What the share is counted from
Loss or stakeTwo builds stand behind the same word. One counts a share of the net loss over a period, the other a share of the stake, whatever the result. Five per cent of the loss and five per cent of the stake are completely different amounts, and both offers carry the same number in the headline.
The variant on the stake is the more generous one for heavy players, the variant on the loss for everyone else. Which one applies stands in the bonus rules — often in a subordinate clause.
Free or tied again
The second questionAs free balance
- Withdrawable at once, no further condition
- The percentage named is also the real one
- Comparable with any other offer of the same build
- Rare, and expressly named in the terms
As bonus balance
- Carries a wagering condition of its own
- The real value sits below the percentage named
- Comparable only if the wagering is counted in
- More common, and usually mentioned in only one place
The period
Daily, weekly, monthlyCashback on losses is counted over a period, and the length of the period changes the result considerably. A week with one large loss and one large win can come out at zero in a weekly window and trigger a return flow on a single day in a daily one.
That is no quibble but the item at which two offers with an identical percentage differ several times over. If the period does not stand in the terms, the percentage cannot be interpreted.
Why cashback can still be the more honest bonus
No advanceUnlike a deposit bonus, cashback demands no wagering on money you do not yet have. It counts over something that has already happened. Anyone who dislikes conditions on principle finds here the variant with the least small print — provided the return flow is free and not tied again.
Concrete cashback rates from individual operators do not stand on this page: they change more often than a comparison can follow, and an out-of-date rate is worse than none. What applies stands in the bonus rules of the cashier concerned.
Cashback: the question before accepting
A return flow with small printBefore accepting, one question to the terms is worth asking: is it counted from the loss or from the stake, and over what period? Two offers with the same percentage can differ several times over because of it. If the period is not stated, the percentage cannot be interpreted — and then it is not information but a number.
The reason this stands on a site about bitcoin casinos: a bonus does not change the balance but the condition under which something withdrawable comes out of it. Anyone planning the way back — and with a cashier that settles in coins that way is the longer one anyway — should know which clause stands between them and the withdrawal.
What stands here about cashback describes the build of such offers and not the offering of a particular operator. Concrete amounts and rates stand in the bonus rules of the cashier concerned and change there faster than a comparison can follow.
Questions people actually type
Answered from the same records as the pageWhat is cashback counted from?
Depending on the build, from the net loss over a period or from the stake. Both variants carry the same percentage and produce very different amounts.
Is cashback withdrawable at once?
Only if it is credited as free balance. More often it carries a wagering condition of its own.
Why does the period count?
Because a loss over a week looks different from one over a day. Without the period stated, a percentage cannot be interpreted.
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