How Game Weightings Play Out
We already know that when the odds are high, the game contribution is low.
But without examples, it’s hard to fully understand how radically a low game weighting wrecks your chances of winning.
The examples below will help to illustrate:
1. Slot Games (100%)
Most of the time, slots are weighted at 100%.
Subsequently, all of your bets on slot games will have their value taken away from the wagering requirements.
In other words, a $1 bet will take $1 away from the sum-total you have to wager.
A $100 bet will take away $100.
Therefore, if you were to claim a bonus worth $25 in bonus credits with wagering requirements of 20x, you’d have to bet ($25 x 20) $500 on slot games before you could cash out.
2. Table Games (5%)
Anyone that wants to play table games has to factor in the low game contribution.
We’ll reuse the prior example to provide a more precise comparison.
As previously stated: you claim a bonus worth $25 in bonus credits. The wagering requirements are 20x. You have to wager $300.
However, this time, you want to play table games.
In the T&Cs you find that table games are weighted at 5%.
Therefore, simply wagering $300 is not enough, as only 5% of that $300 will go towards the wagering requirements.
Subsequently, after wagering $300 on table games, only $15 will actually be taken away from the requirements.
If you wanted to be able to withdraw your winnings with this bonus by playing table games, you’d have to wager an unreasonable $6,000 with your $25 bonus.
We’re fairly certain that, when you compare the two examples given, you’d agree that you shouldn’t play table games with a casino bonus.
That is – you shouldn’t play table games if you care about winning real cash.
Playing slots is more likely to be ultimately profitable when you are using a casino bonus.