Gambling terms, explained straight

Online Gambling & Industry

Rakeback bc game

Rakeback on BC.Game is a rebate of a portion of the rake a player pays, typically credited through a loyalty or cashback scheme.

Also called
Cash back, rake back, loyalty rebate1
Regulatory treatment (GB)
Not counted toward GGY; treated as a business cost1

Key points

  • The operator tracks the rake a player generates and returns a portion via a loyalty scheme.1
  • In Great Britain, rakeback payments must not be included in gross gambling yield for regulatory returns.1
  • The Gambling Commission classifies these payments as outside the gambling transaction for reporting purposes.1

Where this term is used

Online Rakeback General definition of rakeback as a poker rebate. Online Rakeback poker How rakeback works specifically in online poker. Online Rakeback bonus Rakeback offered as a bonus rather than cash. Online Rakeback slots Rakeback applied to slot machine play. Online Crypto casino Online casinos that accept cryptocurrency. Online RNG meaning Random number generator used in casino games.

Sources

  1. Reporting gross gambling yield (GGY) on regulatory returns gamblingcommission.gov.uk Defines rakeback, its regulatory treatment, and classification as a business cost.

Sources are drawn from regulators, universities and published research, and each one is labelled with what it actually is — a preprint is not called a paper. Bookmaker and affiliate pages are never cited here, because a page that sells betting is not a neutral authority on it.

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