Where a ten-pound deposit actually goes furthest

Updated August 2026

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The £10 minimum deposit is the most heavily advertised entry point at UK online casinos. It sits above the £5 floor and below the £20 some operators still quote, and the qualifying minimum is identical for bonus, stake and wagering rules at every level. What changes as you climb the tiers is not the rules. It is how much house edge your deposit absorbs before a single spin is paid for.

This page ranks ten UKGC-licensed casinos that accept a £10 deposit, weighs what each welcome offer really pays, and lays out the rules every British player sits under. The ranking weighs licence status, the welcome offer at £10, and the wagering and cashout terms — not the spin count alone, which marketing copy likes to lead with. The full source list and check method sits in the methodology section. The licensing detail and what changes when a casino sits outside GamStop is in its own block.

Current as of 17 August 2026 · Checked against the Gambling Commission’s public register of licence holders.

What your £10 actually buys you

What the £10 threshold means next to £5 and £20

The £10 tier sits between two neighbours a reader will see in almost any search. Some casinos pitch a £5 minimum that lets a reader try the platform with very little skin in the game; others advertise £20 as the “premium” entry point with the same welcome offer attached. The £10 minimum is the common ground: it clears the qualifying deposit on every offer in this comparison, and the rules above it are identical. A £10 deposit qualifies for the welcome offer. A £15 deposit qualifies for the same welcome offer. A £50 deposit qualifies for the same welcome offer.

Stake and wagering rules do not move with the deposit tier. The statutory maximum stake on online slots in Great Britain is £5 per game cycle for players aged 25 and over, in force since 9 April 2025, and £2 for players aged 18 to 24, in force since 21 May 2025. The wagering cap on bonus funds is 10× across every GB-licensed casino, in force since 19 December 2025. A £10 deposit at the lower tier plays the same game, at the same speed, with the same wagering attached as a £50 deposit at the upper tier.

Real-money play at the £10 entry point

A £10 deposit is real-money play, not free play. Winnings are cash, subject to each offer’s cashout terms. In the comparison below the cashout caps run from uncapped on most offers to £100 on 888 Casino’s deposit match. The headline figure that matters is not the spin count. It is what the winnings are paid in and what ceiling sits above them.

The stake limit changes how far the deposit goes. At the £5 maximum stake per game cycle for over-25s, a £10 deposit funds two spins at the top stake. The bulk of a £10 session is therefore played below the cap, on lower-stake spins that stretch the bankroll further. The headline of “200 free spins on a £10 deposit” reads very differently once the player sees the £0.10 spin value and counts how much play time that actually buys.

Why “safe” and “legit” mean one check

“Safe” and “legit” at the £10 deposit tier reduce to a single check: an active UKGC licence. Every casino in the comparison below holds that licence, and the public register of gambling businesses lists 2,663 licence records as of 29 July 2026. A licence is not a marketing badge. It is the difference between full British consumer protection and none. What that licence covers, and what sits outside it, is in the section on licensed versus non-GamStop.

The best £10 minimum deposit casinos in the UK (2026)

What we weigh when we rank

The ranking below weighs licence status first — every operator is verified against the Gambling Commission’s public register. The welcome offer at £10 comes next, with spin count, wagering multiplier, cashout cap and validity period read against each operator’s published terms. The 10× wagering cap, in force since 19 December 2025, is the test the offer either passes or fails. Spin counts alone do not decide it. Wagering and caps do.

The full source list is in the methodology section at the foot of this page. Slot RTP figures come from the named reviews in the sources section. No invented weights are applied. The criteria — licence, wagering, cashout terms, spin value — are read the same way for every operator.

The ten casinos compared side by side

The table splits cleanly along one line. Sky Vegas and Paddy Power carry genuinely deposit-free spins on top of their deposit-triggered offer. Every other featured casino gates its spins behind the £10 deposit. Eight of ten sit on the same side of that line.

