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Online gambling is recently legal in Indiana I guess? So much advertising. Offers of matching $500 credit if I open an account and make one bet. Almost worth just making a few silly bets and then taking out my money, relieving the VCs of a little money?

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Most, if not all, gambling sites have restrictions such as rollovers that prevent you from doing this.

An example explanation from https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/guides/bonuses/explained/

"Understanding rollover with an example might help. Let’s say that you deposit $250 to a sportsbook that is offering a 50% bonus with a 5x rollover. This means that you’ll have $375 to bet with, but can’t withdraw the bonus money until you’ve placed $1,875 ((250+125)x5) in bets."

On pure coin flips, a 5x rollover of a double my initial fund still has a positive EV right? Though it won’t be as good as someone without a rollover.

That's why you lay your bets. 5 x turnover is really high as well. Most I encounter here in Australia just require one turnover.

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