Play Crazy Time
A host spins a large vertical wheel in the studio while a slot-style display above it runs the Top Slot. Each round follows the same sequence:
- Place your bets. Betting time lasts about 15 seconds. You can put chips on any of the eight spots, and the “Bet on Four” buttons cover all four numbers or all four bonus games at once.
- Top Slot spins. When betting closes, the host spins the wheel and the two-reel Top Slot spins at the same time. If a bet spot on the left reel lines up with a multiplier on the right reel, that multiplier applies to that bet spot for this round.
- The wheel stops. A flapper at the top of the wheel marks the winning segment.
- Numbers pay at their face value. A winning 1 pays 1 to 1, a 2 pays 2 to 1, a 5 pays 5 to 1 and a 10 pays 10 to 1, and your stake comes back on top. If the Top Slot multiplier landed on that number, the payout is multiplied.
- Bonus segments start a bonus game. Only players with a bet on that bonus take part. Everyone else watches.
Each bonus bet is separate. A chip on Pachinko does nothing in a Cash Hunt round, and a number bet loses whenever the wheel stops on any bonus segment.
The Wheel: Segments, Odds, Payouts and RTP
Of the 54 segments, 45 carry numbers and 9 trigger bonus games. The segment counts and base payouts below come from Evolution’s published rules; the RTPs are the figures Evolution’s game help lists for the standard game, as reproduced by OLBG.
| Bet | Segments | Chance per spin | Pays | RTP | House edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | 38.89% | 1 to 1 | 96.08% | 3.92% |
| 2 | 13 | 24.07% | 2 to 1 | 95.95% | 4.05% |
| 5 | 7 | 12.96% | 5 to 1 | 95.78% | 4.22% |
| 10 | 4 | 7.41% | 10 to 1 | 95.73% | 4.27% |
| Coin Flip | 4 | 7.41% | Bonus game | 95.70% | 4.30% |
| Cash Hunt | 2 | 3.70% | Bonus game | 95.27% | 4.73% |
| Pachinko | 2 | 3.70% | Bonus game | 94.33% | 5.67% |
| Crazy Time | 1 | 1.85% | Bonus game | 94.41% | 5.59% |
The cheapest bet is number 1, the most frequent segment. All four number bets sit within about a third of a percentage point of each other, while the two rarest bonus bets, Pachinko and Crazy Time, cost noticeably more. Our RTP explainer shows how these percentages turn into long-run losses.
Check the RTP on your table
Evolution has updated the bonus rounds since launch, adding features such as the Rescue Flip in Coin Flip and the Rescue Drop in Pachinko. A rules sheet for the updated version, published by an operator in 2024, lists different RTPs: 96.08% on 1, 95.95% on 2, 96.08% on 5, 96.10% on 10, 96.49% on Coin Flip, 96.09% on Cash Hunt, 95.70% on Pachinko and 95.53% on Crazy Time. Which figures apply depends on the version your casino runs, so open the game’s help screen before you play. The table above stays the reference most guides quote, and its top figure of 96.08% matches both versions.
Where the return comes from
The plain number payouts return far less than the published RTPs. A bet on 1 wins 21 times in 54 and returns twice the stake, which works out to 77.78% before anything else. Number 2 comes to 72.22%, number 5 to 77.78% and number 10 to 81.48%. The rest of each RTP comes from the Top Slot: on the rounds where it attaches a multiplier to your number and the wheel stops there, the payout is multiplied, and those occasional boosted wins make up the missing 14 to 24 percentage points.
That has a practical consequence. Without the Top Slot, Crazy Time’s number bets would be among the worst bets in the live lobby. With it, they land near 96%, but a large share of your expected return arrives in rare multiplied wins, so short sessions swing more than the RTP suggests.
What the edge costs in dollars
| Bet, $100 total action | Expected loss |
|---|---|
| Number 1 | $3.92 |
| Number 2 | $4.05 |
| Number 5 | $4.22 |
| Number 10 | $4.27 |
| Coin Flip | $4.30 |
| Cash Hunt | $4.73 |
| Crazy Time | $5.59 |
| Pachinko | $5.67 |
For comparison, a European roulette bet costs $2.70 per $100 and a Banker bet in baccarat about $1.06, as the house-edge table in our live games guide shows. Game shows trade a higher edge for big multipliers.
