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Understand casino math before you play.
AICasinoGuide helps adults inspect wagering requirements, bonus mechanics, RTP, house edge, hourly cost of play, and safer-play budgets. The product is transparent math — not casino rankings, bonus round-ups, or affiliate offers.
Calculators
Every card below is a live calculator. Formulas, inputs, and limits are published on the page — nothing below is a live operator claim.
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Wagering requirement calculator
Turn deposit, bonus, wagering multiple, and game contribution into the real playthrough total — with the formula shown.
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Bonus true-value calculator
Estimate what a bonus is theoretically worth after wagering costs, from match percentage, RTP, and game contribution.
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RTP and house-edge calculator
Convert a game's RTP into house edge and theoretical expected loss for your stake and session length.
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Game contribution calculator
See how a game’s contribution percentage changes the turnover needed to clear a bonus.
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Bonus expiry planner
Turn remaining playthrough and an expiry window into average stake per day — explanation only.
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Safer-play budget planner
Set a session bankroll, time limit, and stop-loss before you play — education only.
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RTP vs variance simulator
Compare long-run expected loss with a seeded short-session teaching model — not a prediction.
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Bonus terms comparison
Compare two bonus term sheets you type yourself. Not a bonus list or casino ranking.
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Payment fee calculator
Apply a fee and optional conversion rate that you enter. No payment-method table is published here.
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Hourly cost of play calculator
Turn stake, rounds per hour, and RTP into a long-run average cost per hour — not a session forecast.
Guides, without brochure language
Three calculator-paired explainers live here. Longer-form editorial is on the guides page, which hands off to a sister-site Knowledge Center.
What wagering requirements actually mean
Playthrough, contribution rates, and why the headline multiple is not the full story.
Game contribution rates: why 100% is rarely the whole story
How contribution converts a headline wagering multiple into effective turnover — and why some games count for a fraction or nothing at all.
Bonus mechanics without the brochure language
Max cashout, sticky bonuses, release rules, and the other mechanics that change what a bonus is worth — in plain language.
RTP is a long-run average — here's what that actually means
How return-to-player is measured and certified, why versions of the same game differ, and why your session is not the average.
House edge in plain numbers: the price of play
The operator's statistical advantage expressed as an average cost per unit of turnover — not a prediction of your session.
Volatility: why two 96% games feel completely different
Hit frequency, payout size, and bankroll swings — the distribution around the average that RTP alone doesn't describe.
Max-bet rules during wagering: the clause that voids winnings
What maximum-bet clauses restrict while a bonus is active, the feasibility arithmetic they imply, and how published terms commonly treat breaches.
Bonus expiry: the deadline math nobody does
Converting an expiry window into required turnover per day — and why short deadlines quietly raise the effective cost of an offer.
Max cashout and sticky bonuses: the ceiling on withdrawals
Sticky versus withdrawable structures and cashout caps — the clauses that make any bonus-value estimate an upper bound.
'Bonus abuse': what casino terms actually mean by it
What published terms define as irregular play, what they don't — and why understanding the math is not among the listed behaviors.
Budgeting for safer play: limits that survive a losing streak
Money, time, and stop-loss limits built from the tools' own math — and why chasing losses fails arithmetically, not just emotionally.
Turnover vs. bankroll: why you can wager 3,000 from a 100 budget
The re-staking cycle explained round by round — why total wagered dwarfs your budget, and which number to compare against it.
How to read a bonus offer in ten minutes
A clause-by-clause reading checklist that maps every bonus term onto a calculator field — and three honest outcomes at the end.