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Penalty Shoot-Out at CaptainsBet Zambia: The Penalty Game
Penalty Shoot-Out is an instant penalty game from Evoplay, with a 96% RTP, available in the CaptainsBet casino. You pick a team and shoot at one of five spots in the goal. Each goal doubles your running prize, up to 30.72x on the fifth kick. You can cash out after any goal, but a save ends the series and takes everything you’ve built up.
Quick answer
- Provider: Evoplay. An instant game, with no reels or paylines.
- 96% RTP, which leaves a house edge of 4%.
- Stake per series: limits are shown in kwacha inside the game.
- Multipliers from 1.92x to 30.72x, doubling with every goal.
- Where to find it: in the Fast Games section, among the quick-round games.
A series lasts seconds, and there’s a demo too. 18+. Please gamble responsibly.
Penalty Shoot-Out game details
Of everything in the CaptainsBet sportsbook and casino catalogue, this is the easiest game to describe in full: a goal split into five spots, a goalkeeper and five kicks.
How do you play Penalty Shoot-Out?
Pick a team, set your stake and take up to five kicks. Each goal doubles your running total, and after each one you decide whether to cash out or carry on. A save ends the series and wipes out what was there, with no partial prize and no refund.
Open the game
Go to Fast Games and search for the game by name. The demo opens with play money.
Pick a team
Choose whichever badge you like. It only changes the look and nothing else.
Set your stake
Adjust your bet within the limits shown in kwacha. The multipliers work on this amount.
Shoot
Tap one of the five spots in the goal and confirm. A goal raises your total, while a save ends everything.
Cash out or carry on
You choose after every goal. On the fifth goal, the game pays out and a new series starts.
That’s everything there is to know about how to play penalty shoot out: no hidden menus, no extra rounds and no features to unlock. There are two decisions, and as you’ll see, one of them doesn’t decide anything.
Penalty shoot out multipliers, step by step
The ladder starts at 1.92x, and each goal exactly doubles the previous step. The table shows the five levels and what they would return on an example K10 stake.
The fifth goal is the end of the line. Your total is paid at 30.72x, and the game immediately starts a new series from the first step again. There’s no sixth penalty and no multiplier above that.
A save at any point wipes out your whole running total, including goals already scored. There’s no automatic cash-out and no consolation prize: either you cash out before the next kick, or the whole total is at risk again.
Does choosing the corner make any difference?
No difference at all. The result of each penalty comes from the random number generator the moment you confirm your kick, and the five spots in the goal are presentation, not aim. Shooting at the same spot every time or tapping without looking gives exactly the same result over many series.
This is where this game stands apart from the rest of the casino: it looks as if you’re deciding something. Nobody believes a slot’s spin button responds to the skill of whoever presses it. But the screen shows a goal split into five and a goalkeeper diving one way, and your brain concludes on its own that scoring is a skill. The dive is just a show for an outcome that’s already been decided.
So forty years of watching football don’t add a single percentage point here. It doesn’t matter if you remember Chipolopolo winning the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations on penalties. Knowing that a keeper dives more often to a striker’s strong side, or that conversion rates drop in big moments, doesn’t come into any calculation, because there’s no calculation to make.
Sports betting works the other way round. In Super League and Premier League betting, knowing who takes a team’s penalties and how the opposing keeper does against them changes the probability of the event, and with it the fair price of the odds. A goalscorer market rewards people who’ve studied the game. The casino penalty game can’t tell a coach from someone who has never seen a shoot-out, and that’s the definition of a game of chance.
No lecture intended: as quick-round entertainment, it does the job well. The problem starts when someone treats it as a bet where knowing football counts, and risks more because of an advantage that doesn’t exist.
Does the team I pick change the odds?
No. The team is a cosmetic choice and has no effect on the kicks or the multipliers. A team you know by heart and one from the other side of the world pay the same, on the same ladder from 1.92x to 30.72x.