The Top Slot
The Top Slot is a two-reel slot shown above the wheel. Every round, the left reel stops on one of the eight bet spots and the right reel on a multiplier. When the two line up on the centre line, that multiplier is assigned to that bet spot for the round; when they do not, the round plays without a Top Slot multiplier. Evolution caps the Top Slot at 50x.
- On a number: the payout is multiplied when the wheel stops on that number. A $1 bet on 10 with a 7x Top Slot pays $70 plus the $1 stake.
- On a bonus: when the wheel stops on that bonus, every multiplier in the bonus game is multiplied before it is played. A 25x Top Slot on Cash Hunt multiplies all 108 targets by 25.
Only one bet spot gets a Top Slot multiplier in a round, and it only pays if the wheel also stops there.
The Four Bonus Games
Nine of the 54 segments are bonus segments, so a bonus game comes up on about one spin in six. Each bonus pays only the players who bet on it, and the multiplier you win is applied to your bonus bet.
Coin Flip
Coin Flip is the most common bonus, with four segments. Two random multipliers are assigned, one to the red side of the coin and one to the blue side, and any Top Slot multiplier on Coin Flip is applied to both. The host then flips a physical coin and the side facing up wins. If both multipliers are low, Evolution may trigger a Rescue Flip, in which the coin is flipped again. With a 50x Top Slot, Evolution says Coin Flip can pay up to 5,000x.
Cash Hunt
Cash Hunt is a shooting gallery. A wall of 108 random multipliers appears, any Top Slot multiplier is applied to all of them, and they are covered with symbols and shuffled. You aim a cannon at one target during the countdown; if you do not choose, a target is picked for you at random. When the countdown ends every target is revealed. It is the only bonus where each player picks individually, but the choice is random, since the multipliers are shuffled out of sight.
Pachinko
In Pachinko the host drops a puck down a tall wall of pegs into one of 16 multipliers at the bottom. Any Top Slot multiplier is applied to all 16 before the drop. If the puck lands on DOUBLE, every multiplier on the wall is doubled and the puck is dropped again, which can repeat until the 10,000x maximum is reached. In the updated version, a low result of 2x, 3x or 4x can occasionally earn a Rescue Drop, a second drop with the lower multipliers raised to the previous value.
Crazy Time
The Crazy Time bonus is the rarest, with a single segment. The host walks through a red door into a virtual world with a 64-segment wheel covered in multipliers, plus DOUBLE and TRIPLE segments. Before the spin, you choose one of three flappers: green, blue or yellow. If your flapper stops on DOUBLE or TRIPLE, every multiplier on the wheel is doubled or tripled and the wheel spins again for you. Evolution lists 20,000x as the maximum multiplier in this bonus.
How often do the bonuses come up?
| Bonus | Segments | On average, once every |
|---|---|---|
| Any bonus | 9 | 6 spins |
| Coin Flip | 4 | 13.5 spins |
| Cash Hunt | 2 | 27 spins |
| Pachinko | 2 | 27 spins |
| Crazy Time | 1 | 54 spins |
These are averages, not schedules. The chance of going 100 spins without a Crazy Time bonus is (53/54) to the power of 100, about 15.4%, and even after 200 spins it is still about 2.4%. The stats panel shows past results; no segment is ever “due”.
Maximum Win
Evolution’s game page gives the top multipliers by bonus: up to 5,000x in Coin Flip (with a 50x Top Slot), 10,000x in Pachinko and 20,000x in the Crazy Time bonus. Its December 2023 release for the New Jersey launch described the bonus games as reaching up to 10,000x, so the cap can differ by market. Casinos also apply a maximum payout per round; on international tables, casino.org and casinos.com list €500,000. The help screen at your casino shows the limits that apply to you.
Big multipliers are rare by design. The expected value of each bonus bet is already inside its RTP, so chasing a 20,000x result does not improve your odds; it only makes the bankroll swings larger.
