How does a "free play roll over" work and what's the best way to do one?

[Checkerboard]

I won a free play 5x roll over in a contest.

With a "free play roll over," do I have to bet and win risking the entire "free play amount" five consecutive times to win anything real?

I'm hoping someone can tell me exactly just how a free play roll over works - I've done roll overs before - but not a free play roll over.

I'd like to hear some ideas on what the best way is to accomplish a free play 5x roll over, ie huge favs? monstrous mls? (or is the roll over credit added up by taking the wager amount won?) hedging the plays on another account?

Thanks,

checker.

[DukeJohn]

I won a free play 5x roll over in a contest.

With a "free play roll over," do I have to bet and win risking the entire "free play amount" five consecutive times to win anything real?

I'm hoping someone can tell me exactly just how a free play roll over works - I've done roll overs before - but not a free play roll over.

I'd like to hear some ideas on what the best way is to accomplish a free play 5x roll over, ie huge favs? monstrous mls? (or is the roll over credit added up by taking the wager amount won?) hedging the plays on another account?

Thanks,

checker.

Using a $100 free play as an example... You received a $100 free play in a contest. You now have to bet $500 worth of bets before you can withdrawal any of the winnings you may receive. Of course since it is a free play, when you bet $100 to win $90 and win, the $100 free play goes away and you are left with $90 cash... You still need to bet that until your bets reach the $500 roll over amount...

[Checkerboard]

Thanks for getting back DJ.

So the first wager in this case has to be a do or die opener - for the entire $100.

after an inaugural win, the balalnce would typically be $190.

Then the remaining "$400" of roll over to go could be wagered in say 20 x $20 units?

[Fizzz]

Usually roll overs work like this...
The roll over begins to be completed with every wager that you make, counting only (on most cases) the lesses amount between what you risk and win.
For example... if you wager 50 to win 100, only 50 are counted (and vice versa).
Until you complete the roll over, you will not be able to request a payout (on most cases as well) in any way.

[DukeJohn]

Thanks for getting back DJ.

So the first wager in this case has to be a do or die opener - for the entire $100.

after an inaugural win, the balalnce would typically be $190.

Then the remaining "$400" of roll over to go could be wagered in say 20 x $20 units?

No, it is not necessarily a "do or die opener" I was just using it as an example... Like Fizz said, you would count the lesser amount toward the rollover... So, by your example you will still need $410 to roll over. One last thing, if you won that bet your balance would be $90 not $190... Whether you win or lose the "free play" goes away...

[LVHerbie]

Make sure you read the terms and conditions on site you got the freeplay at... more books are putting in a rule that the rollover amount is on the winnings of the freeplay if you win (instead of the freeplay amount) because you get more "value" out of your freeplay if you make a bet with that pays out long odds such as big ML underdogs...

[Checkerboard]

Thanks everybody for the feedback

The roll over concerned does work in the manner that everyone has described above.

The term that threw me in this instance was "free play."

I'd never had to do a roll over before that was called "free play."

If the amount that needs to be rolled over can be divided into increments, than I think of it in the plural as a series of free plays leading to either zero balance or the achievement of the roll over.

My question has been answered thanks: free play roll over amounts can be broken up into wager units representing a % of the total amount
needing to be rolled over.

Thanks,

checker.