No bonus headline appears beside an operator name anywhere on this site, the eight entries on the front page included. A percentage detached from the requirement that governs it is not information, and these pages exist to supply the part that is normally left off.
What a bonus actually is
A bonus is credit added to a balance that cannot be withdrawn until a condition is met. The condition is a wagering requirement: a multiple of some amount that must pass through the games first. Everything else in an offer — the percentage, the spins, the tier names — is decoration on that one mechanism.
That framing matters because it puts the numbers in the right order. A larger percentage attached to a larger requirement is not a better offer, and frequently is a worse one. The only way to compare two offers is to convert both into the same figure: how much has to pass through the games before the balance is ordinary money.
The five lines to find before accepting anything
- The multiplierThirty-five times, forty times. On its own this number says nothing until you know what it multiplies.
- Its baseThe bonus alone, or the deposit and bonus together. This is the line that doubles the obligation while the headline stays identical.
- The game weightingSlots usually count in full; live tables and sportsbook bets frequently count for a fraction, sometimes nothing.
- The maximum stake while a bonus is activeUsually a small figure. Exceeding it can void the balance, and it is enforced automatically.
- The expiryA requirement that cannot be met in the time allowed is not an offer, it is a deposit with conditions attached.
All five are in the terms on the operator's own site, they are free to read, and reading them takes about two minutes. That is the entire method this section teaches.
In rand, so the size is visible
Percentages hide size. The same offer converted into rand stops being a marketing number and becomes an amount of play, which is the form in which it can be judged.
| A deposit of | Matched in full, 35× the bonus | 35× deposit and bonus |
|---|---|---|
| R 500 | R 17 500 to wager | R 35 000 to wager |
| R 1 800 | R 63 000 to wager | R 126 000 to wager |
| R 5 000 | R 175 000 to wager | R 350 000 to wager |
Identical headlines in both columns. The right-hand column is twice the obligation, and the difference is one line in the terms.
The three kinds of offer
Welcome bonuses
A matched percentage, and the single number that decides what it is worth.
Open→the real productWagering requirements
The multiplier, its base, and the game weighting nobody puts in the headline.
Open→attached to one titleFree spins
Two numbers decide what a package of spins is worth, and only one is advertised.
Open→What this site will not do with bonuses
What is here
- How a requirement is calculated, with the arithmetic shown.
- What a base is, and what it does to an identical headline.
- How weighting changes what counts as progress.
- The case for declining an offer entirely.
What is not
- Any operator's current headline percentage.
- No-deposit offers, where the terms do the most work.
- Exclusive codes, which this site does not have.
- A claim that any offer is generous, which is not a checkable statement.
The reason for the first omission is timing: a headline printed here would be stale within weeks and wrong within months, and a stale bonus figure is worse than none because it reads as current.
Questions people actually ask
Why are no bonus percentages printed here?
Because a percentage without its wagering requirement and its base is not information, and by the time both are included the offer has usually changed. The terms on the operator's own site are the only copy that governs anything.
What is the single most important line in a bonus?
What the requirement multiplies: the bonus alone, or the deposit and bonus together. The second is twice the obligation wearing the same headline.
Is taking no bonus a reasonable choice?
Frequently. A deposit without an offer attached can be withdrawn whenever you like, at whatever stake, on whatever game. A deposit with one cannot.