Chicken Road calculator
Chicken Road and other road crossing games end the round on a random lane. Set the risk per lane and the number of lanes, and see the chance of getting across and the multiplier the RTP implies.
Optional. Pick a casino and a title, and the calculator uses the RTP in our data for it. Only titles with an RTP figure are listed.
A generic value. Change it to the RTP your game shows.
Write the risk as "1 out of 25" or whatever your game states for its difficulty level.
The multiplier is what an RTP of 99.0% implies for this chance. It is not the table of any game, and real games often round or cap it.
Chicken Road odds lane by lane
| Lanes crossed | Exact chance | About | Multiplier at this RTP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 96.00% | 1 in 1 | 1.03x |
| 2 | 92.16% | 1 in 1.1 | 1.07x |
| 3 | 88.47% | 1 in 1.1 | 1.12x |
| 4 | 84.93% | 1 in 1.2 | 1.17x |
| 5 | 81.54% | 1 in 1.2 | 1.21x |
| 6 | 78.28% | 1 in 1.3 | 1.26x |
| 7 | 75.14% | 1 in 1.3 | 1.32x |
| 8 | 72.14% | 1 in 1.4 | 1.37x |
| 9 | 69.25% | 1 in 1.4 | 1.43x |
| 10 | 66.48% | 1 in 1.5 | 1.49x |
Exact: the chance column. Implied by the RTP: the multiplier column. No paytable of a road crossing game has been captured yet, so check these multipliers against the ones on your screen.
How crossing odds are worked out
On every lane the round ends with a fixed chance and continues otherwise. Lanes do not affect each other, so the chance of crossing several lanes is the chance of surviving one lane, multiplied by itself once per lane.
Worked example
If 1 outcome in 25 ends the round, one lane is survived 96.00% of the time. Ten lanes in a row have a chance of 66.48%. At an RTP of 97.00% that implies a multiplier of 0.97 ÷ 0.6648 = 1.46x.
The same survive or stop arithmetic runs a tower game, see the towers odds per floor, and a mines board, see the mines multiplier and odds per tile. Road titles differ a lot in RTP, and the comparison of titles by house edge lists them side by side for a casino.
What the Chicken Road calculator leaves open
- The risk per lane is your input. We have not captured the risk levels of any title, so the page does not fill them in for you.
- It assumes the same risk on every lane. A game that raises the risk as you advance will be harder than shown.
- Nothing here can tell on which lane a round ends. That is fixed before the round starts and stays hidden.
Questions about Chicken Road odds
How much does a harder level change the odds?
With 1 losing outcome in 25, ten lanes are crossed 66.48% of the time. With 5 in 25, a single lane is survived 80.00% of the time and ten lanes only 10.74%.
What is the chance of crossing twenty lanes?
At 1 losing outcome in 25 it is 44.20%. The chance shrinks by the same factor on each lane.
Does stopping early lower the house edge?
No. If the game spreads its edge evenly, every cash-out point returns the same share on average. Stopping early only trades size of win for frequency.
Can a pattern in past rounds show the safe lanes?
No. Each round is decided on its own before it starts. Earlier rounds carry no information about the next one.