Worked Examples: Common Ways to Bet
Covering all four numbers
A popular approach is $1 on each of 1, 2, 5 and 10, for $4 a spin. Ignoring Top Slot multipliers, this is what happens:
| Wheel stops on | Returned | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2 | -$2 |
| 2 | $3 | -$1 |
| 5 | $6 | +$2 |
| 10 | $11 | +$7 |
| Any bonus segment | $0 | -$4 |
You “win” on 45 of 54 spins, yet you lose money on the 34 spins that land on 1 or 2. Hit rate is not profit. Including the Top Slot, the expected loss is $0.0392 + $0.0405 + $0.0422 + $0.0427, about 16 cents per $4 spin, a blended 4.1%.
Every spot, $1 each
Adding $1 on each bonus makes $8 a spin. Every spin now pays something or starts a bonus you are in, but the bonus bets carry higher edges, and the expected loss rises to about 37 cents a spin, or 4.6%. Over 100 spins that is about $37 in expected losses on $800 of action.
Number 1 only
The same $8 on number 1 alone cuts the expected loss to about 31 cents a spin (3.92%). You win 21 spins in 54 at 1 to 1, so results are steadier, but you never play a bonus round.
Bonus hunting
Some players bet only on the four bonuses. That is where the large multipliers live, but the edge on those bets is 4.3% to 5.7%, and a Crazy Time bonus can go well over 100 spins without appearing. If you play this way, keep stakes small and set in advance how many spins you will wait.
No staking system changes these numbers. Doubling after a loss, skipping spins until a bonus seems “due” or following hot segments only changes when you win or lose, not the house edge on each bet.
A Short History of Crazy Time
Evolution launched Crazy Time in July 2020 as a successor to its Dream Catcher money wheel, adding the Top Slot and four bonus games built around augmented reality and RNG multipliers. It became Evolution’s flagship game show, and its bonus rounds later inspired standalone titles such as Crazy Coin Flip, Crazy Pachinko and Red Door Roulette.
The game reached the US on 12 December 2023, when Evolution announced the launch from its New Jersey studio. Jacob Claesson, Evolution’s CEO for North America, called it “a landmark launch for Evolution and for the US online gambling market”. Pennsylvania and West Virginia followed in June 2024, streamed from Evolution’s Philadelphia studio, and Delaware later in 2024. Michigan became the fifth state on 1 October 2024 from Evolution’s Southfield studio, and Connecticut the sixth on 6 October 2025 from Evolution’s Connecticut studio.
Crazy Time vs Other Evolution Game Shows
| Game | Format | Best RTP | Bonus feature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy Time | 54-segment wheel plus Top Slot | 96.08% (number 1) | Four bonus games, up to 20,000x |
| Dream Catcher | 54-segment wheel | Up to 96.58%, depending on the number | 2x and 7x multiplier segments |
| MONOPOLY Live | 54-segment wheel | 96.23% (number 2) | 3D board walk on 2 ROLLS and 4 ROLLS |
| Lightning Roulette | European roulette with random multipliers | 97.10% (straight-up bets) | 50x to 500x lightning numbers |
Dream Catcher is the simpler, older wheel with a slightly better best bet. Crazy Time costs a little more per bet in exchange for four distinct bonus games and the Top Slot. If you mainly want low edges, the table games in our games hub are cheaper than any game show. Our Evolution Gaming review covers the studio behind all four.
Where to Play Crazy Time in the US
Evolution supplies Crazy Time only to state-licensed online casinos. By its own announcements, the game is live in six states: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Michigan and Connecticut. We found no launch announcement for Rhode Island as of October 2026. Inside those states it appears at licensed casinos that carry Evolution’s game shows, and the brand list can change, so check the live dealer or game show lobby of a casino licensed in your state.
Eight states have legalised online casinos, and seven markets are live: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island. Maine legalised a tribal-only market (LD 1164 became law without the governor’s signature in January 2026, effective 29 July 2026) that had not launched as of October 2026. You must be 21 or older and physically inside the state; licensed casinos check your location before you can play, on desktop and in their apps. Our mobile live casino guide explains how.
