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Uniform connected hazard trees
Choose 3, 4 or 5 hazards on a 4×4 grid. Shared horizontal or vertical edges connect all hazards into a single graph, and that graph has no cycle. A solid 2×2 hazard block forms a cycle and is excluded. Straight connected rows of three hazards are permitted. The 52, 104 or 196 legal layouts respectively are equally likely; one is fixed for the entire round.
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.
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Frequently asked questions
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This independent DuoGaming guide supplies its own free Open Circuit 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 public layout rule?
Choose 3, 4 or 5 hazards on a 4×4 grid. Shared horizontal or vertical edges connect all hazards into a single graph, and that graph has no cycle. A solid 2×2 hazard block forms a cycle and is excluded. Straight connected rows of three hazards are permitted. The 52, 104 or 196 legal layouts respectively are equally likely; one is fixed for the entire round.
How is the live 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.
Do first-cell coordinates matter?
With 3 hazards, a corner is initially safe in 47 of 52 layouts, whereas an inner cell is safe in 36 of 52. From 20×0.97 coins, a safe corner gives about 21.464 coins and a safe inner cell about 28.022. Coordinates matter from the first reveal; unrestricted 13/16 or 12/15 formulas do not apply.
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