How do bonuses affect your rakeback?

[beach_bum]

Just wondering, what happens to your rakeback figure when you get a deposit bonus. For instance, the $150 Empire bonus that is available now. If you sign up for that bonus what is the net affect on your rakeback amount?
Thanks

[Zetack]

The bottom line is that its worth doing the bonus even with a rakeback deal.

They subtract the 150 dollars from the amount of rake they attribute to you, then your percentage gets calculated.

Example, suppose you generate a thousand dollars in attributed rake (MGR). If you have 25 percent rakeback you would ordinarily get 250 dollars in rakeback. They subtact the 150 dollar in bonus they paid you from the 1000 to reduce your MGR to 850. You get 25 percent of that or 212.50.

So with the bonus and rakeback you get 362.50 (you probably won't get the fifty cents) instead of just the 250 dollars you would have had with Rakeback alone.

--Zetack

And this has been answered many times before, for future reference try the search function for something that you think has probably come up before.


EDIT: some sites, like absolute, make no subtraction from your MGR so you get the full bonus and full rakeback, but what I wrote above seems to be the industry standard and applies at all the Party skins.

[sumdumguy]

Rakeback accrued = x(rake/players)(hands) - bonuses

x = your percentage.
Rake = rake collected
Players = players dealt in
Hands = total hands dealt in
Bonuses = total bonuses collected

[playersare]

Rakeback accrued = x((total rake/avg players) - bonuses))

[beach_bum]

Very Clear answer, thanks. I did do a search, but found nothing as clear as your explanation.