Why there is no casino list on this page
We checked the live lobbies of the offshore casinos we review, Bovada, Ignition, MyBookie and BetOnline, through a US connection on 6 October 2026. None of them carries Crazy Time or any other Evolution game; their live studios are other suppliers, and Bovada’s live lobby offers a different money wheel. These operators have no US state licence, each excludes some states, and if something goes wrong there is no state regulator to complain to and your funds are not protected. Because no casino on our list offers Crazy Time, we do not add a toplist here.
Tips for Playing Crazy Time
- Lean on number 1 for the lowest edge. At 96.08% in the standard version it is the cheapest bet on the wheel.
- Size Pachinko and Crazy Time bets small. They carry the highest edges, 5.67% and 5.59%, and come up only once every 27 and 54 spins on average.
- Remember each bonus needs its own bet. A Crazy Time bonus pays nothing if your chips were on Coin Flip.
- Read the help screen. RTPs, caps and bet limits vary by version and casino.
- Set a session budget. At 4% to 6% per bet and a spin every minute or so, losses add up faster than at blackjack or baccarat.
- Check bonus terms. Many casinos count live game shows at a low percentage, or not at all, toward wagering.
Crazy Time FAQ
What is the best bet in Crazy Time?
Number 1, with an RTP of 96.08% (a 3.92% house edge) in the standard version. The other numbers range from 95.73% to 95.95%, while Pachinko (94.33%) and the Crazy Time bonus (94.41%) are the most expensive bets.
How many segments are on the Crazy Time wheel?
There are 54: 21 for number 1, 13 for 2, 7 for 5, 4 for 10, 4 Coin Flip, 2 Cash Hunt, 2 Pachinko and 1 Crazy Time segment.
How often does the Crazy Time bonus hit?
It has one segment out of 54, so it lands about once every 54 spins on average. Any of the four bonus games comes up about once every six spins.
What is the maximum win in Crazy Time?
Evolution lists 20,000x as the top multiplier in the Crazy Time bonus, 10,000x in Pachinko and up to 5,000x in Coin Flip with a 50x Top Slot. Casinos also cap the payout per round, so check the game’s help screen.
Is Crazy Time rigged?
At state-licensed US casinos, Evolution’s games run under the oversight of state regulators such as New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement. The wheel is spun live and the multipliers come from a random number generator. The game is not rigged, but it does carry a built-in house edge of about 3.9% to 5.7%. Our guide to whether live casinos are rigged covers how this is tested.
Can you play Crazy Time in the US?
Yes, at state-licensed online casinos in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Michigan and Connecticut. You must be 21 or older and located in the state.
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Sources
- Evolution: Crazy Time game page (launched July 2020, 108 Cash Hunt multipliers, 10,000x Pachinko, 20,000x Crazy Time, RTP 94.41%-96.08%)
- Evolution: Crazy Time how to play (54 segments, 15-second betting, Top Slot up to 50x, Coin Flip up to 5,000x, Rescue Flip)
- LIVE Crazy Time rules sheet (operator copy, 2024): segment counts, payouts, Top Slot, bonus rules, revised RTP table
- OLBG: Crazy Time guide (RTP by bet)
- Casinos.com: Crazy Time (RTP ranges, Top Slot 2x-50x, EUR 500,000 max win)
- Casino.org CasinoScores: Crazy Time (segment probabilities, EUR 500,000 max win)
- Wizard of Odds: Crazy Time (wheel composition, Top Slot, 64-stop bonus wheel)
- Evolution (Cision): Landmark US launch for Crazy Time, New Jersey, 12 December 2023
- Gambling Insider: Crazy Time launches in Pennsylvania and West Virginia (Philadelphia studio), 4 June 2024
- Evolution: Crazy Time launches in Michigan (Southfield studio), 1 October 2024
- Evolution: Crazy Time launches in Connecticut, 6 October 2025
- Gambling Insider: Maine tribal online casinos, LD 1164
- Bovada: live dealer lobby (checked via US connection 6 Oct 2026)
- NCPG homepage (1-800-MY-RESET)
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