Stake Bonus Wager Calculator

Calculating for Stake — offer: Unlock Rakeback, promo code GETRAKEBACK . Enter that offer's real terms below; the full terms breakdown has them.

Converts a bonus and its wagering multiplier into the turnover you actually have to generate, and the expected cost of generating it. Roulette weighting is the term that ruins most offers, and it is included.

Deposit

Bonus percentage

Bonus cap

0 for no cap.

Wagering multiplier

Wagering applies to

Roulette contribution

Percent of each roulette bet that counts. Often 10–20%, sometimes 0%.

House edge of the game you will clear on

Maximum bet while bonus is active

Expected cost to clear—

Net value of the offer—

Bonus received—

Nominal wagering—

Actual roulette turnover needed—

Bets required at the max—

Time at 50 spins/hour—

Cost per $1 of bonus—

Where bonuses go wrong for roulette players

Three terms do almost all the damage, and only one of them is advertised.

1. Game weighting

Slots usually count 100% toward wagering. Roulette often counts 10% or 20%, and sometimes 0%. At 20%, a $4,000 requirement means $20,000 of actual roulette turnover — and at 2.70% that carries an expected loss of $540 to unlock a bonus of a few hundred.

2. The wagering basis

"40× the bonus" and "40× bonus plus deposit" sound similar and differ by a factor of two on a 100% match. Check which one applies before you calculate anything else.

3. The maximum bet rule

Most bonuses cap the bet size while wagering is outstanding, commonly at $5. That does not change the cost, but it changes the time: $20,000 of turnover in $5 bets is 4,000 spins, which is around 80 hours at a live table. Many people abandon the bonus part-way, which means paying most of the cost and collecting none of the benefit.

Also check the excluded-bets clause. A large number of casinos void bonuses if you cover more than a set share of the roulette table — typically 65–70% of numbers, or simultaneous red and black. Low-risk covering strategies are exactly what those clauses exist to stop.

Rakeback avoids all three problems, which is why it usually beats a deposit bonus for a roulette player. Our rakeback calculator puts a number on it, and the bonus page compares the two directly.

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