I kind of feel like they are damaging the product here hiding behind terms and conditions to get out of paying the deposit bonus, people are getting disgruntled and will leave the platform for good as a result of a technicality, it's very short sighted
Common sense would say, ok, we can see you deposited in order to get the deposit bonus, just make sure you properly opt in next time and we'll pay it this time, problem solved
Also, the opt in process isn't particularly great, I know from my experience on the world cup sweepstake, there was no confirmation email or anything like that confirming that I'd opted in, I just had to assume that I did
By the way, I didn't deposit during this period, so it doesn't affect me either way, but I just think they should show a bit of leniency in this instance