Cricket X is a cricket-themed crash game by SmartSoft Gaming. A batsman strikes the ball skyward, a multiplier climbs as it flies, and your job is to collect before the ball bursts and the round crashes. Strip away the stadium and it is the same crash mechanic that powers JetX, dressed in cricket clothing.
Cricket X launched on 31 March 2022 and sits at the top of SmartSoft’s X-Games family on returns. It pairs the family’s headline features, a high ceiling and a dual-bet structure, with one extra tool the others lack: a 50% Collect that lets you bank half a bet while the rest rides.
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This guide covers what Cricket X actually is, its real RTP, how the 50% Collect works, where you can play it, and how it stacks up against its SmartSoft siblings. As always, we lead with the maths rather than the marketing.
The 30-second version
Cricket X is SmartSoft’s highest-return crash title, with a quoted RTP of 96.7% to 98.8%, a 25,000x maximum and two simultaneous bets per round plus a 50% Collect feature. It is RNG-certified, not genuinely provably fair, and SmartSoft does not hold a UK licence, so it is not available at UK casinos. That top figure is a ceiling, not what you should expect to get back.
RTP
96.7-98.8%
House Edge
1.2-3.3%
Max Multiplier
25,000x
Bet Type
Dual bet
Provably Fair
Claimed
Licence, not UKGC
MGA
🏢 Who makes Cricket X
Cricket X is made by SmartSoft Gaming, the studio that effectively created the crash-game category with JetX in 2018. Cricket X is part of the same X-Games series, taking the proven mechanic and aiming it squarely at cricket-following markets, India first among them.
The cricket theme is a deliberate geographic play rather than a gimmick. SmartSoft pairs it with Hindi support and rupee bet ranges, and markets its football titles separately through an Argentine Football Association sponsorship. The full company picture, its licensing and its wider catalogue, is in the SmartSoft Gaming profile.
⚡ How Cricket X works
A round of Cricket X is short and the loop is the same on every flight. You bet, the ball flies, the multiplier rises, and you collect before it bursts.
Place your bet or bets
In the pre-round window you set a stake of $0.10 to $100. You can run two independent bets at once, for up to $200 a round.
The batsman strikes
The bowler delivers, the ball is hit skyward, and the multiplier climbs in real time as it flies.
Collect before the burst
Press Collect to bank your stake times the current multiplier. You can set an auto-collect target from 1.35x upward, or use autoplay to repeat a stake across rounds.
The ball bursts
When the round ends, any bet you did not collect is lost. A Turbo mode speeds the cycle up if you want faster rounds.
📊 RTP and house edge
Cricket X is quoted at a consensus RTP of 96.7% to 98.8%, but the top figure is a ceiling reached only when cashing out at the very lowest multipliers, not a number you should plan around. SmartSoft does not officially publish an RTP for the game, some operators list a flat figure near 97%, and a few aggregators cite a wider band, so the honest framing is a range, with the live number sitting in the in-game info panel.
🔍 Worth noting
SmartSoft RTP is operator-configurable, the same way it is on JetX. The top of the range is the best case at the lowest cash-out targets; your casino may run a lower setting. Open the info panel and confirm the live figure before you bet.
The table below works the maths at a representative 97% setting. The chance of the multiplier reaching a target is the RTP divided by that target, and because the house keeps its cut at every level, the expected return is the same wherever you choose to collect.
The bottom line: at this setting you lose about $3 for every $100 you stake, and around 1 round in 33 crashes at the very first multiplier. No cash-out target changes that expected loss; it only changes how often you win and by how much. The full proof sits in the crash gambling maths guide.
“The bat is new and the stadium is new. The house edge is the one JetX has charged since 2018.”
⚙️ Features and the 50% Collect
Cricket X carries the standard X-Games toolkit, but one feature sets it apart from the rest of the SmartSoft family.
- Dual bet. Two independent bets per round, so you can collect one early and let the other ride.
- Auto cash-out and autoplay. Set a target from 1.35x upward and repeat a stake hands-free across rounds.
- Turbo mode. Speeds the round cycle for faster play.
- Social layer. Live chat, a scoreboard of other players’ bets, a round-history strip and a top-wins board. There are no bonus rounds, free spins, scatters or wilds; this is a pure crash game.
The 50% Collect
The 50% Collect is Cricket X’s signature feature and the only thing that genuinely separates it from JetX. It lets you bank half of a bet at a chosen multiplier while the other half keeps climbing, the same idea as Spaceman’s partial cash-out, which JetX and Football X do not offer.