Sky Vegas: spins before you even deposit

Sky Vegas opens the list because it is the only casino in the set that combines a meaningful no-deposit spin count with a deposit-triggered extension. Fifty free spins credit on registration, with no deposit required. A further 200 free spins trigger on a £10 deposit and spend. Wagering on winnings sits at 0×, and the cashout is uncapped — every winning spin pays as real money, with no ceiling on what the player takes out. Spin value is £0.10. Free spin expiry is 7 days from credit.

The arithmetic on Sky Vegas’s offer is simple: 250 free spins at £0.10 stake on a £10 deposit, with the first 50 paid without any deposit at all. The 0× wagering is the line that matters. A 50× wagering requirement on those same spins would have left a player turning £25 of bonus money into £1,250 of required turnover before withdrawal. Sky Vegas pays cash from the first spin. The 7-day expiry is the trade-off: leave it longer than a week and the spins are gone.

Paddy Power: 60 spins with no deposit needed

Paddy Power carries the largest no-deposit spin count in the set: 60 free spins on registration, plus 200 more on a £10 deposit. Total exposure is 260 free spins, all at £0.10 per spin. Wagering on free spin winnings is 0×. The cashout is uncapped. The deposit-gated portion follows the standard deposit-and-spend trigger.

Paddy Power’s edge over Sky Vegas is the no-deposit count. Sixty free spins at £0.10 is £6 of slot play before a single penny of the reader’s own money touches the platform. The expiry on the free spins varies by promotion, which is the one number a reader must check on the operator’s site before claiming. Wagering at 0× and uncapped cashout put Paddy Power in the same top tier as Sky Vegas on the offer’s real value.

Ladbrokes: 100 spins once you spend ten pounds

Ladbrokes gives 100 free spins on a £10 spend, with 0× wagering on winnings and an uncapped cashout. The trade-off sits in the timing: free spin expiry is 7 days, and the spins must be accepted within 48 hours of credit. Leave it longer than two days after the offer lands and the bonus is gone, even if the player logged in on day one. Spin value is £0.10.

Ladbrokes carries an alternative offer for players who prefer a bonus fund to spins: a £50 bonus on a £10 deposit at 40× wagering, with a 30-day validity. That 40× multiple sits above the December 2025 cap and is grandfathered into existing terms — readers should check the live terms before claiming, because the cap applies prospectively rather than to legacy offers already in market.

Coral: spins for a ten-pound deposit and wager

Coral matches Ladbrokes on structure: 100 free spins on a £10 deposit and spend, 0× wagering paid as cash, and an uncapped cashout. Spin value is £0.10. Free spin expiry sits on the Coral site under the current terms — readers should check there, because Coral does not publish a single fixed figure the way Sky Vegas does.

The Coral offer is what most readers picture when they read “100 free spins on a £10 deposit”. Zero wagering and uncapped cashout means the player keeps everything they win on those spins, paid straight to a withdrawable balance. There is no bonus balance to clear, no wagering to satisfy. The deposit and wager trigger is the only gate.

Gala Spins: spins plus a bingo bonus

Gala Spins is the only offer in the set that mixes a bingo bonus with free spins. The package is 100 free spins plus a £10 bingo bonus on a £10 deposit and spend. Wagering on free spin winnings is 10×, which is at the statutory cap rather than below it. Free spin validity is 7 days from credit.

The 10× wagering on Gala Spins’s spins is the line that puts it below the rest. The other nine offers on the table pay spin winnings as cash at 0×; Gala Spins applies the maximum permitted multiple, which means a £5 spin win becomes £50 of turnover before withdrawal. The £10 bingo bonus sits in a separate product bucket under the December 2025 mixed-product ban, and the wagering on it follows bingo-specific terms.

Virgin Games: spins on the Game of Thrones slot

Virgin Games runs a single themed slot rather than a multi-game free-spin bundle. The offer is 100 free spins on the Game of Thrones slot on a £10 deposit plus a £10 slot wager. Wagering is 0×, paid as cash, and the cashout is uncapped. Spin value is £0.01 at 10 lines — 1p per line, ten lines per spin. The qualifying window is 30 days from registration.

