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Ruby Ashcombe

Editor of Pegdrop. Ruby writes and checks every page on the site, from the payout tables to the simulator maths.

Illustration of Ruby Ashcombe, Pegdrop editor

What Ruby does

Ruby is interested in the part of Plinko most pages skip: the maths. A Plinko board is a Galton board with price tags on the pockets, which means the odds of every pocket can be worked out exactly and checked against what the provider publishes. That’s the core of her work on Pegdrop.

For each version of the game she:

  • reads the provider’s own game page and rules screen and records the RTP, rows, risk levels and bet limits, with the date;
  • copies the payout table for every row count and risk level, then recalculates the RTP from those tables to make sure nothing was mistyped;
  • runs 1,000-ball simulations in the Pegdrop simulator and compares the spread with the exact odds;
  • notes what she couldn’t confirm, so each page says what’s still open.

How she writes

Plainly, with numbers first. Ruby uses “I” when she’s reporting her own checks and simulations, and “we” for the site. She won’t call any approach a winning strategy, won’t recommend a “predictor” or “hack”, and won’t describe an offshore casino as licensed in Australia, because none of those things are true.

What Ruby doesn’t claim

She isn’t a financial adviser and doesn’t hold a gambling industry licence. Pegdrop’s pages are information about how a game works, checked against primary sources, not advice about whether to play.

Pages by Ruby

Contact Ruby about any figure on the site at hello@plinkoinaustralia.com.