The table nobody scrolls to is usually the operative clause
Bonus documents tend to have a table in them, often near the bottom, listing categories of game against a percentage. That table decides how much of what you stake is counted toward releasing the funds. It is rarely mentioned in the offer's own headline, it is frequently a different table for each campaign at the same brand, and it is the single component most likely to turn an offer you understood into one you did not. This piece is about the table as a document — how it is put together, where the ambiguity lives, and which questions to answer before you accept anything that has one attached.
Four things to establish before you accept
None of these require arithmetic. They require finding four specific facts in a document that is written to be skimmed past.
Categories are not titles
A table lists groupings, and a game you have in mind may not sit where you assume. Where a named list exists, that list governs, not the category label.
Excluded is a separate state from zero
Some documents distinguish games that contribute nothing from games you may not play at all while funds are outstanding. The second can void the offer rather than merely fail to advance it.
The table belongs to the campaign
Two promotions from one brand can carry different tables. Reading one and assuming it applies to the next is where most confident mistakes come from.
Work from the games you would play anyway
Start with what you actually intend to open, then look those up. Starting from the table and choosing accordingly means the document has picked your session.
Questions we get asked
Why is the weighting different for different types of game?
Because the cost to the operator of letting you generate turnover varies by game. Where the built-in margin is thin, the same amount staked costs the operator less and would clear an obligation more cheaply, so the contribution is discounted to keep the effective cost of the offer roughly level across the catalogue. Whether or not you find that reasonable, it is a coherent design rather than an arbitrary penalty, and knowing the reason makes the table predictable.
What if a game is not listed anywhere in the table?
Then you have found the ambiguity, and the safe assumption is the unfavourable one. Ask the operator in writing, through a channel that leaves you a record, before you stake anything on it. An answer given in a live chat window that you cannot retrieve later is worth considerably less than the same answer in an email you still have.
Does this table exist at every operator?
Some equivalent of it exists wherever bonus funds carry a release condition, though the format and the vocabulary vary. We have not compared documents across operators and are not claiming this brand's table resembles or differs from anybody else's. What generalises is the habit: find the contribution rules before accepting, not after.
