Refer a Friend at X3000
By Henrik Åström, casino analyst — updated August 2026
The referral bonus at X3000 pays 300 kr for every friend you bring who deposits at least 200 kr and wagers it once. The programme is capped at 10 friends, so the ceiling on the whole offer is 3,000 kr. Unlike a deposit bonus there is no 35x requirement waiting on the other side — the qualifying work is done by the person you invited, not by you.
How to invite a friend, step by step
An invite friend bonus works on one principle: the reward is paid for a real new player who deposits and plays, not for a click on your link.
- Open the promotions or account section at X3000 and copy your personal invite link. The link is the whole mechanism — a friend who registers without it cannot be credited to you afterwards.
- Send it to someone who would genuinely open an account. One person, one link, no public posting.
- Your friend registers through the link and completes verification with their own ID.
- They make a qualifying deposit of at least 200 kr.
- They wager that deposit once — a 1x turnover condition, not the 35x that applies to a bonus.
- The 300 kr is credited to your account once the operator confirms all of the above.
Nothing here is instant. A click on the link registers immediately, but the reward waits for the deposit and the 1x turnover, which in practice means a day or two rather than minutes.
The conditions in one table
| Condition | Requirement at X3000 |
|---|---|
| Reward per friend | 300 kr |
| Friend’s minimum deposit | 200 kr |
| Friend’s play condition | Wager the deposit 1x |
| Maximum friends | 10 |
| Maximum total reward | 3,000 kr |
| Who qualifies | New players only, registered through your link |
| Registration without the link | Cannot be credited retroactively |
What voids a referral payout
The rules exist because the offer is trivially easy to fake, and the detection is better than most people assume.
- Referring yourself. A second account in your own name, or one opened for you by someone else so the reward comes back to you, is multi-accounting. Both accounts lose the bonus and the duplicate is closed.
- One IP address or one device. Two accounts created from the same connection or the same phone are linked automatically. Genuine cases exist — a couple sharing a home connection — but expect the payout to be held for manual review, and be ready to verify both identities.
- Shared payment details. Funding a friend’s deposit from your own card or bank account collapses the two identities into one in the operator’s records.
- Existing players. An account that already exists cannot be re-registered as a referral, whatever link it clicks.
Why is the enforcement so firm? Because a 300 kr payout with only a 200 kr deposit and 1x turnover behind it would otherwise be a straightforward way to withdraw money the operator never earned. Self-referral is one of the patterns treated as bonus abuse, with the same consequences as any other — see the bonus terms page for the full list.
An honest appraisal of the offer
Judged as an offer, this is one of the better ones on the site: no wagering on your side, no deposit required from you, and a clear ceiling you can reach without changing how you play. Judged as an income stream, it is not one — 3,000 kr is the lifetime maximum, and it depends entirely on knowing ten people who wanted to open a casino account anyway.
That last point is worth saying plainly. The reward is for an introduction, not a recruitment target. Talking someone into depositing 200 kr for the sake of your 300 kr is a bad trade for both of you, and it is exactly the behaviour the caps are designed to discourage.
Common questions about the referral bonus
How much does each invited friend pay?
Does the reward carry a wagering requirement?
Can I invite someone who lives in my household?
Read next: weekly cashback, the other X3000 offer with no wagering attached, and the welcome bonus your invited friend will be looking at on their first deposit.