How to Keep Track of the Remaining Bonus Wager (3 possible ways)?
In this article:
1) What is the wager on bonus?
2) Is it hard to keep track of remaining wagering on bonus?
3) The best way to keep track of remaining wagering is directly from your account
4) The mediocre way to keep track of remaining wagering is via live chat
5) The worst way to keep track of remaining wagering is through support email
6) Why it is important to keep track on remaining bonus wagering (what happens if I fail)?
What is the wager on bonus?
The wager on bonus in an online casino is the sum of all bets (or spins the reels) which you have to make before being eligible to withdraw any winnings derived from the bonus.
Let's imagine the situation when online casino awarded us with a 100% bonus on our deposit of 100 euro with wager requirements 30x. This means that now our balance is 200 euro (instead of 100 which we would have without bonus), but in order to withdraw bonus 100 euro or get any winning derived from this bonus, we must “wager” deposit amount + bonus amount 30 times (in our case 200 euro x 30 times = 6000 euro).
6000 euro is a wagering requirement ( or wager sum) in this particular example and it gets fulfilled gradually. If you made bet let's say 5 euro, now we have 5995 euro left to wager and so on. We are approaching our goal gradually and when all wager is fulfilled we can actually withdraw our balance.
Is it hard to keep track of remaining wagering on bonus?
In general, I would say it is quite a challenge to do the math like these by yourself because all process implies tons of calculations. It means you would have to keep track of every spin you make and then perform addition of these bets (which is going to produce the total wagering amount).
You can easily get lost since you don't have any special tools (and of course you are not supposed to have them), especially if you change bet sizings from time to time.
So, depending on whether tools an online casino provides you with, the process could be super easy or a nightmare.
There are 3 possible ways to keep track of wagering: the best, the mediocre and the worst.
The best way to keep track of remaining wagering is directly from your account
It is obvious that an online casino collects the data about all bets you have ever made. The question is if it provides you with the tools making you access to this data. The most convenient way for the player to keep track of remaining wagering is directly from a player's (his or her) account.
You should enter your account and click on the section that named “Bonus”, “Bonus information”, “Bonus tracking” or any similar to that.
Here we can see that we already have an active bonus which at the moment is wagered by 3%.
After that, I had made a few spins in slots eligible for bonus wagering we can see what had happened.
Here progress bar says that our wagering is completed by 7%. Great, we basically can track it in the real time which is a super-convenient feature, don`t you think so?
There is usually no delay in such information processing, but if you have made some bets and there are no changes in bar progress, just refresh the webpage by pressing “F5” button on your PC or “reload page” button on your web browser.
The mediocre way to keep track of remaining wagering is via live chat
Using a live chat is another way to tell how far you have progressed in terms of bonus wagering. This option is very simple and straightforward but certainly not as convenient as the possibility of doing it directly from the private account due to the following reasons:
you have to wait for a while in order to get a response, it won't happen instantly
there is no 24h/7 feature in some casinos live chat, so it could be unavailable in a certain moment of time
Just find the “live chat” section on the online casino website and wait for a moment when a support employee responds to you. Here you’re able to ask an online casino representative about wagering amount which has been completed and which is left.
The worst way to keep track of remaining wagering is through support email
Of course, nobody likes to contact support via email and wait for the response, which could take some time (depends on particular online casino support quality). It seems especially unfair when it concerns such tiny an issue which can and should be solved automatically. But we have what we have, and unfortunately, some casinos neither allow you to keep track of your bonus wagering from an account nor via a live chat (often because they don't have one).
So as I have stated above, it is ridiculously unfriendly towards users. Nevertheless, in this case, we have a pretty much simple way to find out what wager amount has left. All you need is to find an online casino support email and ask them directly.
How to find out which option of tracking the wagering particular online casino provides?
Usually, all modern online casinos (by modern I mean that they are less than 10 years old and their software has been updated) let you track bonus wagering through your account.
To be 100% sure before making deposit contact an online casino in which you are going to play either via live chat or email and ask them this question.
I would suggest you do so even it is not an appealing prospect. It could possibly save you some time (disputing casino actions relating to bonus) and even money.
Why it is important to keep track on remaining bonus wagering (what happens if I fail)?
Online casinos are super-vigilant about matters concerning bonuses. It is pretty much understandable because they have to prevent the bonus system from being abused by “bonus hunters”.
So, the possible consequences could be:
cancelling bonus and all winnings derived from this bonus
closing account and confiscating all funds (if they strongly believe that bonus abuse took place)
In conclusion
Make some research before depositing to the online casino if it allows users to track bonus wagering in real-time through the website interface.
Always stick with online casinos that allow you to track bonus wagering directly from your account:
It could save you from possible disputes with online casino regarding whether you fulfilled bonus wager or not.
It is definitely going to save you a lot of time and make your gambling experience smooth and seamless.
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