How We Score Bonuses

Real Value Score Methodology

A transparent, data-driven formula — three fixed models, no hidden criteria, no paid rankings.

Fixed Formula
No Paid Rankings
3 Weighted Models
0–100 Scale
Our Approach

What the Real Value Score actually measures

Every bonus listed on 365BettingTips carries a Real Value Score from 0 to 100. It is not a marketing rating — it is calculated directly from the bonus's own terms, the same way for every bookmaker.

Bookmakers advertise bonuses by their headline amount — “100% up to $200”, “$50 free bet”, “10% cashback”. That number alone tells you almost nothing about how easy the offer actually is to turn into withdrawable money.

Two bonuses can carry an identical headline and still be worlds apart in real value — one clearable in a few normal bets within a month, the other requiring a punishing rollover on restricted markets within days. The Real Value Score exists to make that difference visible, using the same fixed formula for every bookmaker on the site.

Same headline, different value

Bookmaker A — “100% up to $200”

1x wagering · 30 days to clear · any market

Scores in the Excellent range

Bookmaker B — “100% up to $200”

10x wagering · 3 days to clear · accumulators only

Scores in the Below average range

Fixed formula

Three weights, set in advance and applied identically to every bookmaker — no offer is scored differently because of a commercial relationship.

Built from the terms

Every input — deposit, bonus amount, wagering multiplier, validity, minimum odds, cashback rate — comes from the bonus’s own published terms, cited by source.

Recalculated on change

When a bookmaker changes its terms, the score is recomputed from the new numbers — it does not stay pinned to an outdated offer.

The Formulas

Three bonus types, three weighted formulas

A free bet, a deposit-match bonus and a cashback offer are fundamentally different products, so each is scored by the formula that reflects what actually drives its value. Every component is scored 0–10 internally, multiplied by its weight, then summed and shown to you as a percentage out of 100.

Formula A

Free Bets & No-Deposit Offers

Applies to: Free bet and no-deposit bonus offers

Bonus Leverage50%

Ratio of the free bet size to the minimum deposit. Higher is better value.

Wagering Ease15%

How easy it is to meet the wagering requirements: number of bets and the allowed odds range.

Validity Period15%

How long the bonus lasts and how much time you have to complete wagering. Longer is easier to clear.

Entry Accessibility10%

How low the minimum deposit threshold is to claim the bonus.

Reward Size5%

Absolute size of the free bet in EUR-equivalent.

Odds Requirements5%

How strict the minimum-odds restrictions on qualifying bets are. Takes the strictest requirement across all stages.

Formula A

Score = 0.50×BonusLeverage + 0.15×WageringEase + 0.15×ValidityPeriod + 0.10×EntryAccessibility + 0.05×RewardSize + 0.05×OddsRequirements

Formula B

Deposit & Welcome Match Bonuses

Applies to: Deposit-match and welcome bonus offers

Wagering Ease40%

How easy it is to clear the wagering requirement: rollover multiplier, time allowance and odds requirements. The main driver of a deposit bonus's value.

Bonus Generosity25%

Size of the deposit match multiplier (percentage). Higher percentage means more bonus funds.

Validity Period15%

How much time you are given to meet the wagering requirements. Longer is easier to clear.

Entry Accessibility10%

How low the minimum deposit threshold is to claim the bonus.

Reward Size10%

Maximum bonus amount in EUR-equivalent.

Formula B

Score = 0.40×WageringEase + 0.25×BonusGenerosity + 0.15×ValidityPeriod + 0.10×EntryAccessibility + 0.10×RewardSize

Formula C

Cashback, Loyalty, Insurance & Risk-Free Bets

Applies to: Cashback, loyalty programme, bet insurance and risk-free bet offers

Cashback / Boost Rate45%

Cashback percentage or winnings boost rate. The main driver of a cashback bonus's value.

Wagering Ease30%

How easy it is to clear the cashback. Many cashback offers are paid as real money with no wagering — that is maximum ease.

Validity Period10%

How much time you are given to use/wager the cashback.

Entry Accessibility10%

How low the minimum deposit threshold is to claim the bonus.

Payout Cap5%

Maximum cashback/boost amount in EUR-equivalent. No cap means no penalty.

