Penalties: The 1xGames Football Shootout

What Penalties is and why football fans keep coming back

Penalties turns the most nerve-wracking moment in football into a fast, self-contained game inside the 1xGames section. There is no ninety minutes to sit through and no league table to study. You step straight up to the spot, pick a side of the duel, and settle the outcome in seconds.

The whole game is built around one classic scene: a striker facing a goalkeeper, one shot, one decision. Before each round you choose which side of that duel you want to be. Play as the shooter and your job is to beat the keeper and find the net. Play as the goalkeeper and your job flips completely: read the shot and make the save. Same game, two very different feelings.

The presentation leans hard into its football theme. You line up alongside a roster of football stars, the goalmouth is split into highlighted target zones, and every attempt plays out like a real shootout on a floodlit pitch. It is the kind of game you understand in one glance, which is exactly why it works so well for a quick session between other games in the 1xGames catalogue.

How the game works: rules and the flow of a round

A round of Penalties follows a simple, repeatable rhythm, and understanding it is most of the battle. Everything is decided attempt by attempt, so there is nothing hidden to memorise.

First you choose your role for the round: kicker or goalkeeper. Then you select one of the available footballers. This choice is purely cosmetic. It changes who you see on screen, but it does not change your chances or the maths behind the result in any way, so pick whoever you like the look of. After that you set your stake and confirm to start the round.

Now the action begins. The goal is divided into highlighted areas. As the shooter, you select the zone you want to aim at and take the shot; the aim is to send it past the keeper. As the goalkeeper, you pick the zone you think the shot is coming to and try to get a hand to it. Each attempt is resolved on its own and has no memory of what came before.

Here is the part that keeps things tense. A successful shot or save advances the round and pushes your potential reward higher, so a run of correct calls builds into a streak worth chasing. But a single failed attempt ends the round then and there and settles the result. Every new game you start begins a fresh sequence, wiping the slate clean. To keep outcomes fair, Penalties relies on a certified random number generator, meaning each shot and each save is independent and never influenced by earlier rounds. If this is your first visit to the games section, the learning curve here is about as gentle as it gets.

Bets and payouts explained

Your control over the game happens before the whistle, at the moment you set your stake. Penalties lets you use the preset betting buttons for speed or type a custom amount when you want something precise. All amounts are handled in Moroccan dirham (MAD), so there is no mental currency conversion to do while you play.

The reward side of the game is driven by momentum. Instead of a single flat result, each successful attempt lifts your potential payout, so the longer your streak of goals or saves runs, the more there is to gain, right up until a miss closes the round. The table below breaks down the moving parts so you can see exactly what each one does for you.

Reading the table before you commit

The takeaway from those numbers is that Penalties rewards discipline as much as nerve. Because your potential reward climbs with every success but collapses on a single failure, each attempt is really a small decision: bank what you have built, or risk it for one more step up the streak.

The stake tools matter just as much as the streak. Preset buttons keep a fast session flowing when you are chasing rhythm, while a custom amount lets you fine-tune risk once you know how you like to play. Keep in mind that the footballer you pick is there for atmosphere only, so never let a lucky-looking star tempt you into a stake bigger than you planned. If you want to see how this game sits alongside other titles, the wider 1xGames library is one tap away, and current offers often live on the promotions page.

How to start playing Penalties

Getting from a cold start to your first penalty takes only a few minutes. Here is the order that works:

1. Create your profile through the quick registration form and confirm your details.

2. Add funds using a Moroccan payment method so your balance is ready in MAD.

3. Open the 1xGames games hub and search for Penalties among the titles.

4. Choose your role for the round, kicker or goalkeeper, and pick a footballer.

5. Set your stake with a preset button or a custom amount, then confirm to start.

6. Select your target or save zone and take the attempt, then decide whether to push your streak or stop.

If you already have an account, simply sign in to your account and jump straight to step three. The whole loop is short by design, which is what makes Penalties such an easy game to dip in and out of.

Tactics and managing your bankroll

No approach can turn Penalties into a sure thing, because a certified random generator decides every shot and every save. What you can control is how you stake and when you walk away, and that is where a bit of discipline pays off.

Start by setting a session budget before you play and splitting it into small, equal stakes rather than a few large ones. This gives you more rounds, more chances to enjoy a streak, and a natural brake if the game runs cold. A steady stake also makes it far easier to read your own results honestly.

The real skill in Penalties is knowing your exit point on a streak. Since one failure ends the round, decide in advance how many successful attempts is enough for you, then take the result instead of always reaching for one more. Treat each new round as a clean slate, because mathematically it is; past misses and past streaks tell you nothing about the next shot. Play for the fun of the duel first, and let any reward be the bonus rather than the plan.

Playing from your phone and topping up in Morocco

Penalties is built for short bursts, which makes the phone its natural home. You can line up a shootout on your commute, during a break, or in front of a real match, with the same target zones and the same quick round on a smaller screen. The 1xBet mobile app for Morocco keeps the game a single tap away and holds your session together whether you are on Wi-Fi or mobile data.

Funding your balance is just as local. Deposits are handled in MAD through the payment options Moroccan players actually use day to day, so there is no need to hunt for an international workaround. The table below lines up the main methods and when each one tends to fit best.

Pick whichever method already sits in your daily routine. Because each one settles in dirham, the amount you send is the amount that lands, and you can be back in a shootout within moments of confirming the transfer.

The bottom line on Penalties

Penalties works because it strips football down to its single most dramatic moment and hands you both sides of it. Choosing between kicker and goalkeeper, aiming at a target zone, and deciding whether to protect a streak or push it gives every quick round a real edge of tension, without asking for more than a couple of minutes of your time.

For Moroccan players the fit is clean: stakes and deposits in MAD, local payment methods you already trust, and a game that plays just as smoothly in your hand as on a desktop. If you want a fast, football-flavoured game you can genuinely learn in one round, take your first shot from the spot, and let your reads and your bankroll discipline do the rest.