The welcome package unfolds across your first three payments. Each stage has its own percentage, its own cap and its own expiry counter: here are the figures in full, before you even open an account.
| Stage | Percentage | Maximum bonus | Minimum deposit |
|---|---|---|---|
| First deposit | 100% | £600 | £20 |
| Second deposit | 75% | £500 | £20 |
| Third deposit | 50% | £300 | £20 |
| All three stages combined | Variable | £1,400 | £60 in total |
What you have to pay in to reach each cap
A percentage means nothing until you turn it into pounds. The first stage sits at 100%, so its £600 calls for a £600 deposit. The second, at 75%, tops out at £500 for roughly £667 paid in. The third, at 50%, asks for £600 to release the remaining £300. Collecting the full £1,400 therefore assumes a little over £1,800 deposited, which only makes sense if that budget already matches your usual pace.
Nothing obliges you to go that far. A player who puts in £60 at each of the three stages gets £60, then £45, then £30 in credit, under exactly the same release rules. The package is proportional: it fits the amount you commit, not the other way round.
The order of the stages and the deadlines to keep
The stages are taken in order and never stack on the same payment: the second only appears once the first has been credited, and so on. You have thirty days from opening the account to trigger all three, then fourteen days of validity per credit counted from the moment it is activated.
When you confirm a deposit, a tick box asks whether you want the offer attached. Clearing it means paying in with no bonus, with no penalty and without losing the stage: it simply waits in your promotions area. That is the sensible move if you plan to withdraw part of your balance soon after.
Once the welcome package is done, four fixed dates take over. They do not cancel each other out: a regular player can line up all four in a single week, within the one deposit bonus at a time rule.
Weekly cashback of 5% to 15%
The calculation covers the period from 00:01 on Monday to 23:59 on Sunday: deposits minus withdrawals, minus the balance left over. The rate applied depends on your Betya VIP+ tier, from 5% at Seedling level to 15% at Emerald Crown. Payment lands on Monday before midday, in withdrawable balance, from £10 returned.
Evergreen Thursday: 80 free spins
The spins arrive in two waves of 40, the first within an hour of the deposit, the second on Friday morning. Each spin is fixed at £0.20, which comes to £16 of stakes covered, and the selection of slots changes every week. Anything won from the spins lands in the bonus balance.
Weekend reload: 50% up to £250
One activation per weekend, at any point between Saturday and Sunday evening. The £250 cap is reached with a £500 deposit, and 25 Betya Bucks are added automatically to your loyalty counter. The offer does not cancel the following Monday cashback.
The Climbers tournament: £2,500 prize pool
The leaderboard runs on the best multiplier landed on a single spin, not on the volume staked, so a small player can finish ahead of a big one. Twenty titles are eligible each week, the minimum stake to score is £0.40, and the top 100 share the prize pool. Prizes arrive on Monday as real balance.
The 35x on the welcome package is the most widely misread rule in the industry. There is nothing mysterious about it: it is a volume of stakes to reach, weighted by the type of game you pick.
| Category | Contribution | Value counted per £10 staked |
|---|---|---|
| Slots | 100% | £10 |
| Table and card games | 25% | £2.50 |
| Live dealer tables | 25% | £2.50 |
| Progressive jackpots | Excluded | £0 |
A worked example, from deposit to withdrawal
Take a first deposit of £200. The bonus paid is £200, and the 35x applies to that bonus alone: you therefore need £7,000 of counted stakes to turn the credit into withdrawable money. On slots played at £1 a spin, that comes to roughly 7,000 spins spread across the fourteen days of validity. At a live blackjack table the same amount counts for only a quarter, which would mean staking £28,000. The difference is decisive, and it is what should guide your choice of games while you wager.
Release order, stake cap and expiry
Real money and bonus credit sit in two separate wallets, and it is always the real balance that goes first: as long as a single pound is left on it, the wagering counter stays put. The bonus takes over afterwards, and that is when the £5 per spin cap applies. A larger stake is not blocked by the game, but it is not counted and it can lead to the credit being cancelled at conversion.
After fourteen days, any bonus balance not yet released, along with anything won from it, is removed from the account. Your real money is never touched: it stays withdrawable at any moment. One nuance though, asking for a withdrawal while a bonus is active cancels that bonus, since the two wallets cannot be separated part way through. These figures describe a mechanism, never an outcome: a bonus lengthens playing time, nothing more. Betya is for adults aged 18 and over, and gambling carries risks of debt, isolation and addiction. Free and confidential support is available at BeGambleAware.org and from GamCare on 0808 8020 133.
Five real situations our support team deals with day to day, along with the rule that applies.
No. Only one deposit bonus can be active at a time, so the second stage waits until the first has either converted or expired. Queueing does not cost you the offer: it unlocks as soon as the bonus wallet is free, within the thirty days that follow registration.
The spin plays out normally, but it does not count towards the wagering counter, and going over repeatedly can lead to the bonus credit being cancelled at conversion. The simplest approach is to set your stake once at the start of a session. The cap disappears as soon as the bonus converts into real balance.
Yes, it is the one offer that escapes the single bonus rule, because it rests on no deposit at all. It is paid as real balance with a 1x wagering requirement, independently of your welcome package or your weekend reload. It therefore has no effect on the wagering counter you are working through.
Total winnings from the 80 Evergreen Thursday spins are capped at £100, paid as bonus balance and carrying a 30x wagering requirement. Anything above that cap is not kept. The exact amount and the list of eligible slots are restated on the offer page before you activate it.
No. Once the validity date has passed, the credit and anything won with it are removed from the account for good, with no carry over to the following week. The recurring offers do come back at their usual slot, though, and an unused welcome stage stays claimable throughout the month that follows registration.