CityBet Aviator game with red plane, multiplier curve and click to playCityBet Aviator mobile game with red planeCityBet Aviator banner with Zimbabwean player and play now message

Advertisement · Opens CityBet.co.zw · 18+ · Play responsibly

How Aviator Works

The Aviator multiplier explained

Everything in Aviator hangs on one number. The multiplier starts at 1.00x when the plane takes off and rises until the round ends. Cash out and your stake is multiplied by whatever it read at that instant. Simple to describe, easy to misread — so this article covers the arithmetic, the distribution behind it, and how to choose a target you can actually live with.

The arithmetic

Return equals stake multiplied by the cashout multiplier. A USD 2 bet cashed at 2.35x returns USD 4.70, of which USD 2.70 is profit. A bet cashed at 1.05x on USD 2 returns USD 2.10 — five cents of profit, which is why very low targets are rarely worth the round.

There is no partial cashout inside a single bet: you take the whole stake out at one multiplier. If you want two exits in the same round, use both bet panels with separate stakes and separate targets.

1.00x is the floor, not a safe zone

A round can end almost immediately, at 1.00x or just above. There is no minimum flight time you can rely on, and no 'safe' first second. Any plan that assumes the plane always reaches 1.20x is wrong, and the rounds that end at 1.01x are exactly the ones that break that plan.

Why high multipliers are rare

The chance of a round reaching a multiplier falls as the multiplier rises. Roughly, a target of 2x lands somewhere near half the time, 10x near a tenth of the time, and 100x near a hundredth — with a small additional shortfall that produces the house edge.

That relationship is why a 97% RTP is compatible with 200x rounds appearing on the results strip. The huge outcomes are paid for by the many rounds that end below 2x. Seeing a 300x screenshot tells you the game can do it, not that it is close to doing it again.

Every target has the same expected cost

This surprises people: aiming at 1.30x and aiming at 30x have the same expected return before the house edge, and the same roughly 3% shortfall after it. Higher targets do not have better value, and lower targets are not safer in expectation — they only fail less often, for smaller amounts.

What genuinely differs is variance. A 1.30x target produces frequent small wins and occasional gut-punches. A 30x target produces long losing stretches broken by one large hit. Choose according to how much bankroll you have to absorb the stretch, not according to which feels luckier.

Matching a target to your balance

The practical question is how many consecutive failed rounds your balance survives. If a target lands roughly one round in ten, runs of fifteen or twenty misses are entirely normal — so a stake of more than about 1% of your balance per round makes that normal run fatal.

For low targets around 1.50x, misses come in shorter clusters, but they still cluster. Keeping any single bet to a small fraction of your session budget is the only adjustment that reliably extends play time.

  • Low targets (1.20x–1.60x): frequent small returns, small margins, still loses over time to the edge.
  • Medium targets (1.80x–3x): a middle ground most players use, often with auto cashout.
  • High targets (10x+): long dry spells; only sensible with stakes small enough to lose twenty in a row without concern.

The multiplier history is not a forecast

The strip of recent multipliers is history and verification data, nothing more. Rounds are drawn independently, so a run of 1.0x results does not make a high one due, and three 20x rounds do not mean the game is 'hot'.

Betting systems built on that strip — doubling after losses, waiting for a drought to end — do not change expected value. They change the shape of your losses, usually by concentrating them into one very bad round.

Using auto cashout to hold your target

Deciding on 2x and then hesitating at 1.9x because the number is still climbing is the most common way a plan collapses. Auto cashout enforces the decision you made when you were calm, and it protects you against connection lag on a mobile network.

It does not change the odds. It changes whether you actually execute the plan you chose, which is the part of Aviator you control.

Frequently asked questions

What does 2.50x mean in Aviator?

Cashing out at 2.50x returns two and a half times your stake — USD 1 becomes USD 2.50, including your original stake.

Is a high multiplier target better value than a low one?

No. Before the house edge every target has the same expected return; higher targets simply win less often for more.

What is the highest Aviator multiplier?

Very large multipliers are possible and appear occasionally, but they are rare by design and cannot be anticipated.

Related guides

Register an account at Citybet

Citybet is a Zimbabwean betting site that offers the Aviator (Kandege) game. Registration takes a few minutes and deposits use EcoCash, OneMoney, InnBucks, PesePay or a cash deposit. New players only · 18+ · T&Cs apply.

These are links to an external betting operator. You must be 18 or older to register.

AviatorPlay now atPlay Nowcitybet.co.zw18+ · Play responsibly — opens CityBet Aviator in a new tab