Choose a stopping time
This demo is restricted to adults 18+ and uses coins without cash value or prizes. Set session time and virtual-coin limits before playing, then stop at those limits. Raising a stake to recover losses does not improve expectation. If playing affects responsibilities or becomes hard to control, stop and seek suitable independently verified local support.
Own-site age and demo rules
These rules describe only this original virtual game. This guide does not determine legal availability of an external service, certify its fairness or promise income. The own-site 18+ restriction is not a statement about every jurisdiction’s legal age.
Expected return and variance
Exact expected return is 97% for permitted stopping policies. The initial 3% reduction is applied once; conditional safe-branch compensation preserves expectation. Choosing coordinates or stopping changes risk and variance, not this expectation. A short session is not guaranteed to match it.
Persisted wallet and manual refill
Settled balance and fractional payout carry persist in localStorage. Reloading during a round ends it without refunding its already deducted stake. Outside a round, refill restores 1000 coins when balance is below the smallest stake; it does not add 1000 or reset fractional carry. Hazard count, stake and refill are locked during play.
External claims remain unverified
A matching brand, professional design, search result or HTTPS connection does not verify ownership, authorisation or safety. Match any claim against an independent regulator register, including entity, current status, scope and listed domains. No operator licence or service is endorsed here.
One diagonally connected group
Choose 3, 4 or 5 hazards on a 4×4 board. All hazards form one connected component using diagonal corner-to-corner steps only. Horizontal and vertical edges do not connect hazards. Every hazard is reachable from every other hazard along diagonal steps; all lie on the same checkerboard colour. All 32, 50 or 52 legal layouts respectively are equally likely, and one stays fixed throughout the round.
Frequently asked questions
Is this an operator website?
This independent 77FF guide supplies its own free Diagonal Links Mines demo. Operator identity, domains, licence, apps, payments, support and commercial game equivalence have not been independently verified. No operator account or commercial link is supplied here.
What is the diagonal connectivity rule?
Choose 3, 4 or 5 hazards on a 4×4 board. All hazards form one connected component using diagonal corner-to-corner steps only. Horizontal and vertical edges do not connect hazards. Every hazard is reachable from every other hazard along diagonal steps; all lie on the same checkerboard colour. All 32, 50 or 52 legal layouts respectively are equally likely, and one stays fixed throughout the round.
How is value calculated?
Live value starts at 0.97 times the virtual stake. A safe reveal divides it by that cell’s exact conditional safe probability among the remaining compatible legal layouts. A hazard ends the round with zero return. Reveals change knowledge, not the hidden layout.
How do odds change after a reveal?
With 3 hazards, a corner is initially safe in 29 of 32 layouts, an edge cell away from a corner in 27 of 32, and a central cell in 21 of 32. From a 20-coin stake, a safe corner gives 20×0.97/(29/32), about 21.407 coins; a safe centre gives about 29.562 coins. Observations update compatible layouts, so later odds can rise or fall. The initial probabilities are not uniformly 13/16.
When can I collect?
Collect is available after a safe reveal. Proven hazards are unavailable; proven-safe cells have probability 1 and add no value. A choice with next value above 1000 times stake is unavailable. When no eligible uncertain choice remains, the current value is banked automatically. The guard is not a promise that 1000×stake can be reached.
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