A welcome bonus, read slowly enough to spot the rollover.
A reading of the welcome bonus: what the headline number leaves out, what the rollover means, and which lines to read first before any deposit.
Headline numbers are not the bonus. The rollover is the bonus.
The bonus is the amount you can actually withdraw after meeting the rollover. Three short reads on what to look for first.
A welcome bonus is usually advertised as a percentage of the first deposit with a maximum cap. The reading that matters is not the percentage; it is the rollover, the minimum odds, the expiry window, and the list of markets that do not count toward the rollover.
Read the rollover first. A 100% bonus with a 10x rollover on the bonus amount is a smaller real bonus than a 50% bonus with a 3x rollover on the deposit plus the bonus. The headline number is the marketing line; the rollover is the math line.
Minimum odds, eligible markets, and the small list that does the work.
Reading the minimum odds clause and the eligible-markets list before any deposit.
Most welcome bonuses require settled bets at minimum odds of 1.5 to 2.0. Bets below the minimum do not count toward the rollover, even when they win. Reading the minimum odds clause first saves a weekend of cleared bets that do not move the bonus balance.
Eligible markets are usually the match winner, the top batter, the top bowler, and a handful of session markets. Cross-market or exchange bets are often excluded. The list is short; reading it once is faster than re-reading it after a deposit.
Expiry, withdrawal, and the read-after-deposit habit.
Reading the expiry, the withdrawal rule, and the right time to stop reading the bonus page.
Most welcome bonuses expire between 7 and 30 days from the first deposit. The expiry is a real deadline: any uncleared rollover at expiry is removed from the balance, not paid out as a partial bonus. Reading the expiry first prevents the bonus from quietly expiring on a busy week.
Stop reading the bonus page after the rollover, the minimum odds, the eligible markets, and the expiry. The rest of the page is mostly about payments and customer care, which have their own pages on the reading desk.