PH888 Free spins Explained — In-Game Rounds vs Credited Rounds
Free spins: Feature-round spins that are awarded free of any additional stake.
Key facts and contents
- Term
- Free spins
- Short for
- Not published
- Set by
- Decided by the game studio in the case of a game feature, and by the operator in the case of a promotion
- Where you meet it
- Among a game's listed features and also in a different place, the bonus terms
- Not the same as
- Not a bonus in the promotional sense, an in-game free-spin round has no wagering requirement and cannot be given or taken away by an operator. It comes from the game's own mathematics, and it is the studio that sets it.
Free spins turns up on every casino page, yet almost none of them explain it.
Free spins — Feature-round spins that are awarded free of any additional stake.
What Free spins actually means
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Term | Free spins |
| In one line | Feature-round spins that are awarded free of any additional stake. |
| Fixed by | Decided by the game studio in the case of a game feature, and by the operator in the case of a promotion |
| Where you meet it | Among a game’s listed features and also in a different place, the bonus terms |
Altered mathematics, whether increased multipliers, extra wilds, or an expanded grid, is a common feature of free spins that scatters usually trigger. Because return is so often concentrated in the free-spin round, base spins on a title full of features can go flat for long stretches.
The common misreading
Free spins handed out by an operator as a promotion belong to a different category than the in-game free-spin round, although the name matches. In the first case the operator’s wagering terms apply and withdrawal generally has to wait; in the second, the amount belongs to the game and is credited to the balance as a regular win.
Not a bonus in the promotional sense, an in-game free-spin round has no wagering requirement and cannot be given or taken away by an operator. It comes from the game’s own mathematics, and it is the studio that sets it.
Using it in practice
Do not read a flat run of base spins as bad luck, as it is often how the game is meant to feel. A title that concentrates its return in a feature round needs a different kind of fair test from one that spreads it out.
You will see terms like Free spins on game pages throughout this site, and where the studio has not put out the figure behind one, the page says that plainly and quotes nothing from a comparison site. The reason for the unfilled spots in a number of spec tables here is the one above.
Checking Free spins at PH888
- Open a game at PH888 and find its info or help screen.
- Free spins appears there; read it in line with the definition above.
- Compare it with the same entry on another title before you pick one to play at PH888.
- Write your stake and your stop point down before the first round at PH888.
FAQ
Free spins: what do people misunderstand?
Free spins handed out by an operator as a promotion belong to a different category than the in-game free-spin round, although the name matches. In the first case the operator's wagering terms apply and withdrawal generally has to wait; in the second, the amount belongs to the game and is credited to the balance as a regular win.
What does Free spins mean?
Feature-round spins that are awarded free of any additional stake.
Would a casino ever be the one to change Free spins?
Not on this site's evidence. Whenever the game's own mathematics sets a value behind free spins, the studio owns it and not the operator, and if that value goes unpublished, nobody outside can confirm it.