The 1p spin value is the trade-off here. One hundred spins at 1p is £1 of slot play, against the £10 to £20 of play that 100 spins at £0.10 buys elsewhere on this list. Virgin Games compensates with the long 30-day qualifying window — a player who wants to spread the qualifying wager over a month rather than race through it in a weekend will find this offer easier to clear.

888 Casino: the deposit match alternative

888 Casino is the only percentage match in the set, and the only offer with a hard cashout cap. The package is a 100% deposit match up to £100 on a £10+ first deposit. Wagering on bonus funds is 10×, applied to selected slots within 90 days of credit. The cashout cap is £100 — anything won above that figure on bonus play does not pay out.

This is the offer that needs the most careful reading. A £10 deposit buys a £10 bonus, which then demands £100 of turnover on selected slots before withdrawal. The £100 cashout cap means a player who hits a £500 win on bonus play takes £100, not £500. The match is generous in headline terms — “100% up to £100” — and restrictive in real terms once the cap is read. For a player who plans to deposit exactly £10 and play conservatively, 888 Casino’s offer is competitive. For a player who plans to deposit £100 and chase a big balance, the cap makes the same offer worse than the spin-based alternatives above it.

LeoVegas: spins on Big Bass Splash

LeoVegas gives 50 free spins on Big Bass Splash on a £10 deposit plus a 1× wager on eligible games. Wagering on spin winnings is 0×. Free spin expiry is 3 days from credit, and the qualifying deposit and wager must be completed within 7 days of registration. The slot itself, Big Bass Splash from Pragmatic Play, returns 96.71% RTP at high volatility. Cashout is uncapped.

The 3-day expiry is the tightest window in the set, alongside BetMGM. Big Bass Splash is a high-volatility title, which means the £5 of stake value (50 spins at £0.10) carries the same long-run return as any other 96.71% slot but with longer dry patches between wins. A player who logs in three times a week will lose the spins before they use them.

PlayOJO: zero wagering on everything

PlayOJO runs 50 free spins on Book of Dead on a £10 deposit, with 0× wagering as a brand-wide policy rather than a per-promotion exception. Every bonus PlayOJO offers pays cash from the first spin. The cashout is uncapped. Book of Dead, from Play’n GO, returns 96.21% RTP at high volatility.

The IMAB (Independent Monitoring and Assessment Body) has noted that PlayOJO still leads the pack for £10 deposit players because it refuses to bury its offers in wagering requirements. That verdict is the rationale for ranking PlayOJO at 0× wagering alongside seven other brands, and for treating its 50-spin count as more valuable in real terms than a 200-spin offer at 10× wagering elsewhere. Book of Dead’s 96.21% RTP is a few basis points below Big Bass Splash’s 96.71%, which is the trade-off for the wagering-free structure.

BetMGM: 200 spins for a £10 deposit

BetMGM carries the highest spin count on the table: 200 free spins on Big Bass Splash on a £10 deposit. Wagering on winnings is 0×, and the cashout is uncapped. The expiry is 3 days from credit — the tightest window on the list. Slot RTP is 96.71%, the same Big Bass Splash game LeoVegas runs.

The 200-spin headline is what BetMGM’s marketing leads with. Read against the 3-day expiry, that headline buys a player roughly £20 of slot play spread across three days, with no wagering on the winnings and no cap on what they take out. A player who plays daily will use the spins. A player who logs in twice a week will not. The trade-off is calendar density, not stake size.

Why your 2026 bonus is smaller than it looks

What a £10 deposit unlocks in welcome value

The spin counts at £10 range from 50 at LeoVegas and PlayOJO to 260 at Paddy Power. Most spins in the comparison sit at £0.10 per spin, which means the headline figure translates into £5 to £26 of slot stake before wagering or cashout terms are applied. Sky Vegas and Paddy Power add genuinely deposit-free spins on top of their deposit-triggered offer — 50 and 60 respectively — which makes their headline spin count cheaper for the player in absolute deposit terms.

Offers credit automatically on the qualifying deposit. No bonus code is needed at any of the ten casinos on this list. The reader does not need to type a string into a field to claim the welcome offer. The deposit-and-spend trigger is the gate, and the spins arrive once that gate is cleared.

