Cashback Casino Promotion:
Deposit amount: $1000
Maximum bet: $500
Turnover: $2500
House edge: 2.5%
If you lose all your money, receive $100
FAQ:
*Turnover is the total amount of bets the player has to achieve before losing all his money to be able to claim the bonus. (e.g bet $500 5 times)
*House edge in this case means the casino has a 52.5% chance of winning.
*the 10% cashback bonus can be used to continue betting, or can be kept by the player who decides to stop betting.
Is this exploitable?
Using the same method as I did in in this question
Is this casino promotion expolitable?
We have the following expression for the gamblers ruin probability:
$$P(k) = \frac{(q/p)^k - (q/p)^N}{1-(q/p)^N}$$
In this question we are looking for $P(k)$, with $k = 2$, $N = 7$, $p=0.475$, $q =0.525$.
$$P(\text{lose the game}) = P(2) = \frac{(0.525/0.475)^2 - (0.525/0.475)^{7}}{1-(0.525/0.475)^{7}} = 0.7817$$
$$P(\text{win the game}) = 1 - P(\text{lose the game}) = 0.2183$$
Let $G$ be the random variable taking on values $\$2600$ if the gambler wins the game, i.e. the gambler wins the turnover amount + bonus, and $-\$1000$ if the gambler loses the game.
The Casino Cashback Promotion is exploitable if the expected value of the game is greater than zero.
$$E[G] = 0.2183 \cdot \$2600 + 0.7817 \cdot (-\$1000)= -\$214$$
Hence, far from exploitable.
(Notice the necessary assumption that the gambler stops when he reaches the turnover amount)