Screening a source for bonus abusers in 5 steps

Screening a source for bonus abusers in 5 steps

Bonus abusers (players who only ever extract the welcome offer) inflate FTDs and destroy RevShare. Screen before the operator does it for you.

▸ Step 1 — Measure post-bonus wagering rate: what % of FTDs deposit again after the welcome bonus clears. Under 25% on a source is a warning.
— Step 2 — Check deposit clustering at exactly the minimum-to-qualify amount. A spike at the bonus-trigger figure signals optimization, not real play.
— Step 3 — Track time-between-deposits. Abusers churn the instant the bonus value is extracted, producing a sharp day-3-to-7 cliff.
— Step 4 — Watch the operator's own 'bonus abuse' rejection rate on your traffic; if it climbs, your source is the channel.
— Step 5 — Compare NGR-per-FTD against your portfolio median. Abuser-heavy sources show high FTD count, low NGR — the diagnostic combination.

Benchmark of the day: across ~20 screened sources, abuser-heavy ones showed normal FTD counts but NGR-per-FTD running 40-60% below the portfolio median — invisible until you divide.