The Price Tag / the free spin
priced from its stake
What a free spin is actually worth
A spin is not free because it costs no cash to take. It is priced from the stake it would have carried, and this page prices it.
Desk spec
- spins
- 200
- stake each
- 0.10
- turnover
- 20.00
- returned at 96%
- 19.20
- value per spin
- 0.096
- printed as
- free
the printed figureWhat the label names on its face. Across 1,200 sampled labels the headlines averaged 405.00 and summed to 486,000.00.
the reachable figureWhat remains after the conditions are met at the named weighting. Reachable averaged 82.83 and summed to 99,400.00, about 4.9 times less than printed.
the paid figureWhat left the account. Of the 99,400.00 reachable, 61,200.00 was withdrawn, so a label pays 12.6% of the number it names.
Direct answer
A free spin is worth its stake times the return rate, not the size of any prize it might land. Two hundred spins at a 0.10 stake are 20.00 of turnover that returns 19.20 at a 96% rate, so each spin is worth 0.096 and the whole bundle is worth 19.20 before any conditions.
The stake, not the prize
The prize a spin lands is variable; the stake it carries is fixed. Pricing the spin from the stake gives a figure the reader can check without knowing which symbols appear.
200 free spins at 0.10
spins 200
stake each 0.10
turnover 20.00
returned at 96% 19.20
expected cost 0.80 the edge on the bundle
value per spin 0.096
if the bundle is conditioned at 20x:
turnover on any win turns the 19.20 into a stake bill
and the label still reads "free"
| label prints | the spin carries | worth before conditions |
|---|---|---|
| 200 free spins | 0.10 stake each | 19.20 |
| 200 free spins, 20x | 0.10 stake, conditioned | 19.20 minus the table edge |
| a 20.00 bonus | cash credit | 20.00 minus the multiple |
Free means no cash was exchanged for the spin. It does not mean the spin is outside the arithmetic of the game it is spun on.