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Excluded Games

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What is Excluded Games?

Excluded games can't be played, or won't count, while a bonus is active — usually the high-RTP titles that clear wagering fastest.

ByCasino Desk·Casino & Slots Editor

Reviewed byKris Fawkes·Chief Editor

What it means in practice

Excluded games are titles you cannot play, or cannot count, while a bonus is active. Casinos publish them as a named list plus blanket categories — commonly every jackpot slot and every title from one or two studios. The lists are not arbitrary. They target high-RTP and high-volatility games that clear wagering efficiently: Book of Dead, Dead or Alive 2, Blood Suckers and Reactoonz appear on almost every one. Exclusions of a whole studio usually reflect a commercial dispute or a jurisdiction restriction rather than the games themselves. Two practical points. Playing an excluded game with an active bonus can void the bonus and its winnings, and on many platforms the game simply will not open. And the list is versioned: the one that applied when you claimed is the one that binds, so screenshot it if a large bonus is involved.

Why it matters

A definition like this one decides what an offer is actually worth. The same wording turns up in bonus terms, on payment pages and in game rules, and it is usually where a promotion’s real cost is hiding — so it is worth reading an operator’s own terms with this meaning in mind rather than the marketing above them.

You must be of legal gambling age where you live — 18 in most markets, 19 or 21 in others. Understanding a term does not make an outcome more likely: casino games are built to return less than they take over time. Set deposit and time limits before you play.

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