GLOSSARY TERM
Welcome Bonus
The welcome bonus is iGaming’s standard acquisition instrument: 100% match to €X plus free spins is the archetype, its real value determined entirely by the attached terms.
Acquisition economics
Bonus cost is the operator’s paid-media equivalent — often the largest single acquisition line — and it flows straight through NGR deductions into affiliate commission math. Markets are diverging: bonus-restricted regimes (Netherlands-style inducement limits, Ontario’s public-marketing rules) force acquisition budgets into product and brand instead. Affiliate content built purely on bonus comparison inherits that regulatory fragility GEO by GEO.