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How to Play the Bitcoin Wishing Well

It costs 500 Bitcoin Well Points to toss a coin into the Bitcoin Wishing Well. When the coin lands, you will see how many sats you won and can send the prize to a Lightning wallet.

Lightning wallet required: Wishing Well prizes are paid only over the Lightning Network. Set up a Lightning wallet before you play. Learn how to set up and use Wallet of Satoshi.

Start a Wishing Well play

Log in to your Bitcoin Well account.
Open Rewards > Bitcoin Well Points.
Select Play beside Bitcoin (Wishing) Well.

Bitcoin Well Points page with the Play button outlined in red to open the Bitcoin Wishing Well

Take a look at the prize table before you toss. Most coins land on a prize of up to 2,099 sats, while the luckiest toss can land the 1,000,000-sat jackpot.

Winning odds	Prize
19 in 20	Up to 2,099 sats
1 in 20	2,100 to 21,000 sats
1 in 600	21,001 to 210,000 sats
1 in 4,000	500,000 sats
1 in 10,000	1,000,000 sats

Select Redeem 500 points to toss a coin into the Wishing Well. It currently costs 500 points per toss. If that ever changes, follow the price shown in your account.

Bitcoin Wishing Well prize odds with the Redeem 500 points button outlined in red

Warning: Selecting Redeem spends the displayed number of points right away and starts the toss. Check the point cost before continuing.

Option 1: Scan or tap the QR code

Once the coin lands and your prize appears, use your Lightning wallet's scan feature to scan the claim QR code. On a phone, you can tap the QR code and choose a compatible Lightning wallet. You do not need to generate a new invoice.

Redeemed Wishing Well Lightning claim QR outlined in red after winning 210 sats

Information: This screenshot shows a claim QR from a completed payout. Your current play will show a new claim QR. Keep it private while it is active and leave the claim screen open until the sats arrive.

Follow the prompts in your Lightning wallet and wait for the sats to arrive before closing the claim screen.

Option 2: Send to a saved Lightning wallet

Select Send to wallet.

Send to wallet outlined in red on the 210-sat Wishing Well result screen

Choose a saved Lightning wallet or Lightning Address.

A saved Lightning wallet row outlined in red in the Wishing Well destination selector, with wallet addresses blurred

Review the selected destination, then select Confirm.

Confirm outlined in red after selecting a saved Lightning wallet, with wallet addresses blurred

Keep the page open until you see confirmation that the sats were sent.

Wishing Well confirmation showing that 210 sats were sent to a Lightning wallet

Tip: Before using a new saved destination for a larger prize, test it with a small Lightning payment.

Claim the prize later

Not ready to choose a wallet? Select Claim later. Your prize moves to Unclaimed rewards on the Bitcoin Well Points page.

Claim later outlined in red on an unclaimed 210-sat Wishing Well reward

Unclaimed rewards show the time remaining before expiry. Claim the sats before that deadline.

For the complete claim-later workflow, see How to Claim Unclaimed Sats from the Bitcoin Wishing Well.

Where should I go next?

If a payout does not arrive, leave the claim screen open and contact the Bitcoin Well Customer Service team through chat.

Updated on: 15/07/2026

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