The same bonus can produce two very different targets

First write down what you are trying to compare

This calculator answers two narrow questions: how much matched credit would a stated deposit produce, and what qualifying turnover would follow from a stated wagering rule? It does not decide whether you are eligible, select an offer or connect to a Dukat account. Begin with a single promotion and copy its percentage, maximum matched amount and wagering basis into the fields. Mixing the best-looking numbers from several promotions produces a mathematically correct answer to an offer that may not exist.

Keep the deposit fixed when comparing percentages. Otherwise a larger calculated reward could merely reflect putting in more money. For example, compare a 75% and a 100% match against the same hypothetical €80 deposit. Before caps, the credits would be €60 and €80. That comparison describes credit size only; a tighter deadline or a different set of eligible games can still make the two conditions meaningfully different. Continue to welcome bonus percentages and caps to inspect the operator’s current interface.

A cap changes the shape of the calculation

Matched credit is the smaller of deposit multiplied by match percentage and the permitted bonus cap. At 125%, a hypothetical €80 deposit gives €100 before the cap. If the illustrative cap were €90, the credit would stop at €90. Increasing that deposit slightly would not increase the bonus while the cap remains binding. These are teaching inputs, not a claim that Dukat assigns this combination to a particular player.

The point at which the cap begins to bind can be calculated by dividing the cap by the match rate written as a decimal. A €90 cap at 125% is reached at €72. Knowing the arithmetic helps you read a promotion, but it should not become a suggestion to increase a planned deposit to a marketing ceiling. A larger deposit still means committing more of your own money.

Test the wagering base as a separate assumption

With €80 deposited and €80 of illustrative bonus credit, a 45-times requirement applied to the bonus alone gives €3,600 in qualifying turnover. Apply the same multiplier to deposit plus bonus and the target becomes €7,200. No percentage or stake setting changed; only the definition of the base did. This is why the selector is separate from the match field.

Turnover is an accumulated amount of qualifying bets, not the cash balance that must sit in the account at one time. Money returned by a game may be staked again and contribute to that accumulation. The calculation does not imply that a starting balance will survive enough rounds to meet the target. Nor does it predict how much will remain afterwards. Continue to read the complete bonus rules to inspect the operator’s current interface.

Contribution is a second layer, not a better return

The displayed target assumes that qualifying activity counts as stated in the selected rule. If only part of each eligible stake contributes, the relationship between actual bets and recorded progress changes. A hypothetical 20% contribution would add €2 of progress for a €10 stake, rather than €10. That is a bookkeeping illustration, not a statement that any particular Dukat title currently contributes at 20%.

A game can also be excluded altogether, and the permitted maximum bet may constrain play even where the contribution is full. Do not use the target as a reason to choose larger stakes or a game you do not understand. Consult the selected conditions for exclusions and prohibited actions before treating the calculation as applicable.

Use the result to find questions, not promises

The public welcome wording inspected for this edition includes a 45-times rule, but promotional subsections and general rules do not agree in every detail. In particular, free-spin winnings and expiry statements require careful matching to the actual selected offer. The calculator cannot resolve conflicting source text; it can only show the effect of an assumption you enter.

After calculating, record the base and multiplier beside the result. A screenshot showing only a large turnover number loses the explanation needed to check it later. If a field is empty, negative or too large to represent, correct the input instead of interpreting an error as zero. Finally compare the obligation with your original money and time limits. A target is not an instruction to continue gambling.

Check the model before comparing two outputs

A calculator can be arithmetically correct while answering the wrong question. If one scenario uses only the bonus as the wagering base and another includes both deposit and bonus, the resulting totals are not directly comparable. Label the base before comparing the output, and keep the accepted offer’s wording alongside the calculation.

For a purely illustrative €80 deposit with a 50% match and a €100 cap, the matched amount is €40 because the percentage result is below the ceiling. At a hypothetical 10x bonus-only requirement, the cumulative qualifying stakes would be €400. These invented inputs demonstrate arithmetic only; they are not an additional Dukat offer or a replacement for its observed requirements.

If you instead enter €300 under the same hypothetical match and cap, the percentage would produce €150 but the ceiling limits the bonus to €100. The model then uses the capped amount. This is why doubling a deposit does not necessarily double the promotional amount and why a maximum should be read before deciding how much to deposit.