Welcome bonuses

25×-30× on the bonus only (B scope) is genuinely competitive and can be positive-EV. 35×-40× B is industry standard and usually prices slightly negative. 40×+ or anything on deposit+bonus (D+B) scope is a SKIP at almost any deposit size — the expected loss over the turnover exceeds the bonus value.

Roughly one in ten prices positive at our €100 baseline — low-wager offers, mostly. The rest lose €20-€60 per €100 deposit on average. Worth it depends on what you were doing anyway: if you would deposit regardless, a NEUTRAL-verdict bonus adds play time for the same money. If you deposit only to claim the bonus, only CLAIM verdicts make sense.

No — the bonus amount itself is never withdrawable, only winnings after completing the wagering requirement. Some operators let you forfeit the bonus to withdraw your remaining deposit; check for a "forfeit bonus" option in the cashier before support tickets.

Almost never. Operators pay for the higher headline by widening the wagering — 200% matches typically run at 45×-50× on deposit+bonus scope, versus 30×-35× bonus-only on 100% offers. The expected loss over the extra turnover exceeds the extra bonus value. At a €100 deposit, a 100% at 30×-B usually prices near break-even; a 200% at 45×-D+B carries roughly €270 of negative expectation. Sort the EV column, not the match column.

Roughly half of welcome offers require a code — typically a short case-sensitive string ("WELCOME100", "FIRST500") entered in a promotions field during registration or in the cashier before the first deposit. The other half auto-credit on qualifying deposit. Our offer cards list the exact code (or explicitly note "no code needed") for every welcome bonus we track. Missing the code window usually cannot be fixed retroactively — support may issue the bonus as a courtesy on a first request, never on a second.

Sticky bonuses stay attached to your balance for wagering purposes but are stripped at cashout — you keep the winnings, not the bonus itself. Non-sticky bonuses sit in a separate wallet and only unlock after wagering completes; your deposit remains withdrawable throughout. Non-sticky is strictly better for the player: you can withdraw the deposit at any point without forfeiting anything. Sticky is the industry default. Terms usually do not use these words — instead look for "bonus is withdrawn on cashout" (sticky) versus "deposit and bonus are separate" (non-sticky).

On non-sticky offers, yes — the deposit sits in a separate wallet and remains withdrawable. On sticky offers (the default), initiating a withdrawal usually voids the entire bonus and any winnings from it, returning only the untouched deposit portion. Most cashiers show a "forfeit bonus" button before finalising a withdrawal request; some auto-strip and warn on the confirmation screen. Read the confirmation dialog before clicking.

Slots almost always contribute 100%. Live-dealer and table games contribute 10-20% at most operators and 0% at some; video poker and progressive-jackpot slots are usually excluded entirely. That means playing 30 minutes of blackjack toward a €4,000 wagering requirement moves the counter by €400-€800, not €4,000. Every welcome bonus we track lists the game-weighting on the offer card; if you prefer table games, filter to the operators whose blackjack contributes 20%+ or accept that slots are the fastest clearance path.