If you've researched BC.Game rakeback, you've almost certainly run into a 20% figure. It's real, but it isn't rakeback in the sense most players mean. Mixing up what that number actually measures is the single most common misunderstanding about BC.Game's reward system.
What BCD actually is
BCD is BC.Game's internal stablecoin. Deposit bonuses and several other rewards are frequently credited to your account as locked BCD rather than spendable balance right away. That locked BCD becomes usable gradually as you wager, at a pace defined by the platform's Unlock Rate, which starts around 20% at early VIP levels and climbs toward 24% at the highest SVIP tiers.
The Unlock Rate isn't cashback on your gameplay. It's the speed at which bonus funds you've already been credited become available to withdraw or use, closer to a bonus-release schedule than to rakeback.
Where real rakeback comes in
BC.Game does have an actual rakeback mechanic, a direct return on wagered volume, the same category as what Shuffle or Thrill offer from the start. The catch is that it isn't available from account creation. Direct Rakeback on BC.Game only activates from VIP level 14 onward, with published tiered rates of roughly 5%, 7%, 10%, and 15% depending on the specific level reached beyond that point.
That means a brand-new BC.Game account earns 0% direct rakeback, regardless of how the Unlock Rate is marketed elsewhere, the two systems are simply unrelated until VIP 14 is reached.
Why treating 20% as "the rakeback rate" is misleading
Comparing BC.Game's 20% Unlock Rate directly against another platform's flat rakeback percentage compares two different things: one measures how fast you access money you've already been given, the other measures a direct return on your wagering activity. A base-tier player at BC.Game is closer to 0% real rakeback, not 20%.
Why the badge shows two numbers
Because these are genuinely separate mechanics, collapsing them into a single "rakeback" figure would misrepresent what BC.Game actually offers at any given level. Edge Rakeback's BC.Game result keeps them as two distinct figures (the Unlock Rate and the separate Rakeback figure) so the comparison against other platforms stays honest rather than flattering one platform by comparing apples to oranges.