VM 1974: Mines Rules

Two more dark-cell hazards

Choose 2, 4 or 6 hazards on a 4×4 board. The number on dark checkerboard cells is exactly two greater than the number on light cells. A 1 is dark. All 28/448/1960 legal layouts respectively are equally likely. A randomly chosen layout stays fixed for the round.

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Exact initial cell odds

With 2 hazards, both hazards occupy dark cells. Each dark cell initially has safe probability 6/8, while each light cell is known safe with probability 1. A safe first dark reveal on a 20-coin stake gives 20×0.97/(6/8), about 25.867 coins; a known-safe light reveal leaves 19.4 coins. Subsequent odds count compatible layouts and may rise or fall.

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.

Collect and eligibility guard

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.

Local wallet and 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.

Exact conditional prices

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.