The no-deposit spins that actually exist

Sky Vegas gives 50 free spins with no deposit, and Paddy Power gives 60, both at 0× wagering. Every other featured casino gates its spins behind a £10 deposit. The no-deposit spins are the exception at this tier, not the rule. Two operators out of ten run genuinely deposit-free free spins. The other eight require the qualifying deposit before any welcome spin lands.

This is the line the comparison table splits on. A reader who wants to test a platform with zero skin in the game has two options in this set. A reader who has already decided to deposit £10 has ten.

Wagering at £10: the 10× cap and the zero-wagering outliers

Bonus wagering is capped at 10× across GB casinos since 19 December 2025. The cap applies to bonus funds, not to free spin winnings that are paid as cash from the first spin. The split matters: eight of the ten offers on this list pay free spin winnings as cash, which means there is no wagering to satisfy on those spins. The 10× cap bites only on the two offers that run as bonus funds — Gala Spins’s 10× on spin winnings and 888 Casino’s 10× on the matched deposit.

PlayOJO runs 0× on every bonus, as a brand-wide policy. Sky Vegas, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes, Coral, Virgin Games, LeoVegas and BetMGM all pay free spin winnings as cash at 0×. The cap is therefore the ceiling, not the floor. Eight offers sit below it. Two sit at it.

The arithmetic on 888 Casino’s match

888 Casino’s offer is the one that lets the calculation earn its place. The deposit is £10, the match is 100%, so the bonus is £10. Wagering is 10× on bonus funds, applied to selected slots within 90 days. That gives £100 of required turnover on bonus play alone, before a single penny of the player’s own deposit is wagered.

Big Bass Splash — named on two of the offers in this comparison — returns 96.71% RTP at high volatility. Applied to the £100 of bonus turnover, the expected loss on the wagering requirement is £100 multiplied by (1 − 0.9671), which is £3.29. That is the bonus’s real cost: £3.29 of expected loss to clear £10 of bonus money on a 96.71% slot. The same arithmetic on a 96.00% slot — Gonzo’s Quest, from NetEnt — gives £4.00 of expected loss on the same £100 of turnover.

Both numbers are statistical averages over many spins, not guaranteed outcomes. A single session will not return £3.29 or £4.00 of loss; over thousands of spins, the average converges on those figures. The point is the comparison: the bonus cost rises by roughly 70 pence when the slot’s RTP drops from 96.71% to 96.00%, on identical bonus terms.

Which payment methods clear a £10 deposit — and pay it back

Debit cards clear a £10 deposit everywhere, and credit cards are banned across remote gambling. Pay by Mobile deposits cannot be withdrawn, which changes the method’s usefulness. The e-wallet and withdrawal detail follows.

Debit cards: the baseline every £10 casino takes

Debit cards are accepted everywhere and are the default deposit method. Credit cards are banned for all remote gambling since 14 April 2020, including credit-card-funded e-wallet deposits. Identity is verified before the first deposit — the UKGC has required name, address and date of birth verification since 7 May 2019 — so anonymous play is not possible at a licensed GB site. The debit card and the verified identity are the baseline. Anything else is an optional extra on top.

Pay by Mobile: the £30-a-day, no-withdrawal catch

Pay by Mobile deposits via the Fonix processor carry a maximum of £30 per day and £240 per calendar month. A £10 deposit fits the daily cap comfortably, but the monthly cap bites on repeat deposits. The catch is on the withdrawal side: winnings cannot be withdrawn by this method, so a card or bank transfer is needed to cash out. A reader who deposits £10 by phone and wins £50 cannot retrieve that £50 through the same phone bill.

PayPal, e-wallets and withdrawals at £10

PayPal, Apple Pay and Trustly are the e-wallets this tier advertises. E-wallet support differs between casinos and must be confirmed at the cashier before depositing — not every operator carries every wallet. A credit-funded e-wallet is banned like the card itself, so the wallet balance must come from a debit source.

Withdrawal speed follows the method chosen. E-wallet withdrawals are typically faster than bank transfers. Reverse withdrawals are banned at every GB-licensed casino, which means once a withdrawal is requested it cannot be cancelled or reversed — the money leaves the casino balance.

