Low Wagering Casino Bonuses

Expanding on the above example of the $100 casino bonus, we've broken down three different wagering requirements, and are using a 95% RTP (return to player) average to demonstrate a slightly more realistic way the bonus funds can be converted with a full play through when actually being bet.

The RTP is basing the turnover on retaining 95% of the bonus funds for each given stage of the play through (which in practice means the full value left in the bonus funds will be wagered more than the wagering requirement number as it refers only to the total initial bonus amount, ie. you will likely end up betting all of your bonus funds more than 10 or 30 times since you will be statistically playing with less after each play through of the value at hand)

1x Wagering Requirement

1. $100 x 95% = $95

If you play through the entire bonus amount, any winnings left are yours to keep, which in this case can be up to $95

5x Wagering Requirement

1. $100 x 95% = $95

2. $95 x 95% = $90.25

3. $90.25 x 95% = $85.74

4. $85.74 x 95% = $81.45

Nope, we're not quite there yet, since the total value wagered to meet this requirement must be $500, and after playing through all bonus funds 5 times, the total is only at $452.44

5. $81.45 x 95% = $77.38

Now you can withdraw these funds, and you'll see that even after just a 5x the amount left is nearly $20 less!

20x Wagering Requirement

1. $100 x 95% = $95

2. $95 x 95% = $90.25

3. $90.25 x 95% = $85.74

4. $85.74 x 95% = $81.45

5. $81.45 x 95% = $77.38
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29. $23.78 x 95% = $22.59

30. $22.59 x 95% = $21.46

Yikes. compared to the low wagering requirements bonuses there is really not very much money left over, at over $70 less than the 1x turnover! Also, we've stopped the 30 times turnover number, not the actual value, since in total only $1592.19 has been wagered, and $2000 is the actual amount needed. (If we ran the calculation out to the $2000 value, you actually would need to bet the full amount of bonus funds more than 150 times, but because you start playing with $0.01 eventually, you can't actually place bets so it becomes impossible. The only way to complete this wagering requirement would be to win at a higher rate than 95% on average, or even just get lucky with a few big wins.)