When does the referral reward actually pay?

Not at registration. The reward releases after the invited player completes the qualifying action written into the campaign, which is normally a first deposit of at least 20 euro and often a stated amount of play on top of it. Because the invitee usually has to pass identity verification before anything settles, expect a lag of a day or more between the deposit and the credit.

Is the referral reward withdrawable straight away?

Usually not. Most campaigns credit it as bonus balance with turnover attached, and where the multiple follows the house standard of around 35 times, a 25 euro reward means 875 euro of qualifying stakes before it converts. Some campaigns credit free spins instead. Read which form the current offer uses before treating it as cash.

What happens if I post my referral link publicly?

It typically breaches the terms. Refer-a-friend schemes are written for people you know personally, and posting a link on forums, social feeds or paid traffic is treated as unlicensed affiliate activity. The usual consequence is that the rewards are voided on both accounts, and repeated cases can close the referring account entirely.

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Q: Can I invite someone in my own household?

Almost always no. Referral terms across this market segment exclude accounts that share an address, an IP address, a device or a payment instrument, and shared-household invitations are the most common reason a reward is cancelled after being credited. Detection is automated and retroactive, so a reward can disappear weeks later.

The referral is the only promotion in this cashier where the reward is not funded by your own deposit — which also makes it the one with the strictest anti-abuse rules attached. Across campaigns of this type the pattern is consistent: nothing releases at sign-up, the invited player has to deposit at least 20 € and usually play a stated amount, and the credited reward normally arrives as bonus balance rather than cash.

Two numbers matter before you send a link. The qualifying deposit that unlocks the reward, and the turnover attached to the reward itself — at the house standard of roughly 35×, a 25 € referral bonus means 875 € of qualifying stakes before it converts. Campaign figures vary, so the live promotion page is the binding version.

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How the tracked link works

The invite link is the entire mechanism. It carries an identifier that binds a new registration to your account at the moment the form is submitted, and that binding is the only evidence the system recognises. A friend who reaches the site independently, registers, and asks to be attached afterwards cannot be attached — there is no field for it and support has no way to reconstruct the attribution. The invitation has to come first, in that order, every time.

What refer a friend means here

It means sharing your personal link so that a genuinely new player registers under it and is tracked as your referral. Both sides normally receive something when the conditions are met. What the campaign publishes at the time you invite — the reward amount, the qualifying action, the turnover — is what governs the payout, not what was published when you last looked.

How to invite a friend

The invite option sits in the referral section of the account. Open it, copy the unique link, and send it to someone who does not already hold an account. They register through the link, make the qualifying deposit, and play whatever amount the terms specify. Once those steps are verified the referral is credited. Invite only people you actually know: posting the link publicly or pushing it to strangers is treated as unlicensed affiliate traffic and voids the reward on both sides.

When the referral reward pays

The reward releases at the qualifying milestone, not at registration. In practice that means the invited player deposits 20 € or more, plays through whatever threshold the campaign names, and passes identity verification — the first withdrawal on any new account requires an identity document, a proof of address and evidence of payment-method ownership, which typically adds 12 to 24 hours on top of everything else. Expect a lag of at least a day between your friend depositing and anything appearing on your balance.

Condition	What the terms typically say
Attribution	Only through the tracked invite link, applied at registration
Qualifying deposit by the invitee	from 20 €, per the campaign
Reward trigger	Deposit plus a stated amount of play, not sign-up
Reward form	Bonus balance or free spins, rarely straight cash
Wagering on the reward	Light in some campaigns, up to about 35× in others
Same household or shared IP	Excluded — reward cancelled, often retroactively
Shared payment method	Excluded; deposit and withdrawal accounts must be in the player's own name
Public link sharing	Breach of terms on most campaigns

The abuse rules, plainly

This is where referral rewards are lost, and the checks are automated rather than manual. Accounts sharing a residential address, an IP address, a device fingerprint or a payment instrument are flagged as connected, and connected accounts do not qualify as referrals. The same applies to self-referrals through a second account, which also breaches the one-account-per-person rule underpinning every offer on the site.

Two details catch honest people out. First, the name principle: the deposit and withdrawal accounts must belong to the player operating them, so funding a friend's first deposit from your own card converts a valid referral into a cancelled one. Second, detection is retroactive — a reward credited in week one can be reversed in week four when the pattern is reviewed, and the reversal is not usually negotiable.

Terms worth checking first

One reward per genuinely new account; duplicates and self-referrals are cancelled.
The invitee must register through the link, not independently.
A qualifying deposit from 20 €, plus a play threshold in most campaigns.
Turnover on the credited reward before it becomes withdrawable.
Shared household, IP, device or payment method disqualifies both sides.
An expiry window on the reward, commonly 7 to 30 days.

A reasonable way to use it

Treat the referral as a small bonus on a conversation you were having anyway. It is not an income stream, and the rules are written specifically to stop it becoming one. If a friend was never going to open an account, a link does not change that — and pushing one on somebody who was not interested is the fastest route to an awkward conversation and a voided reward. The framework behind every offer here is on the bonus terms page, and the turnover mechanics on the wagering guide.

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Referral Bonus: Invite a Friend

The referral bonus pays for bringing in a new player: share the personal link, and once the friend registers through it and makes a qualifying deposit from 20 €, the invite friend bonus is credited to both accounts.

The reward is normally released only after the referred player wagers a minimum amount. Self-referrals, duplicate accounts and connected accounts sharing an address or payment method are banned and lead to confiscation — invite people you actually know.

Referral questions, answered

When does the reward actually pay?

Not at registration. It releases after the invited player completes the qualifying action — normally a first deposit from 20 €, often plus a stated amount of play. Since the invitee usually has to pass verification before anything settles, expect at least a day between their deposit and your credit.

Can I invite someone in my own household?

Almost always no. Referral terms exclude accounts sharing an address, an IP, a device or a payment instrument, and shared-household invites are the most common reason a credited reward is later cancelled. The checks are automated and retroactive.

Is the reward withdrawable straight away?

Usually not. Most campaigns credit bonus balance with turnover attached; at the house standard of around 35×, a 25 € reward means 875 € of qualifying stakes before it converts. Some campaigns pay free spins instead. Check which form the live offer uses.

What if I post the link publicly?

That normally breaches the terms. The scheme is written for people you know personally; forums, social feeds and paid traffic count as unlicensed affiliate activity. Rewards are voided on both accounts, and repeat cases can close the referring account.

By Tuomas Lehtovaara — updated August 2026