Mobile casinos at £10: apps and browsers are not the same

Native apps and mobile-browser play are different things, and most casinos serve both. The marketing tends to conflate them under “mobile casino”. The distinction matters because the experience changes.

Apps vs browser: the distinction that matters

A native app offers push login and downloaded play, while browser play needs no install. Both clear the same £10 deposit and the same wagering terms. Compatibility is iOS and Android — there are no per-brand differences carried this run. Readers who want a downloadable casino should check the App Store or Google Play listing for their chosen operator.

What a £10 deposit actually lets you play

A £10 deposit reaches real-money slots with researched RTPs, high-volatility titles and live-dealer lobbies. The £5 maximum stake for over-25s changes how far the deposit goes. Only titles with researched RTPs are named below — the rest of the lobby carries no figure this run.

The slots a £10 deposit reaches

Big Bass Splash from Pragmatic Play returns 96.71% RTP at high volatility, with a maximum win of 5,000× the stake. The slot is named on two offers in this comparison — LeoVegas and BetMGM. Gonzo’s Quest from NetEnt returns 96.00% RTP, also at high volatility, with a maximum win of 2,500× the stake. Book of Dead from Play’n GO, the PlayOJO bonus slot, returns 96.21% RTP. These are the only titles with researched RTPs named on this page.

RTP and volatility at low stakes

Big Bass Splash and Gonzo’s Quest are both high-volatility slots. At the £5 maximum stake for over-25s, a £10 deposit funds two spins at the top stake. Lower stakes stretch the £10 further. RTP is a long-run average over thousands of spins, not a per-session promise — a single session of 100 spins on a 96.71% slot will not return £96.71 of stake value. The average converges on that figure over time.

Live dealer and table games at £10

Live-dealer and table games are searchable at the £10 tier but carry no per-title RTP or limits in this run. The category exists in every lobby on the list, with Evolution the dominant provider. No figures are invented for it. A reader who wants RTP data on a specific live table should check the operator’s site or the game provider’s published return.

New £10 casinos: newer isn’t automatically better

None of the featured ten is a new launch. They are established UKGC licensees. A new casino clears the same checks as an old one before money is deposited.

Why a fresh casino isn’t automatically a safe one

A new casino must hold an active UKGC licence before it is trusted, and age proves nothing about it. The featured ten are established names, and the page verifies a new entrant the same way — through the public register, not through launch date. New-entrant coverage is thin, so no unverified new brand is named here.

How to size up a new £10 casino

Check the UKGC public register before depositing. Check the welcome offer against the 10× wagering cap and the cashout terms. Check deposit and withdrawal methods, since credit cards are banned and Pay by Mobile cannot withdraw. Judge any new offer by its wagering and cashout terms. None of the new entrants this run is carried as verified.

Licensed or not on GamStop: what changes for you

A GB licence is compulsory for any operator serving British customers, and it is the difference between full protection and none. The caps, checks and costs below apply to every licensed casino. Sites outside GamStop sit outside all of it.

What a UKGC licence guarantees

The UKGC is the single statutory regulator, and a GB licence is compulsory at point of consumption for any operator serving GB customers. The public register lists 2,663 licensed businesses as of 29 July 2026. A licence brings the three objectives of the Gambling Act 2005: preventing gambling from being a source of crime, ensuring fair and open gambling, and protecting children and vulnerable people.

The caps, checks and costs every GB licence imposes

Remote Gaming Duty is 40% of operator gross gambling yield and the statutory levy is 1.1%, both paid by operators, not players. Player winnings remain untaxed in the UK — that has not changed since 2001.

Sites that skip GamStop, and what you lose

• No GAMSTOP self-exclusion coverage.
• No Gambling Commission complaints route.
• No approved ADR for disputes.
• No British consumer redress if funds are withheld.

These are not minor gaps. A casino licensed in Curaçao, Malta or Gibraltar is not licensed to serve GB customers — a GB licence is compulsory regardless of where the operator is based. The platform may accept a £10 deposit and pay out a £500 win, but the player has no British regulator to complain to if it refuses to do so.