Formula C

Score = 0.45×Cashback/BoostRate + 0.30×WageringEase + 0.10×ValidityPeriod + 0.10×EntryAccessibility + 0.05×PayoutCap

Behind The Formulas

The factors that move the score

These are the raw terms that feed into every formula above. Understanding them makes it easy to read a bonus's terms yourself and predict roughly how it will score.

Wagering (rollover) requirement

The multiplier you must turn the bonus over in bets before winnings can be withdrawn. A "20x wagering" bonus of $50 means $1,000 in total stakes before cash-out. Lower multipliers, fewer required bets and wider allowed odds ranges all raise the Wagering Ease component.

Validity period

How long you have to claim and clear the offer. Multi-stage bonuses (free bet, then wager the winnings) count the combined time across every stage — not just the headline window — because that is the real time you are given.

Minimum qualifying odds

The lowest odds a bet must have to count toward wagering. Restrictive minimums (e.g. 2.50+) push bettors into riskier bets to clear the requirement; a low or absent minimum scores higher.

Minimum deposit / entry cost

What it costs to unlock the offer. A bonus that anyone can claim with a small deposit is more accessible than one gated behind a high minimum — this is scored independently of the bonus size itself.

Bonus leverage

Free bet size divided by the qualifying deposit. A $50 free bet requiring a $500 deposit (0.1x leverage) is poor value; the same $50 free bet at a $10 deposit (5x leverage) is excellent — the leverage component captures exactly this.

Reading The Score

What a given score means

The same 0–100 scale and the same six labels are used across every bonus on the site, regardless of which formula produced the number.

85100
Outstanding
7084
Excellent
5569
Good
4054
Average
2539
Below average
024
Low value

Outstanding (85–100) · Excellent (70–84) · Good (55–69) · Average (40–54) · Below average (25–39) · Low value (0–24)

Transparency

How we keep the score honest

A public, computed formula

Nothing above is an estimate or a house opinion. Every weight and every scoring band on this page is the exact formula the backend runs against a bonus’s stored terms — the same numbers you see in the “How We Scored This Bonus” panel on each offer.

Sourced, not guessed

Every input — deposit minimum, bonus size, wagering multiplier, validity window, minimum odds, cashback rate — is pulled from the bookmaker’s own published terms. We link the source on the bonus page rather than paraphrasing from memory.

No paid rankings

365BettingTips may earn an affiliate commission when you click through to a bookmaker. That relationship never touches the Real Value Score — a bookmaker cannot pay for a higher score, and the formula is applied identically regardless of any commercial arrangement.

Kept current

Bonus terms change without notice. When they do, the affected offer is re-scored from the updated terms rather than left showing a stale figure.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

It is a 0-100 score, calculated from a fixed public formula, that measures how much a bonus is genuinely worth once wagering requirements, validity period, minimum odds and entry cost are all accounted for — not just the headline amount a bookmaker advertises.
Free bets, deposit-match bonuses and cashback-style offers are structurally different products, so a single formula would misrepresent at least two of them. A free bet's value hinges on leverage (bonus size vs. deposit); a deposit bonus hinges on how realistic the wagering is; a cashback offer hinges on the return rate itself. Each formula weights the factors that actually drive that product's value.
Leverage — the ratio of the free bet to the qualifying deposit — is the single biggest determinant of what a free bet is actually worth to you. A high-leverage free bet at a low deposit can be worth many times its face value relative to the outlay required; a low-leverage one barely beats staking your own money. No other factor moves the outcome as much, which is why it carries the largest single weight across all three formulas.
Yes, and this happens constantly. A "100% up to $200" bonus with 1x wagering and 30 days to clear it will score far higher than an identical "100% up to $200" bonus with 10x wagering restricted to accumulator bets and a 3-day window. The headline is the same; the real value is not.
No. Every score is computed directly from the bonus terms — deposit amount, bonus amount, wagering multiplier, validity period, minimum odds and (for rate-based offers) the cashback/boost percentage — run through the fixed formula for that bonus type. There is no manual override, and commercial relationships with a bookmaker have no bearing on the result.
Whenever the underlying terms change. Bonus pages cite the source the terms were pulled from, and analysts re-check offers on an ongoing schedule — if a bookmaker changes its wagering requirement or validity window, the score is recalculated from the new terms, not left stale.
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