What is Free Spins Expiry?

Free spins expiry is the time limit on a free-spins award, after which any unused spins are removed from the account. The period is typically short — commonly twenty-four hours to seven days — and it is much shorter than the expiry on a matched deposit bonus. Two details cause most of the losses. The first is when the clock starts: it almost always starts at the moment the spins are credited, not when you first open the game, so an award granted overnight can lose a day before you have seen it. The second is that where spins are released in daily instalments, each instalment usually carries its own separate expiry, and missing one day does not roll those spins into the next. The expiry on the winnings is a separate deadline and the one people miss. Spins credited without a deposit normally pay their winnings as bonus funds with a wagering requirement, and that requirement has its own, usually longer, period. Playing every spin before it expires therefore does not finish the job — the balance it produced is still on a second clock, and where that one runs out the winnings are removed with it. The two periods are stated separately in the offer terms and are worth reading as two dates rather than one.