Fair question. The betting window closes at block 97 of each round, 3 blocks before the draw. Once that block is reached, no more bets are accepted. The draw block hasn't been mined yet at that point, so nobody, including us, knows what the winning number will be.

You can verify this yourself: playtdt.com/live-bets shows every bet placed in the current round in real time, so you can confirm nothing comes in after the cutoff. And every completed round's block height, block hash, and derived winning number are public at playtdt.com/stats, check any of them against a block explorer.

Indeed, thank you for your questions 🤝

The draw is roughly every 16-17 hours. We'd keep this version at 100 blocks. As activity increases, the longer window lets the prize pool build up, which means bigger payouts for winners. For a 10 or 1 block game there are many challenges, some blocks get mined within 1 minute, and sometimes blocks get mined 2 or even 3 consecutively which makes it difficult to manage game rounds.

Exactly. The whole game is built on mining culture, block hashes are the source of truth, and players are basically betting on the output of proof of work. You got it.

Good question! Yes, exactly. The 14% only applies when there's a payout. So if you match 2 digits you win Tier 7 (1% of the prize pool) , say, 500 sats, you'd receive 430 sats. If nobody wins in a round, zero fees are taken and the entire pot rolls forward to the next round. We don't make money unless players win.

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