Reload bonus: the offer designed to bring you back
A reload bonus is a bonus on a deposit after your first one. It often arrives on fixed days — a "Friday reload", a "weekend top-up" — or in an e-mail when you have not played for a while. Its purpose is not to reward you but to get you to deposit again.
How the offer is built
A reload works like a smaller welcome bonus: a percentage of the deposit as bonus funds, with wagering, a maximum bet and a deadline. The percentage tends to be lower, but the wagering is often just as high. Whether Duell runs reload offers, and on what terms, is on the operator's site.
Amounts, percentages, requirements and deadlines are set by the operator and can change — the bonus terms on the operator's site are what apply.
Fixed days build habits
An offer every Friday turns Friday into a gambling day. That is not an accident: repeated offers at fixed times are a well-known way of building habits. If you notice you look forward to the offer, or deposit because it is there, it is worth stopping to think.
The e-mail after a break
An offer that lands right after you decided to take a break is designed to end that break. You can opt out of marketing in the account settings or ask in writing. Some regulators prohibit direct marketing to people who have opted out or excluded themselves; elsewhere, it is up to you to make the messages stop.
Worked example
| Deposit | Bonus (50% in the example) | Stakes at 30x on the bonus |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | 20 | 600 |
| 100 | 50 | 1,500 |
At a 4% house edge the expected loss on 600 of stakes is about 24 — more than the 20 bonus. On average the offer costs more than it gives.
Go to the offerWhat to do instead
Decide in advance how often you want to play, independent of offers. Opt out of marketing. Use deposit limits if the operator offers them — see limits and self-exclusion.