Note on units
USD bonus balance: a dollar figure landing on a balance held in coins
A bonus balance is a number with a unit, and the unit is the part most readers skip. The headline may be in dollars, the credit in a coin and the condition in the operator's own internal unit, and nothing on the promotion page needs to say so.
This note names the three units, shows where the conversions sit, and says what to keep. It prints no bonus figure and describes no operator's offer.
Why does a bonus balance have its own unit?
Because it is credited separately from cash, in a currency the operator chooses. Where the account is a dollar account the choice is obvious. Where it is a coin account the operator can credit coins, a dollar-tied unit, or a fixed number of its own credits, and the page often says only the headline.
The Duelbits help centre gives the clearest description of the difference between what is held and what is shown: the books are kept in a dollar-equivalent unit, and a display currency is purely visual. A bonus balance follows the same split, and the figure you see depends on the setting.
Where do the conversions sit?
At the credit, where the headline becomes the unit of the balance, and at the measuring of any condition, where a number of coins is valued back in dollars or another unit. Neither moment is guaranteed to use the same rate, and neither is described in the operator pages we read, which is why a reader should not assume they are.
What to write down
The unit of the headline, of the condition and of the balance; where in the terms the conversion is mentioned; and the balance before and after. Keep the screenshot with its time visible. If a number later looks wrong, that record turns a complaint into a question with an answer.
How is a bonus balance different from a cash balance?
On most cashiers the two appear as separate lines, and each can have its own unit. Which of them a bet draws from first is a rule in the terms, not something this site states, and it is worth finding before the first bet because it decides which line moves. If only one line is shown, ask whether the other is hidden or does not exist.
The Duelbits help centre makes a related point about display: the figure on screen depends on a setting, while the books are kept in one unit. When two lines are shown in two different units, the totals do not simply add up, and a reader who adds them is doing a conversion without knowing it.
Two quick answers
| Is a bonus in dollars paid in dollars? | Only if the account is in dollars. On a coin account it may be credited as coins or as an internal unit. |
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| Where are the real bonus terms? | In the operator's own terms, and in the cashier. This site prints none. |
Where to go from here
Bonuses the longer account of units in bonus terms
Game balance what the display currency does to any figure