The label questions, answered in full
The questions a reader brings to a promotion label, answered directly and tied back to the samples.
- questions
- 8
- samples
- 10
- checks
- 5
- printed sum
- 486,000.00
- reachable sum
- 99,400.00
- paid of printed
- 12.6%
The headline on a label is a printed figure that the conditions may not let you reach; the reachable figure is what remains after them. A label can be checked with five questions, and across 1,200 sampled labels the headlines paid 12.6% of the number they named.
The eight questions
Each answer below is a direct statement tied to the ten invented samples, not to any real operator or promotion.
- Check the turnover before the headline.
- Price a free spin from its stake, not its prize.
- Read the multiple against the credit, not the deposit.
- Treat the clock as a condition.
- Test whether the headline is reachable at the minimum deposit.
The questions, in full
What does the headline figure on a promotion actually mean?
It is the figure printed on the face of the offer. It is a true statement about a number and not a statement about the money: across 1,200 sampled labels the printed figures averaged 405.00 against a reachable 82.83.
Why does a free spin have a value at all?
Because it carries a stake. Two hundred spins at a 0.10 stake are 20.00 of turnover returning 19.20 at a 96% rate, so each spin is worth about 0.096 before any conditions attached to it.
Is a larger deposit match a better offer?
Not on its own. A larger credit with the same multiple is a larger turnover bill. A 50.00 credit at 35x is 1,750.00 of turnover that at a 4% edge is expected to cost 70.00, more than the credit.
Does the wagering multiple apply to the deposit or to the credit?
To the credit in every sampled deposit match. A 35x multiple on a 100.00 credit is 3,500.00 of turnover, not 350.00 on the deposit.
What does the game weighting change?
The share of each stake that counts toward the turnover. A 50% weighting doubles the stakes needed, and a 10% weighting needs ten times the stakes for the same turnover.
How long does a label usually last?
Of 1,200 sampled labels, 402 expired at seven days, 386 at thirty and 268 at ninety, with 144 carrying no printed end. The mean printed life was 44 days.
How much of a label is the small print?
A mean 34 words of conditions against a mean six-word headline, so about 85% of the words on a sampled label sit in the part read last, about 13.6 seconds of reading against 1.6 for the headline.
Is there a way to reach the headline in full?
Not unconditionally. The headline is reachable only when every printed condition is met, and 640 of 1,200 sampled labels named a headline that could not be reached at the minimum deposit at all.