Refer a friend: who is paid, and for what
This is the only campaign type where the reward depends on somebody else's behaviour, and that changes the shape of the whole thing. Every other bonus is a deal between a player and an operator. Here there is a third party in the transaction, and they usually do not know they are part of one.
A signup is never enough
The common misreading is that the reward follows from the invitation being accepted. It does not. The condition is always tied to the invitee's activity: completed verification, and normally a qualifying deposit or a volume of stakes. Until that condition is met there is no reward — and a clock is running.
| Stage | Does the reward pay? |
|---|---|
| The invitee opens an account | No |
| The invitee completes verification | Usually not yet |
| The invitee makes a qualifying deposit | Depends on the programme |
| The invitee meets the stake threshold | Normally yes |
Why a second account ends it
The temptation is obvious: open another account and invite yourself. In an Estonian-licensed environment this does not work in principle, because an account is bound to a person through ID-kaart, Mobiil-ID or Smart-ID. Finding a duplicate is a database query rather than an investigation. And the consequence rarely stops at a cancelled reward: the restriction covers both accounts and any withdrawals in progress with them. The same applies to opening an account with a family member's details — the account rules are on the registration page.
The form of the reward decides its worth
Paid as a free balance, it is money that moves immediately along the ordinary route described on the withdrawal page. Paid as a bonus, it carries its own wagering requirement and is worth considerably less than the figure suggests — the calculation is on the wagering page. The number alone does not reveal which it is; that line has to be found in the terms.
From the invitee's side
Programmes usually offer something to both parties, and for the invited person that something is normally an ordinary welcome offer under a different name — same terms, same multiplier, same deadline. So an invitee should read the conditions exactly as they would have arriving directly. A recommendation from the person who invited them is not a substitute for the text.
The part that is not in the terms
One consideration here appears in no clause and still matters. An invitation means somebody will be paid out of another person's play. Said in advance, that is simply a fact; discovered afterwards, it is usually discovered at a bad moment. And where there is any doubt that gambling is merely entertainment for the person being invited, the invitation is a poor idea regardless of the reward — the reasoning is on the responsible gambling page and the reach of restrictions under self-exclusion.
Where the programme sits
Referral schemes are usually permanent rather than campaign-based and run alongside every other offer. The general rules — maximum stake while a bonus is active, excluded games, deadlines — apply here too and are on the bonus terms page. Where the reward arrives as a bonus, the one-active-bonus rule applies, as explained on the reload page. The full map is on the bonus page.