It is a variance tool, not an edge tool. Splitting a bet smooths your results and locks in part of a good flight, but it does nothing to the 3% the house keeps over time, because each half is still subject to the same edge. The maths of split and dual cash-out approaches is laid out in the dual-bet strategy guide, and the closest cousin feature in another game is covered in the Spaceman guide.
Fast rounds, repeat betting and a crowd feed are part of what makes crash games engaging and also what makes them risky. We cover the research, the risk factors and what regulators are doing here: crash gambling and player harm.
🛡️ Is Cricket X provably fair?
No, not in the verifiable sense. Cricket X runs on RNG certified by independent labs, including iTech Labs, eCOGRA and Gaming Associates, under SmartSoft’s MGA business-to-business licence. Several affiliate pages describe it as “provably fair,” but there is no SmartSoft-hosted page where you can check a server seed against a round, so that claim is not something you can confirm yourself.
The honest classification, the same one we apply to JetX, is RNG-certified rather than crypto-verifiable. That is a meaningful difference from games like Aviator, where you can mathematically verify each result; what “provably fair” actually means is set out in the provably fair explainer, and the same RNG-not-verifiable judgement on JetX runs through the JetX vs Space XY comparison.
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🏆 Cricket X vs JetX and Football X
Within SmartSoft’s crash range, Cricket X is the feature-rich, highest-return option and Football X is the deliberate outlier. The table below sets the three side by side.
The verdict is straightforward. On pure features and returns, Cricket X is the strongest SmartSoft crash title, matching JetX on ceiling and bet structure while adding the 50% Collect. Football X is for players who specifically want a calmer, low-ceiling, single-bet game with the football skin, and accept a lower RTP for it.
💡 Common mistakes and where to play
Cricket X is available through aggregators such as SOFTSWISS, SoftGamings and EveryMatrix, at crypto and fiat casinos and at regulated operators in Romania, Greece and Ontario, roughly 42 countries in all. SmartSoft does not hold a UK Gambling Commission licence, so Cricket X is not available at UK-licensed casinos. The game is aimed first at India, with rupee bet ranges and Hindi support, and at the wider cricket-following world.
🔍 Worth noting: Cricket X is not CricketerX
These are two different SmartSoft titles. Cricket X is the 2022 dual-bet crash game covered on this page. CricketerX is a newer, multiplayer-focused cricket crash game launched in March 2025, also up to 25,000x but built around multiplayer mode, live chat and leaderboards. Do not confuse the two.
The mistakes that cost Cricket X players are the usual crash traps, dressed in cricket colours.
- Treating the top of the range as your expected return. It is a ceiling at the lowest targets, not what you get back over a session.
- Chasing the top multiplier. The chance of reaching it is vanishingly small, and the per-bet max win is capped well below it anyway.
- Expecting the 50% Collect to cut the edge. It manages variance only. Your long-run expected loss is unchanged.
- Reading the round-history strip as a pattern. Past results are independent. A run of low multipliers does not make a big one due.
⚠️ Scam alert: any app, bot or Telegram group claiming to predict Cricket X results is a scam. The round outcomes are generated by the game server before you can act on them, so no tool can foresee them. Anyone selling one is selling nothing.
❓ Frequently asked questions
What is the RTP of Cricket X?
The consensus range is 96.7% to 98.8%, where 98.8% is a ceiling reached only at the lowest cash-out targets. SmartSoft does not officially publish a figure, the RTP is operator-configurable, and some operators run a flat setting near 97%, so check the in-game info panel for the live number.
Is Cricket X provably fair?
Not in a verifiable way. It runs on RNG certified by independent labs under SmartSoft’s MGA licence. Affiliate sites call it provably fair, but there is no seed-verification page, so the honest classification is RNG-certified rather than crypto-verifiable.
What is the 50% Collect feature?
It lets you bank half of a bet at a chosen multiplier while the other half keeps riding for a bigger payout. It is a variance-management tool, the only one of its kind in SmartSoft’s crash range, and it does not change the house edge.
What is the difference between Cricket X and CricketerX?
They are two separate SmartSoft games. Cricket X is the 2022 dual-bet crash game described here. CricketerX, launched in March 2025, is a newer multiplayer cricket crash game built around multiplayer mode, live chat and leaderboards.
Can I play Cricket X in the UK?
No. SmartSoft does not hold a UK Gambling Commission licence, so Cricket X is not offered at UK-licensed casinos. It is available at MGA, Curacao, Romanian, Greek and Ontario-facing operators in roughly 42 countries.