JILIEVO Game weighting Explained — Why Not All Turnover Counts the Same
Game weighting (also called contribution rate): How much of each wager on a particular game counts toward clearing a wagering requirement.
- Term
- Game weighting
- Short for
- also called contribution rate
- Set by
- The operator, per promotion, per game category
- Where you meet it
- Usually shown as a table of game categories and their rates, within the terms and conditions of a bonus
- Not the same as
- The wagering requirement is the multiple to be cleared, whereas game weighting is the rate at which different games count toward it, so the two should not be confused. Nor is it the same as a maximum bet rule, a cap on stake size and not a rate of contribution.
Game weighting carries an exact meaning, and the loose version of it is behind most of the confusion surrounding the term.
Game weighting (also called contribution rate) — How much of each wager on a particular game counts toward clearing a wagering requirement.
What Game weighting actually means
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Term | Game weighting |
| Written out | also called contribution rate |
| In one line | How much of each wager on a particular game counts toward clearing a wagering requirement. |
| Fixed by | The operator, per promotion, per game category |
| Where you meet it | Usually shown as a table of game categories and their rates, within the terms and conditions of a bonus |
Turnover is how a wagering requirement is measured, yet not every peso staked counts toward it at the same rate. Because game categories differ in house edge and in how predictable their short-run outcomes are, operators commonly give each category its own contribution rate, so slots, table games, live dealer and others can each count differently. Next to each game type, the terms give a percentage, and the operator chooses the rate for each category for that specific promotion.
A worked example
Here is a hypothetical case to show the mechanism, not a real rate: with a promotion stating that slots contribute 100% and table games 10%, ₱100 wagered on a slot clears ₱100 of the requirement, but ₱100 wagered on a table game clears only ₱10. The promotion’s own terms state which categories receive which rate; it is not a fixed industry figure and must never be assumed from another operator’s offer.
Using it in practice
Read the weighting table in the terms of that specific promotion before picking which games to play toward a bonus. The turnover really needed can quietly grow when a favourite table or live-dealer game contributes at a much lower rate than assumed. It fits better beside what wagering requirement means, as these tend to appear in the same group of terms.
Game pages across this site use terms such as Game weighting, and when a studio leaves the figure behind one unpublished, the page says that plainly instead of borrowing a number from a comparison site. The blanks you see in several spec tables on this page are the result.
The common misreading
Many assume that ₱100 wagered always clears ₱100 of a wagering requirement, whatever it was wagered on. The statement holds only for games that contribute at 100%. With no warning other than the weighting table itself, a game contributing at a lower rate, or at 0%, can be played at length while hardly moving the requirement, or leaving it untouched.
The wagering requirement is the multiple to be cleared, whereas game weighting is the rate at which different games count toward it, so the two should not be confused. Nor is it the same as a maximum bet rule, a cap on stake size and not a rate of contribution.
Checking Game weighting at JILIEVO
- Find the info or help screen of a game after opening it at JILIEVO.
- Find Game weighting in that spot and interpret it with the definition given above.
- Compare it with the same entry on another title before you pick one to play at JILIEVO.
- Note down your stake and where you will stop before you play the first round at JILIEVO.
FAQ
Casinos: do they have any say over Game weighting?
Not on this site's evidence. When the number behind game weighting comes from the game's own mathematics, the studio owns it and the operator does not, and if the studio keeps it unpublished, no outside source is able to back it up.
What is the best way to make use of Game weighting when picking a game?
Read the weighting table in the terms of that specific promotion before picking which games to play toward a bonus. The turnover really needed can quietly grow when a favourite table or live-dealer game contributes at a much lower rate than assumed.
Which misunderstandings about Game weighting come up most often?
Many assume that ₱100 wagered always clears ₱100 of a wagering requirement, whatever it was wagered on. The statement holds only for games that contribute at 100%. With no warning other than the weighting table itself, a game contributing at a lower rate, or at 0%, can be played at length while hardly moving the requirement, or leaving it untouched.