Carnival Cove by Habanero: headline RTP 96.86%, max win x1 166.
An RTP of 96.86% means a house edge of 3.14% — the expected cost is 3.14 units per 100 staked over the long run, whatever a single session does.
The advertised ceiling is x1 166. Max win figures describe the tail of the distribution, not a realistic target: on most games with a ceiling this high the probability per spin is below one in a million.
Against our catalogue the number is above the median of 96.13%, higher than 94% of the games whose RTP we verified. That comparison matters more than the raw figure, because "96%" only sounds generous next to nothing.
Released 2024-11-26. Release date matters for RTP: newer titles are more likely to ship with several configurable builds, which is what lets two casinos price the same game differently.
Stakes run from 0.25 to 5000 per spin on a 5 layout with fixed betways.
Carnival Cove is one of 118 Habanero titles in our catalogue, a studio averaging 96.26% RTP across the games we could verify.
See the full Habanero game list and RTP breakdown.
Carnival Cove has a published RTP of 96.86%, a house edge of 3.14%. We have not yet found a casino serving it at a different RTP build.
Yes. Carnival Cove has a free demo with the same mathematics as the real-money version — the only thing that changes is that the balance is not yours. A demo cannot tell you the RTP build a particular casino serves.
Carnival Cove is a Habanero game, so the outcome is produced by the studio's certified RNG rather than by the casino, and it is not provably fair in the cryptographic sense — you cannot recompute a spin from a seed. What the casino does control is which RTP build it serves. That is the real variable, and it is measurable.