When I first started playing bingo online one of the things that confused me the most was when bingo chat hosts and support staff would talk to me about playthrough requirements, or wagering requirements as some bingo halls call them.
I had no idea what these funny sounding words meant, but more often than not I assumed it meant trouble and was a way that the bingo hall was going to try and take more money off me.
After doing a bit of digging around, I finally figured out that it wasn’t all bad, so here is my take on how playthrough requirement work.
When would I need to worry about play though requirements?
Whenever a bingo (or casino site) gives you free money, there are usually play through requirements that go along with it. This means that for every pound you get from them, you need to play a certain amount of bingo before you can withdraw. The generally accepted playthough amount is four times. So, if you get £1 from a bingo hall, you’ll need to play £4 worth of bingo before you can withdraw any winnings. If you get £10 from the bingo hall you’ll need to play £40 worth of bingo before you can withdraw, etc.
This is so that players don’t just take the free bingo money and run, which would of course leave the bingo hall very broke which would lead to them going out of business and we’d have nowhere to play bingo!
The mistake that lots of players make (and one which I made too) is thinking that they need to deposit four times before they can withdraw, which is not the case. Once you have the free money from the bingo hall, all you need to do is play to meet the requirements and you can withdraw your winnings.
Well, I hope that this has helped and that the bingo world is now a little simpler 
Till next time, keep well and gl in the bingo hall
TheBingoManager(TBM)
JackpotCity Bingo
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