News
What is a no deposit bonus? The clauses that price it
A no deposit bonus is bonus credit, not cash. The five clauses that price it, Great Britain's 10x wagering cap, and when its winnings can be withdrawn.
TopicNews
15 articles
News
What is game weighting in casino bonuses? The arithmetic
Game weighting is the share of each stake that counts toward a bonus's wagering requirement. Paddy Power's own examples, worked through a 10x cap.
News
What is the maximum wagering requirement in the UK? 10x
Ten times, under SR Code 5.1.1, in force since 19 January 2026. The Commission's own wording, the date change, and what game weighting does to a 10x cap.
News
Are sweepstakes casinos legal in New York? No
No. New York's Chapter 605 of 2025 bans dual-currency sweepstakes casinos, free Sweeps Coins included. The 26 platforms the AG named, and the penalties.
News
Is there a cap on wagering requirements in Ontario? No
Ontario's AGCO bonus Standards set no maximum wagering multiple. They set a test and a disclosure rule instead. Read against Great Britain's 10x cap.
News
Are no deposit bonuses allowed in Ontario? Yes, unadvertised
Yes. AGCO Standard 2.05 does not ban no-deposit bonuses; it bans public ads for them. What 2.04 to 2.07 say about wagering, win caps and the word free.
News
Are casino bonuses allowed in Ontario? Yes, with limits
The AGCO's Standards do not ban casino bonuses in Ontario. They ration where an offer may appear and what it must disclose: Standards 2.05 to 2.07, read.
News
Can affiliates advertise casino bonuses in Ontario? No
Ontario's Standards 1.19, 1.21 and 2.05 read against the AGCO's $110,000 BetMGM penalty: what an affiliate page may carry, and who pays when it doesn't.
News
Which Ontario casinos AGCO fined for bonus advertising
BetMGM, PointsBet, DraftKings, Unibet and Casino Days: every AGCO bonus-advertising penalty this desk read, in one dated table split by Standard.
Regulation
In Sweden, the second bonus is the illegal one
Swedish law defines 'bonus' and then rations it: under spellagen 14 kap. 9 §, a licensee may offer one only at a player's first play. We read the consolidated text and the regulator's April 2026 remark against Polar Limited.
News
The Dutch licences granted in September 2021 expire on 1 October 2026, and the exit plan counts a bonus as money
The licences granted in September 2021 run out in thirty-two days. Since January every Dutch applicant has had to file a wind-down plan — and the rulebook's definition of a player balance expressly includes bonuses.
News
New Zealand's licence auction is next, and its bonus rules are already written
Expressions of interest for up to 15 online casino licences closed this month, with an auction expected in September. The clause that prices every bonus in that market has been in force since July — and it sets two ceilings where Cabinet described one.
News
The freeplay rule that turns a wagering requirement into a tax question
Remote Gaming Duty went from 21% to 40% in April. The rules on how freeplays are counted did not move — and one of them keys off the same clause that prices a bonus for the player.
News
Brazil's advertising rules and the end of income-promise marketing
Rules in force since July 2026 bar Brazilian betting ads from portraying gambling as income. For bonus marketing — a genre built on earnings language — that is not a small edit.
News
The consumer-protection era reaches bonus design
Regulators used to police how bonuses were advertised. The UK's reform programme — levy, stake limits, and a cap on wagering requirements — now reaches into how they are built.