VegasNow free spins: where they come from and how they pay

The phrase covers more than one thing at VegasNow, and mixing them up is the source of most questions we get. The first kind is the welcome spins: 500 in total, attached to the four stages of the welcome package. The second is promotional spins from the weekly calendar, chiefly Friday Night Spotlight, plus offers such as Free Spins Flush and 7-Deadly Spins whose details appear on each offer. The third is not a bonus at all: it is the free-spins round built into many pokies, triggered by scatter symbols during normal play.

The first two are bonuses, so they come with wagering, caps and time limits. The third is simply part of the game's design; whatever it pays lands in whatever balance you were playing with. We cover all three below, starting with the welcome spins because they are the largest block and have the most specific rules.

The offer floor is A$20, but your payment method has its own floor, and the higher figure wins. Visa, Mastercard and MiFinity start at A$30, Cashtocode at A$25, and crypto uses per-coin minimums (see our payments page).

Take the card route at A$30 for all four stages. The matches come to A$45, A$30, A$15 and A$7.50, a total of A$97.50, and all 500 spins arrive for A$120 of deposits. Separately, our terms (version 2.3) ask for each deposit to be turned over three times before related funds can be withdrawn, so A$90 on a A$30 deposit.

The cap applies to the welcome spins. Spins from weekly promotions carry their own terms, shown on the offer; where none are stated, our general 40× default applies. Spin winnings follow the same game contribution rates as any bonus: pokies count in full (with exceptions), roulette 25%, blackjack and game shows 10%, baccarat 0%.

Contribution decides how much of each bet counts toward the 40× target. Using the A$45 spin return from the worked journey below, the target is A$1,800 of qualifying wagering. This is the stake each game type needs, and the fewest bets it could take at the A$8 maximum.

That is why spin winnings are usually worked off on pokies. Some pokies are excluded or count for less, and the offer itself lists them.

Many pokies have their own free-spins round, and it works quite differently from a bonus. It is triggered during normal play by scatter symbols, costs nothing extra once triggered, and carries no wagering of its own. Whatever the round pays is added to the balance you were playing with and follows that balance's rules, so a feature triggered during bonus wagering simply adds to the bonus balance.

Three examples from our lobby show the variety. In Gates of Olympus, four or more scatters award 15 free spins, and the multiplier symbols that land during the round, worth up to 500×, add together and apply to the win. In the Book of Ra series, Book of Ra Magic gives 10 free games with up to nine randomly selected special expanding symbols, on a five-reel, ten-line layout rated 5 on Novomatic's volatility scale. Elvis Frog in Vegas from BGaming is a medium-high volatility pokie with a published RTP of 95.3% and a maximum win of 2,500×.

RTP figures like these are long-run averages across a very large number of spins, not a promise for any session. Bonus spins played on a game do not change its maths, and a short run of spins can land well above or well below the average.

There is nothing to download to use free spins on a phone or tablet. VegasNow runs in your mobile browser, and you can save it to your Home Screen for one-tap access: in Safari, use Share and then Add to Home Screen; in Chrome, open the menu and choose Install or create a shortcut. Spins, wagering progress and offer details all appear in the same account whichever device you use, so you can claim on a laptop and finish on your phone. Our mobile page has the full set-up steps.

• Hunting for spins before the deposit is played once. A balance with the match but no spins is nearly always at this step.
• Typing VEGAS4 on a second deposit. Each code belongs to its own stage; deposit two takes VEGAS2.
• Raising the stake above A$8. The cap covers spin winnings under wagering too.
• Confusing the two caps. A$300 limits welcome spin winnings; A$5,000 limits cash-out per offer on the deposit bonus.
• Using bonus money on sport. Welcome offers cover casino and live casino only.
• Asking for a bank wire under A$300. Wire withdrawals run A$300 to A$6,000; MiFinity starts at A$30.
• Leaving verification until the end. Upload documents early if asked, because the seven-day clock keeps running.