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Wagering Requirement
How many times a player must bet a bonus before they can withdraw, the mechanic that decides whether a welcome bonus actually converts to a deposit.
Written as a multiplier like x35, a wagering requirement means a $100 bonus must be wagered $3,500 before winnings cash out. It protects the operator from bonus abuse, but it also shapes how attractive the offer feels: a fat headline bonus with brutal wagering converts worse than a smaller bonus a player believes they can clear.
Buyers care because the bonus terms sit right at the reg-to-dep and retention steps: if the creative promises easy money but the cashier reveals x50 wagering, trust breaks and the deposit does not happen. Match the creative to the real terms, and prefer offers whose wagering is competitive for the GEO, an unrealistic requirement quietly caps your FTD rate no matter how good the traffic is.
In buyer speech
“The bonus looks huge but it's x50 wagering, no wonder reg-to-dep is soft, let's test the offer with the x35 terms instead.”