How to Win Mines. The way to win in Mines is to successfully pick spaces that do not contain a Mine symbol and cash out before you uncover a Mine. You can cash out at any time after a successful pick with more consecutive picks awarding a higher win value.

XYZZY is a famous Minesweeper cheat that shows you the mine locations. Type XYZZY and press [SHIFT][ENTER] and the top left pixel on your screen will become a mine detector.