When should I cash out?
No step is better than the others in expected value, and hardly any page tells you this. Because each goal exactly doubles the previous multiplier, the ladder returns the same percentage whether you cash out after the first goal or hold on for all five. Your decision chooses the shape of your results, not the house edge.
Cashing out early gives you lots of small returns and a balance that moves slowly. Going all the way every time gives you lost series almost always and, once in a long while, a 30.72x. Over many series, the 4% edge is collected either way. What changes is the size of the swings along the way, not where you end up.
The useful question isn’t “when should I cash out”, but “how long will I stay here”. Setting a rule before you start doesn’t create any value on its own. It just takes the decision out of the heat of the moment. It’s worth it as discipline, not as a method.
What is the RTP of Penalty Shoot-Out?
The RTP of Penalty Shoot-Out at CaptainsBet is 96%, which means a house edge of 4%. Read properly, this penalty shootout RTP means that over many thousands of kicks by everyone who plays the game, it pays back about 96 units for every 100 it takes in.
What the percentage doesn’t describe is your afternoon. Over fifty series, your real result can end up well above or well below 96%. The figure is where a huge sample ends up, not a script for one session. Every bet has a negative expected value, and the more you play, the closer your result gets to that average.
For context, 96% is in the usual range for this platform’s casino. If you enjoy watching a prize grow and choosing when to stop, JetX uses the same idea with no multiplier ceiling.
Penalty game myths and what’s actually true
Because it looks like sport, this game attracts beliefs that no slot could ever support. It’s worth clearing them up once and for all.
Your budget, limits and the pace of the game
A series takes seconds, and that’s the real risk of the format, not the size of each bet. Twenty distracted minutes are enough for dozens of series. Before you open the game, write down three numbers: how much you’re bringing to the session, how much each series is worth and the point where you stop, both up and down. Only use money you can afford to lose, never money meant for rent, school fees or a mobile money loan.
If you’re thinking about the 100% welcome offer, check the conditions first. The Sport Welcome Bonus is wagered on sports accumulators, and casino games, this one included, don’t count towards it.
Penalty Shoot-Out on your phone and in demo mode
Penalty Shoot-Out runs in your phone’s browser with nothing to install. The screen adjusts to portrait and the cash-out button sits within thumb’s reach, which also makes it easy to press without thinking.
Before you risk money, the penalty shoot out demo shows the full game with play money: the same ladder, the same five-kick series and the same decision. You’ll find the game and its demo in the Fast Games section. Use it to get a feel for the pace, not to “test your luck”.
Keep reading
- Super League and Premier League betting: where knowing the game really does count.
- Fast Games section: the casino catalogue, providers and categories.
- JetX: the same idea of cashing out in time, with no multiplier ceiling.
- 100% welcome offer: how to activate it, wagering and time limits.
Frequently asked questions
It’s in Fast Games, the menu section for quick-round games. Searching by name will find it, and the provider filter shows it alongside Evoplay’s other games.
The maximum is five goals in a row, which pays 30.72x your stake. After that the game pays out and starts again. There’s no sixth attempt and no multiplier above that.
A series only ends with a save or the fifth goal, so the safest thing is to cash out before you leave. If you’re unsure, customer support answers by chat and email 24 hours a day.
What grows during a series is the amount at risk, not your ability to influence the outcome. Every kick is decided by the random number generator, and the published ladder is the same from the first goal to the fifth.
Not for demo mode, which runs on play money and shows how everything works. To play for real you need an account with a balance, and then your account’s deposit limits apply.
As a clue, it’s worth nothing, because no kick affects the next one. The history is only useful to see how much you’ve bet and how long you’ve been playing.
Updated October 2026. 18+ only. Please gamble responsibly. In Zambia, betting is regulated under the Betting Control Act, and there is no dedicated licensing regime for online gambling; CaptainsBet operates under an international Curaçao licence and does not hold a Zambian licence.
