The rules and mathematical checks concern Fold Gauge alone. They do not prove the fairness, legality, security or catalogue of an outside product. There are no customer accounts or monetary transactions in this demo.
Voluntary use and personal limits
Participation is optional and offers no monetary prize. You may stop without starting another round. A personal time limit does not alter the face probabilities; another spin does not become more favourable after a lower return.
This guide is not medical or legal advice, a clinical self-test or a claim of a universal legal age. It confirms no external self-exclusion tool. If playing disrupts daily life, qualified local support may help. The demo does not guarantee skills or profit on another game.
One active ball and captured settings
While idle, choose 10, 20, 50 or 100 virtual coins and a reward power. Drop ball captures those settings and deducts one stake. The stake and power controls stay locked until settlement. The twelve-direction path is drawn once; animation reveals it in order and does not resample.
There is one active ball and no Auto queue, Stop or cashout. Sound is optional. The browser’s reduced-motion preference shortens animation. A new drop clears the previous score, multiplier and gap boxes before showing the new path.
Local virtual balance and fractional carry
The initial balance is 1,000 free virtual coins without monetary value or prize entitlement. The settled balance and fractional payout carry are kept in local browser storage when available. A fraction is carried into later settlements rather than discarded on each payout.
Restore balance is available only while idle and below the minimum stake of 10. It sets the balance to 1,000, rather than adding 1,000, and preserves the fraction. It is a manual button, not an automatic reset or a refund for an interrupted round.
An interrupted ball is not recovered
The active ball is not stored for recovery. Reloading or leaving the page does not resume its path or refund the already deducted stake. Only the settled balance and fractional carry can persist in this browser.
Deleting local website data can remove that balance and fraction. Clearing cached files alone is a different operation from clearing local site storage. The balance is not a customer account synchronized between devices or browsers.
Three powers with exact separate means
Before a drop, choose power 1, 2 or 3. For raw score S, the gross multiplier is 0.96 × Sᵖ/Mₚ. The exact means over all 4,096 paths are M₁=11.73046875, M₂=192 and M₃=3897.609375. The exponent applies to S, not to the factor 0.96. A zero score returns zero in every power.
Each power has 96% expected gross return relative to its captured stake in this model. This is a mathematical expectation, not a win probability or session guarantee. The power changes the payout distribution, not the left/right chances or the six-gap definition. Gross return includes the stake.
Frequently asked questions
How are the six gaps calculated?
One ball follows twelve independent fair left or right bounces. A right bounce adds +1 and a left bounce −1. Let xᵢ be displacement after i bounces, with x₀=0. The raw score is the sum for i=1..6 of |xᵢ − (x₁₂ − x₁₂₋ᵢ)|. Each term compares the first i bounces with the last i bounces. This is not the distance from the final slot, a path reversal count, or a sum of all intermediate distances from zero. The six terms settle only after the twelfth bounce, when the endpoint is known. Only the observed path is drawn during animation; the six gap boxes remain undisclosed until settlement.
What does 96% expected return mean?
Before a drop, choose power 1, 2 or 3. For raw score S, the gross multiplier is 0.96 × Sᵖ/Mₚ. The exact means over all 4,096 paths are M₁=11.73046875, M₂=192 and M₃=3897.609375. The exponent applies to S, not to the factor 0.96. A zero score returns zero in every power. Each power has 96% expected gross return relative to its captured stake in this model. This is a mathematical expectation, not a win probability or session guarantee. The power changes the payout distribution, not the left/right chances or the six-gap definition. Gross return includes the stake.
When can the balance be restored?
The initial balance is 1,000 free virtual coins without monetary value or prize entitlement. The settled balance and fractional payout carry are kept in local browser storage when available. A fraction is carried into later settlements rather than discarded on each payout. Restore balance is available only while idle and below the minimum stake of 10. It sets the balance to 1,000, rather than adding 1,000, and preserves the fraction. It is a manual button, not an automatic reset or a refund for an interrupted round.
Is there Auto or cashout?
While idle, choose 10, 20, 50 or 100 virtual coins and a reward power. Drop ball captures those settings and deducts one stake. The stake and power controls stay locked until settlement. The twelve-direction path is drawn once; animation reveals it in order and does not resample. There is one active ball and no Auto queue, Stop or cashout. Sound is optional. The browser’s reduced-motion preference shortens animation. A new drop clears the previous score, multiplier and gap boxes before showing the new path.
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