Crazy Time app guide

What the Crazy Time app actually is

Searching the App Store or Google Play for a ‘Crazy Time app’ turns up many look-alikes. The real game is made by Evolution, the live casino studio, and it is only available inside the apps and websites of casinos that have agreed to carry it. In the UK that means a casino holding a Gambling Commission licence. Anything calling itself the official Crazy Time app from an unknown developer should be avoided; our guide to how to spot fake casino apps explains the warning signs.

The format is a TV-style game show: a presenter, a large upright wheel, a studio set and animated bonus rounds. It launched in 2020 and built on Evolution’s earlier Dream Catcher wheel, adding four interactive bonuses and a slot-style multiplier reel on top.

The Crazy Time wheel: segments, odds and payouts

Before each spin you choose which of the eight segment types to back. If the wheel stops on a number you backed, it pays the number as odds. If it stops on a bonus you backed, you play that bonus round.

So a £1 bet on ‘5’ that lands returns £6 (£5 winnings plus your £1). The Crazy Time segment appears once in 54 spins on average, which means long gaps between appearances are normal.

How the Top Slot multiplier works

Above the wheel sits a two-reel slot. At the start of each round it spins: the left reel picks a bet spot and the right reel picks a multiplier. If they line up, that spot’s payout is multiplied if the wheel then stops on it. For example, if the Top Slot pairs ‘10’ with 5x and the wheel lands on 10, a £1 bet on 10 pays £50 instead of £10. A multiplier on a bonus spot boosts that bonus round instead.

Top Slot makes results swingier without changing the overall RTP of each spot, which already includes it. More on how boosts work is in the multiplier glossary entry.

The four Crazy Time bonus games explained

Coin Flip

Two multipliers are assigned, one to the red side of a coin and one to the blue side. The coin is flipped and you win the multiplier on the side that lands up, applied to your Coin Flip stake. It’s the most frequent bonus and usually the smallest.

Cash Hunt

A large wall of multipliers is shown, then hidden behind symbols and shuffled. You tap a target on your screen within the time limit, and when everything is revealed you win whatever was behind your choice. Each player chooses separately, so results differ between players in the same round. If you don’t choose in time, the game picks for you.

Pachinko

The presenter drops a puck down a wall of pegs and it lands in a multiplier slot at the bottom. A ‘double’ slot doubles every multiplier on the board and the puck is dropped again.

Crazy Time

The rarest bonus moves you through a door to a giant wheel with three pointers, or flappers, in blue, green and yellow. You tap to pick one before the spin, and you win the multiplier your flapper points at. ‘Double’ and ‘triple’ segments raise every value and trigger another spin. The game’s help screen shows the maximum payout per round, which caps very large results.

Crazy Time RTP and what it means in pounds

Evolution publishes a separate theoretical return for each bet spot rather than one figure for the game. Published numbers range from about 94.3% to 96.1%: the number segments sit at the top of that range, and the bonus spots lower down, with Pachinko and Crazy Time among the lowest. Casinos can only run the versions approved for them, and the game’s help screen shows the figures for the table you’re on.

In practical terms, if you stake £1 on the ‘1’ for 100 spins (£100 staked) at roughly 96%, your long-run expected cost is about £4. Spread the same £100 across bonus spots at roughly 94–95% and it becomes £5–£6. These averages hide wide swings: Crazy Time is high in volatility when you back bonuses, because most of the return comes from rare large multipliers.

Why backing every spot doesn’t beat the wheel

A popular approach is to put a chip on all eight spots so that every spin ‘wins’. With £1 on each you stake £8 a round. If the wheel lands on 1, which happens almost 39% of the time, you receive £2 back, a net loss of £6, even though the screen shows a win. Over time the result is simply the average of the eight spots’ returns, so the house edge is still there.

UK rules stop slots celebrating a return smaller than your stake. In a game show, keep an eye on your balance and net position, which the app must display, rather than the win animation.

Our bankroll management on mobile guide explains how to choose a stake that lasts a session.

Playing Crazy Time in portrait and landscape

In portrait, the wheel and presenter fill the top of the screen and the eight bet spots sit underneath as large tiles, numbers on one row and bonuses on the other. A chip rack runs along the bottom with Undo, Double and Rebet buttons. When a bonus round starts, the video switches to the bonus set and interactive elements, such as Cash Hunt targets or the Crazy Time flappers, appear as tappable buttons.

Landscape gives a wider view of the wheel and makes the Cash Hunt wall easier to read, which helps if you like choosing your target rather than leaving it to chance. On a tablet or iPad the extra space is noticeable. The game’s sound is part of the show; our guide to sound and vibration settings explains how to keep it from bothering others.

How to find and play Crazy Time in a casino app

1. Install a licensed UK casino app from the App Store or Google Play and log in.
2. Tap Live Casino, then Game Shows if the app has that filter, or type ‘Crazy Time’ in the search bar.
3. Tap the tile; check the minimum stake displayed on it or in the help screen first.
4. When the betting timer appears, pick a chip value and tap one or more of the eight spots.
5. Watch the Top Slot and the wheel spin; if a bonus you backed lands, the round opens automatically.
6. In Cash Hunt or Crazy Time, tap your choice before the timer ends.
7. Check your balance and bet history after each round; leave between spins using the back arrow.

Data, battery and lag during bonus rounds

Crazy Time combines live video with heavy 3D animation in its bonus rounds, so it is one of the more demanding live games for an older phone. Signs of strain are a stuttering wheel, delayed bonus buttons or a hot phone. A stable Wi-Fi connection, closing other apps and lowering the video quality in the game’s settings all help. If you’re disconnected during an interactive bonus, the game makes a random choice for you and settles the round. Our casino apps for older phones and casino app data usage guides explain more.

UK rules that apply to Crazy Time on mobile

• The per-spin stake caps of £5 (25+) and £2 (18–24) apply to online slots, not live game shows; Crazy Time has its own table limits.
• Autoplay is banned for online casino games, so every bet needs a tap; non-slot rounds must last at least 5 seconds.
• You must be 18 or over and verified before playing, and there is no demo mode for this live game.
• Credit cards can’t be used to fund play, and withdrawals can’t be reversed.

Full detail, with dates, is in our UK casino app rules guide.

Crazy Time compared with similar game shows

Read our guides to Monopoly Live and Funky Time, or the overview of game show apps.

Where to play Crazy Time in a UK app

Ladbrokes, PlayOJO and Coral all have live casino lobbies in their apps, and Ladbrokes’ App Store listing mentions game shows; game line-ups change, so search ‘Crazy Time’ after logging in. Their welcome offers are for slots: Ladbrokes up to 500 free spins after £10 of slots play (50 a day for 10 days, 10p each, no wagering), PlayOJO 80 wager-free spins on Big Bass Bonanza with a £10 first deposit, and Coral 100 free spins at 10p after a £10 slots bet. 18+, new customers, terms apply.

18+. Gambling should be entertainment that costs money, not a way to make it. Set a deposit limit before you play: how to set limits. Free, confidential help: National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133.