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55rr Limbo: choose a target, then compare the result

In BGaming's published Limbo rules, the player selects a stake and a target multiplier before starting a round. A generated value then stops on the field. The relevant test is whether that stopped value exceeds the chosen target. This is a fixed target comparison, not a live cash-out decision during a rising curve.

Rules below follow the identified supplier or governing body. Numerical examples are educational; this article does not launch a real game or confirm a current brand catalogue listing.

Set the two inputs before the round

The Bet amount is the number of units committed when the round starts. The Target multiplier is the threshold used for the result test and, on a qualifying win in this rule version, the multiplier applied to the stake. The displayed generated value is an outcome, not a payout rate chosen after seeing it. Once the bet begins, read the stopped value against the target selected beforehand.

The BGaming document says the chosen target must be less than the stopped value for a win; a target greater than the stopped value loses. It does not clearly state how exact equality is handled in the published rules, so do not infer an equality rule. For a live instance, read its displayed comparison wording before interpreting a boundary result.

Worked round: return is tied to the target

Suppose four units are committed at a target of 2x. If the stopped value is 2.6x, it exceeds the target. Under the cited BGaming rule, gross return is four times the selected 2x target, or eight units; net gain is eight minus four, or four units. The return is not four times 2.6x merely because the field stopped there.

Now take the same four-unit stake and 2x target with a stopped value of 1.7x. The value falls below the target, so the four-unit stake is lost. Raising or lowering the chosen threshold changes which outcomes qualify under the rule; it does not create a guaranteed result. The two examples deliberately avoid the unresolved exact-equality case.

Manual and automatic modes count stakes differently

In manual mode, a new round needs its own Bet action. The supplier rules describe a profit-on-win display for the selected stake and target. Automatic mode can place repeated rounds and includes settings for the number of bets, behaviour after a win or loss, and stopping after a chosen profit or loss amount. These are controls over the sequence, not protection from a losing round.

For example, imagine automatic mode places three separate two-unit bets at a 1.5x target. If their stopped values are 2x, 1.2x and 1.8x, the first and third qualify and each returns three units; the middle round loses its two-unit stake. Six units were committed over three rounds and six returned, so the combined net change is zero. That is different from saying every round won.

Read the display without importing crash-game rules

A displayed 'profit on win' or chance figure is tied to the selected target in the cited version. It is not a prediction of the next generated value. No verified RTP figure is provided here.

Limbo's target comparison differs from a crash title in which the player must cash out before a moving multiplier disappears. In the BGaming text, the target is selected before the value stops and the win amount uses that chosen target. Pragmatic Play also publishes a game called Limbo, which is a reminder to keep supplier versions separate rather than combining settings from similarly named products.

Try the arithmetic

Hypothetical numbers for learning. This does not run a game, accept a bet or predict an outcome.

StakeDecimal multiplier

A fixed Limbo target is another kind of unit

In a Limbo-style round, choose the target before the generated multiplier appears. With a hypothetical 2.4× target, a 2.1× result is below the line and 2.7× is above it. The unit being compared is a multiplier for one round, not a map score or match winner.

Do not carry timing rules from another crash format into this example. A fixed pre-round target and an in-round cash-out are different decisions. The target is neither a guaranteed return nor a prediction that a later round will compensate for an earlier loss.

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Common questions

If the result stops above my target, which multiplier pays?

In the cited BGaming rules, the selected target multiplier is applied to the stake. A higher stopped value does not automatically become the payout multiplier.

What if the result equals the target exactly?

The reviewed rule text states the greater-than and less-than cases but does not clearly settle equality. Read the exact live rule for that boundary.

Does an automatic stop-on-loss setting prevent losses?

No. It controls when repeated betting stops after the defined loss condition; individual losing rounds can still occur before that stop.