In one sentence
Clash Watchdog recorded 74,271 rounds of Balloon (SmartSoft) from 10 Oct 2026 to 16 Oct 2026, 19:29 UTC; at a fixed 2x cash-out the measured return was 96.8% (95% CI 96.1% to 97.5%), against the provider's stated 95.4% to 98.9%.
Measured return vs the provider's claim
What is 95% interval?
95% interval
96.8%
The provider states an RTP of 95.4% to 98.9%.
Measured here at a fixed 2x cash-out: 96.8% (95% CI 96.1% to 97.5%) over 74,271 rounds, as of 16 Oct 2026, 19:29 UTC. The interval and the claim overlap, so the count so far is consistent with it. That is not proof that the game is fair. The provider states its RTP as a range: highest at the lowest cash-out, and lower as the target rises. So the 2x figure is compared with the whole range, not its top.
Instant crash: rounds below 1.01x
Of 74,271 recorded Balloon (SmartSoft) rounds (as of 16 Oct 2026, 19:29 UTC), 2.1% ended below 1.01x, shown as 1.00x: the instant crash (95% CI 2.0% to 2.2%).
How often rounds reached 2x, 5x, 10x and 100x
Shares of past rounds, each on its own count. They are not odds for the next round.
| Multiplier | Rounds that reached it | 95% CI | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2x | 48.4% | 48.0% to 48.8% | 74,271 |
| 5x | 19.5% | 19.2% to 19.7% | 74,271 |
| 10x | 9.7% | 9.5% to 9.9% | 74,271 |
| 100x | 0.9% | 0.9% to 1.0% | 74,271 |
Highest multiplier recorded
20,595x†, the highest the lab has recorded for Balloon (SmartSoft) in 74,271 rounds (as of 16 Oct 2026, 19:29 UTC). † Observed in recorded rounds, so it has no interval. It is a record of past rounds, not a target or a prediction. The lab's rounds had not reached a documented multiplier cap by the snapshot time.
Where rounds ended
Every recorded round falls in one band. The hatched band is the instant crash. The counts are frozen at the snapshot.
| Band | Share | 95% CI | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| <1.01x (Instant crash) | 2.1% | 2.0% to 2.2% | 1,529 |
| 1.01-1.5x | 33.9% | 33.6% to 34.3% | 25,204 |
| 1.5-2x | 15.6% | 15.3% to 15.9% | 11,588 |
| 2-3x | 16.3% | 16.1% to 16.6% | 12,137 |
| 3-5x | 12.6% | 12.4% to 12.8% | 9,360 |
| 5-10x | 9.8% | 9.6% to 10.0% | 7,260 |
| 10-30x | 6.5% | 6.3% to 6.6% | 4,797 |
| 30x+ | 3.2% | 3.1% to 3.4% | 2,396 |
Milestones
RTP @ 2x and the instant-crash rate at fixed round counts. The 95% interval narrows as rounds come in.
| Milestone | Period (UTC) | RTP @ 2x (95% CI) | Instant crash (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 rounds | 10 Oct 2026 – 11 Oct 2026 | 96.6% 94.6% to 98.6% | 2.1% 1.8% to 2.4% |
| 25,000 rounds | 10 Oct 2026 – 13 Oct 2026 | 96.2% 94.9% to 97.4% | 2.1% 1.9% to 2.3% |
| 50,000 rounds | 10 Oct 2026 – 14 Oct 2026 | 97.1% 96.3% to 98.0% | 2.1% 2.0% to 2.2% |
| All rounds in this snapshot 74,271 rounds | as of 16 Oct 2026, 19:29 UTC | 96.8% 96.1% to 97.5% | 2.1% 2.0% to 2.2% |
No sign of a change over time: the 7 blocks of 10,000 rounds agree with each other (test p = 0.089).
How it was measured
Rounds were read from the provider's own free play-money demo, one row per round as it ended. No money was staked, and no operator account was used.
Every round the feed delivered is counted, in order. Rounds are never sampled, filtered or dropped to shape a figure. The lab records the rounds it sees, not every round ever played: gaps from reconnects follow the clock, not the outcomes.
A round counts as reaching a multiplier when its crash point is at least that multiplier. The fixed 2x cash-out returns twice the stake when a round reaches 2.00x and nothing otherwise; the measured return is the average of those returns.
Methodology lab-v2.0 (site) and crashlab-v2 (feed).
How to verify
The raw records behind this report are sealed one UTC day at a time. These sealed days, each with its row count and SHA-256 fingerprint, were published before the snapshot was taken:
| Day (UTC) | Rows | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,986 | c6b09aaf511e8ac8cd412100cf18fd7ffa5ad8ce8cc20db95f3fe4accceb7e9a | |
| 8,345 | 531a85f3ea12022d00acdf17955fc34e8115d291fb86b0c3349410bbd43ca791 | |
| 13,733 | 76f5a78d7d5ea4ad3163f71b41c37f47151d1b2cca1e12eea662ae6bc1eb95b6 | |
| 13,779 | 1be99ce66121a465ca8c0e57a165c5021e1ce76d823b4e6af0653cc359ec3735 | |
| 13,172 | 9881d51a739a4e44d14ef829c7bce67efd0fa0ba48d31897cb5bceae593e2b83 | |
| 13,177 | 0bce84bc763d3c553d35f2ec2fe3510cc9fe013badf0ba87a54777b0ec74a2e7 |
What this report does not show
- No prediction: these are shares of past rounds, and none of them says what the next round will do.
- Pending tests stay pending: the lab has published no result for lag-1 autocorrelation of consecutive rounds or for hour-of-day patterns.
- One game and one period: the figures describe Balloon (SmartSoft) from 10 Oct 2026 to 16 Oct 2026, 19:29 UTC. They do not rank games or months. An edition is a dated cut of everything the lab has recorded for the game, not one month's rounds.
- A free demo, not a real-money table: no operator's real-money table was measured.
- Not proof that the game is fair, and not a recommendation to play it.
Cite this report
The id below names a frozen snapshot: it always means these exact figures. A game page's own id (such as cw:smartsoft-balloon:2026-10:v1) names a game and a month, and its figures keep moving.
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