WJ2 Game weighting Explained — Why Not All Turnover Counts the Same
Game weighting (also called contribution rate): How much a bet on a particular game counts toward a wagering requirement, given as a rate.
- Term
- Game weighting
- Short for
- also called contribution rate
- Set by
- The operator, per promotion, per game category
- Where you meet it
- Usually a table of game categories and their rates, found in the bonus terms and conditions
- Not the same as
- Game weighting and the wagering requirement are different: the requirement is the multiple to be cleared, while weighting is the rate at which games count toward it. A maximum bet rule is something else: it caps stake size and is not a rate of contribution, so the two should not be mixed up.
Most of the confusion around Game weighting comes from the imprecise version of it, because the term has a precise meaning.
Game weighting (also called contribution rate) — How much a bet on a particular game counts toward a wagering requirement, given as a rate.
What Game weighting actually means
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Term | Game weighting |
| Written out | also called contribution rate |
| In one line | How much a bet on a particular game counts toward a wagering requirement, given as a rate. |
| Fixed by | The operator, per promotion, per game category |
| Where you meet it | Usually a table of game categories and their rates, found in the bonus terms and conditions |
Turnover measures a wagering requirement, though not all staked pesos count toward it at the same rate. House edge and short-run predictability differ across game categories, which is why operators commonly assign different contribution rates, so slots, table games, live dealer and others can each contribute differently. Operators choose each category’s rate for the specific promotion concerned, and the terms spell it out as a percentage alongside every game type.
The common misreading
Plenty of players presume that wagering ₱100 clears ₱100 of a wagering requirement each time, regardless of what the money went on. This is true only of games that contribute at 100%. You can play a game that contributes at a lower rate, or at 0%, for a long time and barely move the requirement, or not move it at all, with only the weighting table to warn you.
Game weighting and the wagering requirement are different: the requirement is the multiple to be cleared, while weighting is the rate at which games count toward it. A maximum bet rule is something else: it caps stake size and is not a rate of contribution, so the two should not be mixed up.
Using it in practice
Start with that specific promotion’s terms and read the weighting table there, then choose which games to play toward a bonus. Players may find the turnover needed quietly rising, because a favourite table or live-dealer game contributes at a much lower rate than they assumed. Next to max bet rule explained it goes down more easily, since they tend to appear in the same set of terms.
Game weighting is among the terms the game pages on this site return to; when a studio has not published the figure behind one, those pages state this instead of quoting a number from a comparison site. The reason some spec tables here have blanks is the one just given.
A worked example
To see the mechanism rather than a real rate, take a hypothetical promotion in which slots contribute 100% and table games contribute 10%: a ₱100 slot bet takes ₱100 off the requirement, but ₱100 bet on a table game takes off only ₱10. Real promotions state which categories get which rate in their own terms, so treat it as no industry standard and never infer it from another operator’s offer.
Checking Game weighting at WJ2
- Find the info or help screen of any game you open at WJ2.
- Game weighting is the term to look for there, read in line with the definition above.
- Before choosing what to play at WJ2, set it beside the same entry on another title.
- Write your stake and your stop point down before the first round at WJ2.
FAQ
Where do people go wrong with Game weighting?
Plenty of players presume that wagering ₱100 clears ₱100 of a wagering requirement each time, regardless of what the money went on. This is true only of games that contribute at 100%. You can play a game that contributes at a lower rate, or at 0%, for a long time and barely move the requirement, or not move it at all, with only the weighting table to warn you.
What does Game weighting mean?
How much a bet on a particular game counts toward a wagering requirement, given as a rate.
When choosing a game, what is the right way to put Game weighting to work?
Start with that specific promotion's terms and read the weighting table there, then choose which games to play toward a bonus. Players may find the turnover needed quietly rising, because a favourite table or live-dealer game contributes at a much lower rate than they assumed.