Rake.us is a new sweepstakes casino that is anticipated to launch this year. It will serve as the social casino offshoot from the Rake.com real money site and I’ve been looking at a potential Rake.us signup bonus.
I predict there will be a welcome bonus for new customers that includes free Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins and you should be able to get other promos like a daily login bonus and refer-a-friend scheme. Below, I take a look at these potential promos using info gathered from the real money counterpart site, and existing sweepstakes casino trends.
The current trend for US sweepstakes casinos is to offer a welcome bonus for new customers which typically includes a chunk of free Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins. Sites do this to stand out from the competition and to give customers a reason to register at their sweepstakes casinos. I assume Rake.us will do the same, and there will be some type of Rake.us signup bonus, and maybe a Rake.us deposit bonus.
The average welcome bonus for social casinos is around 7,500 Gold Coins and 2 Sweeps Coins. Looking at the Rake.com welcome bonus which is a first deposit bonus, I suspect that the Rake.us sign-up offer will at least be on par with the industry average, if not a little higher. I also presume there will be a Gold Coin first purchase bonus if the site implements the standard Gold Coin package feature.
I don’t expect there to be a Rake.us sweepstakes casino promo code - usually social casinos don’t require one for the welcome bonus unless it’s an affiliate code. I assume that the welcome bonus will be claimed once you have registered an account with the sweepstakes casino and verified your ID.
The terms and conditions should be straightforward, with the Gold Coins being free play and any Sweeps Coins you get being subject to a 1x playthrough requirement and minimum redemption requirement before you can make a cash prize redemption.
There is likely to be a second component to the Rake.us signup bonus which will be a Gold Coin first purchase bonus. I envisage that there will be Gold Coin packages that you can purchase that include free Sweeps Coins. You can expect one or more of these optional packages to have a special discount - either a reduce purchase price, or an increased amount of Gold Coins and free Sweeps Coins that you get.
When Rake.us arrives, I want people to have a headstart and play here effectively. To do that, I’ve used my previous sweepstakes casino experiences to give you five simple tips to remember if you register at Rake.us when it’s live:
The Return to Player percentage is the first thing you should check for the Rake.us games, especially slots. This is an assumed amount you should get back in prizes when playing a game over time. The higher the RTP, the better theoretical chance you have of grabbing a win, although it is not assured. The average RTP for video slots is 96.00%, so anything above that is a bonus.
Games fit on a scale of volatility from high to low. Low volatility games can bring winnings more often, but in small amounts, and the maximum possible win is typically capped at 200x or less. High volatility games are not known for frequent winnings, but the amount of a win can be bigger, with the maximum possible win often being as high as 25,000x.
Looking at the software developers featured on Rake.com, I don’t think game legitimacy will be an issue. Still, make sure you look at who is providing the games at Rake.us. I look for top software developers who are licensed and have their games tested for fairness. Top examples at sweepstakes casinos include Relax Gaming, Playson, Betsoft, Booming Games, Habanero, and BGaming.
I expect that Rake.us will have a range of social media channels - probably Facebook, X, and Instagram. When these go live, I recommend following them and turning notifications on. You will be able to see any contests and updates they post and have more chances of getting free Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins.
Generally, the more active you are at sweepstakes casinos the more free coins you get. The simplest thing you should do if you go with Rake.us is to login daily for your daily prize. Even if you won’t play games that day, the login bonus is always there and there isn’t any reason NOT to get it.
Although Rake.us isn’t live yet, we can still theorize about how it will work and to give you some more insight I’ve answered some common questions about this upcoming social casino below:
No. If Rake.us is a true sweepstakes casino it won’t offer real money deposits, gameplay, or withdrawals. What you should be able to do is redeem your Sweeps Coins for cash prizes.
There should be. This is usually a requirement for social casinos as part of their compliance with US sweepstakes regulations. An average daily login bonus is around 1,500 Gold Coins and 0.20 Sweeps Coins, although some social casinos don’t give any SC at all, but more GC.
Most likely yes. Virtually all sweepstakes casinos that I’ve tested have optional Gold Coin packages that can include free Sweeps Coins as a bonus. Looking at the sister site Rake.com, it’s likely that these Gold Coin pack purchases will be crypto only which could put some people off.
After looking at the sister site Rake.com, I am unsure whether Rake.us will have a VIP program. There isn’t one for the real money counterpart, and this would be disappointing if they didn’t implement one. The Rake.com casino does have a refer-a-friend scheme though and a unique referral link you can use, so I foresee that this feature will move over to the sweepstakes casino when it’s live.
Make sure that you check this page regularly, as we will keep it updated with developments on the VIP club and other promos when they become available. There could be several features that transfer over from Rake.com that I noticed that are similar to a loyalty scheme. For example, there is the daily prize wheel and a bonus mystery chest that you can open - perhaps these will be implemented and act as the daily login bonus.
At this point in time, we do not know. It’s expected that the welcome bonus will include a lump-sum of free Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins.
The site isn’t live yet. We forecast that there will be a Gold Coin first purchase bonus on the optional Gold Coin packages where you also get free Sweeps Coins.
Currently there isn’t one. When the social casino launches there should be a daily bonus or daily wheel spin that gives you free Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins.
This is unknown. Based on other US sweepstakes casinos, Rake.us should be available in 40+ US states, with states like Washington and Idaho being exceptions.
No, that will not be possible in a direct way. Rake.us will probably have Sweeps Coins that you will be able to redeem for cash prizes.
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I predict there will be a welcome offer where you get free Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins, plus a Rake.us deposit bonus on your first (or maybe more) Gold Coin packages. The value of these potential offers is unknown, and we will update this page when we have the exact info.
Usually, social casino welcome bonuses are easy to claim. There might be a Rake.us promo code, but it’s more likely that you will get a heap of Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins once you have completed account registration. There may be an additional requirement to pass the KYC check before you can access your Sweeps Coins.
Withdrawals are not possible at a sweepstakes casino, and if the welcome bonus includes free Gold Coins then these cannot be redeemed for real prizes. Gold Coins are always free play and can only be used for fun at US sweepstakes casinos. Any Sweeps Coins you get in welcome offer will be redeemable for cash prizes, and potentially for electronic gift cards. But, there is typically a minimum redemption requirement, and a playthrough requirement for bonus SC. Anything less than a 100 SC minimum requirement will be above average, while the playthrough requirement is never usually higher than 1x.
Social casino welcome bonuses are normally easy to understand and don’t have many terms and conditions. The things I recommend looking out for when Rake.us goes live is any expiration period on Sweeps Coins, and the things I mentioned above including the min redemption requirement and playthrough requirement for bonus SC. It will also be worth looking at redemption methods and average processing times.
Rake.us should launch early this year and it will be interesting to see what the Rake.us signup bonus includes. Be sure to check this page for updates as we will modify the review when info about the site becomes available.