NGR

NGR (Net Gaming Revenue) is Gross Gaming Revenue minus the direct costs of generating it — typically bonus costs, gaming taxes, payment fees and game provider royalties — leaving the revenue an operator actually keeps.

There is no single legal formula: what gets deducted is defined contract by contract. A typical calculation is NGR = GGR − bonuses − gaming tax − PSP fees − provider fees, but affiliate agreements, platform contracts and internal reporting often use different deduction lists. That makes the NGR definition clause one of the most negotiated lines in any B2B iGaming contract.

Operators use NGR to:

• settle revenue share deals with affiliates and suppliers;
• compare true brand profitability across markets with different tax rates;
• detect bonus over-spend that GGR alone hides.

Why it matters: NGR is where commercial disputes live. If your platform's back office computes NGR differently from your affiliate software or your supplier invoices, every month ends in manual reconciliation. Aligning one NGR definition across affiliate deals, supplier contracts and internal platform reporting is a prerequisite for scaling into multiple regulated markets.