Chicken Plinko vs Plinko: Egg, Ball and Eight Fixed Rows
In short: Chicken Plinko is an egg-drop take on Plinko that fixes its board at 8 rows and runs on a plain RNG. The ball versions from BGaming, Spribe and Stake let players set rows plus risk and are sold as provably fair.
The ball Plinko titles from BGaming, Spribe and Stake hand the player two dials and are marketed as provably fair. Onlyplay's egg version removes the dials, stacks five bonus features on the basket row, then keeps its randomness behind an RNG.
The full egg board in Onlyplay's free demo on : eleven baskets from x0.2 to x20 under eight fixed rows of pegs. Source: our own screenshot.
Chicken Plinko Against the Ball Games
Feature
Chicken Plinko
BGaming, Spribe, Stake Plinko
Falling object
Egg, which can break mid-air
Ball
Board
8 rows, 11 baskets, fixed
Rows chosen by the player, up to sixteen
Player controls
Stake only, seven values in the demo
Stake, rows and a risk setting
Randomness
RNG, no seed or hash
Sold as provably fair
Bonus layer
Five layers plus a shop
Not compared by us
Return to player
96.00% rules, 96.14% game page
Each publishes its own
Ceiling
1,000x per the studio
Each publishes its own
Alternatives in Detail
Why look for a replacement: No risk setting and no row choice: the board is always eight rows.
No seed or hash, so nobody can recompute a drop after it lands.
Half of the ten fixed baskets return less than the stake.
Two return figures from one studio: 96.00% in the rules, 96.14% on the game page.
Onlyplay names no licence number or regulator on its own site.
BGaming Plinko
BGaming's ball plinko suits a player who wants to tune the board before each drop.
Better than Chicken Plinko
A ball in place of an egg
Rows set by the player, up to sixteen
Sold as provably fair
Weaker
Not opened in our session
Its bonus features sit outside our test
BGaming's return figure and ceiling are its own, unverified by us
Spribe Plinko
Spribe's plinko fits a player who values a tunable board over a fixed one.
Better than Chicken Plinko
Adjustable ball board in place of a fixed eight rows
Risk chosen before each drop
Marketed as provably fair
Weaker
Not opened in our session
We did not compare its extras
Spribe prints its own figures, which we did not test
Stake Plinko
The Stake original is an in-house ball plinko built around the same adjustable board.
Better than Chicken Plinko
Board height picked by the player
Selectable risk on every drop
Billed as provably fair
Weaker
An in-house game we have not opened
Its extras sit outside our test
Figures belong to Stake, outside our test
One Egg, Eight Rows, No Dials
One egg per bet, eight fixed rows and no dials: Chicken Plinko keeps the board fixed where classic Plinko hands the player controls. Every drop falls through the same eight rows of pegs into the same eleven baskets, ten fixed ones worth x0.2 to x20 and a mystery basket.
The falling object changes the odds of loss as well. An egg can break in mid-air or miss every basket, and then the bet is simply gone.
That risk of failure sets the tone.
Side funnels blow eggs up on the left, down on the right.
The rules say these winds "do not impact the final payout", so they work as decoration. That leaves the basket row as the whole base game. Three of its six fixed values pay back less than the stake, and they fill five of the ten fixed baskets.
Sixteen Rows Against a Fixed Eight
Sixteen rows is the most a ball board from BGaming, Spribe or the Stake originals lets the player choose, while Chicken Plinko fixes its board at eight. They add a risk setting that reshapes the basket values.
Chicken Plinko offers neither dial. The board is what it is. The stake is the only choice, seven values from 0.50 to 40.00 in the demo we played, while the basket row stays put.
In our view a casual player loses little without the dials, since there is no setting to second-guess after a cold run. Someone who likes to steer variance will find the egg board rigid, which is a fair reason to pick a ball game.
Seeds Against a Plain RNG
The classic titles are sold as provably fair; this one is not. That scheme rests on seeds a player can use to recompute a drop after it lands.
Chicken Plinko runs on a random number generator with no seed, hash or client value to check. The rules say only that outcomes come from the RNG, which leaves a player trusting the studio's word for every drop instead of checking a single one afterwards.
Some catalogues credit Onlyplay's egg game with seeds plus selectable risk. That description fits a different plinko.
Five Bonus Layers on the Egg Board
The egg board stacks five bonus layers on the basket row, three of them separate rounds; for the ball games we compared only the ball, the dials and the fairness scheme. Bumpers, a bomb, the Wheel of Fortune, the Jackpot Game and Free Eggs all sit on top of the basket row. A shop sells three of them outright.
The client's help page on bumpers in the free demo, : ordinary eggs raise the counter, a golden egg cashes it. Source: our own screenshot.
Bonus Layers on the Egg Board
Feature
How it starts
Top value published
Bumpers
Ordinary eggs add +0.1, a golden egg cashes
x500 cap each, from the server
Bomb
Drops at random from a broken egg
not published
Wheel of Fortune
Battery symbol, random egg or 50x purchase
x100 sector
Jackpot Game
Lightning, wheel sector, random egg or 200x purchase
x1,000, door x100 times beak x10
Free Eggs
Giant egg, wheel sector or 30x purchase
30 blue eggs, each requiring a bet
Read on ; a source can change without notice.
The layers change the shape of a session. Most drops pay from the basket row alone, while the large figures sit inside rounds we never reached: in 83 drops at 0.50 our best result was 10.00, twenty times the stake, twice.
Free Eggs deserve a warning. The help screen promises "30 FREE EGGS", yet the rules say each blue egg "requires a bet", so the name may oversell the round. We never triggered it, so we can't confirm whether a stake is actually taken.
Chicken Road Is a Different Game
Chicken Road is a crash game from InOut Games, not a plinko. It has its own mechanic, its own return figure, and numbers that often end up pasted onto Onlyplay's title.
One affiliate site goes further, crediting InOut Games with Chicken Plinko itself. That is a mistake. Onlyplay made the game; its catalogue of 178 entries holds no other plinko.
Part of the confusion starts at Onlyplay. A studio news post of announced the game was "named among best crash games", even though its game page files it under Tap Games.
Which Plinko Suits Which Player
A player who wants to set rows and risk before each drop suits a ball plinko from BGaming or Spribe; one who prefers a fixed board with bonus layers on top suits the egg version.
The BUY NOW window at a 0.50 bet on : Jackpot Game 100.00, thirty Free Eggs 15.00, Wheel of Fortune 25.00. Source: our own screenshot.
The ball games also advertise a provably fair scheme. Each one publishes its own return figure, plus a ceiling, on its maker's page; read those before a session.
The egg board's return comes in two figures, 96.00% in the rules versus 96.14% on the game page. We do not recommend Chicken Plinko to anyone who needs to verify drops independently.
If neither profile fits, watch both kinds in free demo mode before staking anything.
Whether either kind may be played for money depends on the reader's country, and this site names no casino for either.
Key Terms Used on This Page
Provably fair
A round that can be recomputed from published seeds; Onlyplay's 8-row egg board offers no seed, only an RNG.
Risk setting
A dial on ball plinko boards that reshapes basket values before a drop; Chicken Plinko has no such dial.
Mystery basket
The eleventh basket on the egg board, paying x2, x5 or x20 at random.
Golden Egg
An egg that costs a normal bet, never breaks and cashes any activated bumper it touches.
Crash game
A rising-multiplier game cashed out by hand, such as InOut Games' Chicken Road; Onlyplay's plinko works differently.
Not sure yet? Try the free demo first: it runs on play money, with no account and no stake.