Where a complaint goes: ADR and the Commission

A licensed casino must belong to an approved ADR provider for disputes. The Gambling Commission takes reports of licence breaches but not individual disputes — that is what ADR exists for. A non-UKGC site offers neither. No ADR, no Commission route, no British consumer redress. The dispute-resolution layer is part of the licence, not an optional add-on.

The limits built into every £10 deposit casino

The £10 tier is low-stakes but the same player-protection tools apply as at any level. Harm affects a significant minority, described qualitatively by the Commission and NHS, with the statutory levy funding treatment, prevention and research.

The deposit limits you set before you play

From 31 October 2025, every casino must prompt a financial deposit limit before the first deposit. A standardised gross deposit limit must be offered by 30 September 2026. Britain sets no nationwide deposit ceiling — the level stays with the player, not with the state.

Self-exclusion: how GamStop actually works

GAMSTOP blocks every GB-licensed site at once, with periods of six months, one year, five years, or five years with auto-renewal. Registration is free and the exclusion cannot be cancelled early. It only reaches licensed sites. A casino outside the scheme is outside the net.

Where to get help: the numbers that matter

• GamCare National Gambling Helpline: 0808 8020 133 — free, confidential, 24 hours a day.
• GambleAware — free self-assessment tools and a local service finder.
• NHS gambling treatment clinics across England, Scotland and Wales.
• GAMSTOP — free online self-exclusion registration.

Online gross gambling yield for Q1 2026 was £1.55 billion, up 7% year-on-year, with slots GGY increasing 12%. The statutory levy funds the treatment, prevention and research that the helplines and clinics run on.

How we selected and checked these ten casinos

The ranking starts from the UKGC public register, with every operator here holding an active GB licence as of 29 July 2026. Offers were read against the 10× wagering cap and each operator’s published terms. Slot RTP figures come from the named reviews — Big Bass Splash at 96.71% from Askgamblers, Gonzo’s Quest at 96.00% from Racing Post, Book of Dead at 96.21% as the PlayOJO bonus slot default. No invented weights are applied. The criteria — licence, wagering, cashout terms, spin value — are read the same way for every operator.

What to do with your first £10

A £10 deposit clears the qualifying minimum on all ten casinos here. Compare wagering against the 10× cap and the cashout caps before claiming, because they — not the spin count — set an offer’s real value. The £10 tier is a real-money entry point, not a discounted one, with stake limits and wagering applying as anywhere.

Deposit only what you can afford, and set a limit first. Every casino on this list must prompt for one. The prompt is not a formality. It is the line the regulator draws between a player who controls their bankroll and a player who lets the bankroll control them.

Frequently asked questions

How many free spins can a £10 deposit realistically unlock?

Spin counts at £10 range from 50 at LeoVegas and PlayOJO to 260 at Paddy Power. Most sit at £0.10 per spin, which translates the headline figure into £5 to £26 of slot stake. Sky Vegas and Paddy Power add genuinely deposit-free spins on top, so the headline spin count there is partly bought without any deposit at all.

Does Pay by Mobile let me withdraw my £10 winnings?

No. Pay by Mobile deposits via the Fonix processor are capped at £30 per day and £240 per calendar month, and winnings cannot be withdrawn by this method. A card or bank transfer is needed to cash out. The deposit limit fits a £10 entry comfortably; the withdrawal limit does not exist.

Why do some £10 bonuses have no wagering at all?

Eight of the ten casinos in this comparison pay free spin winnings as cash at 0× wagering. PlayOJO runs 0× on every bonus as a brand-wide policy rather than a per-promotion exception. The 10× wagering cap, in force since 19 December 2025, is the ceiling — not the floor — at this tier.

Can a £10 deposit actually produce real-money withdrawals?

Yes. A £10 deposit is real-money play, and winnings are cash subject to each offer’s cashout terms. Eight of the ten offers in this comparison are uncapped; 888 Casino’s deposit match carries a £100 cashout cap. The deposit, not the bonus, is the player’s own money and withdraws freely.

What is the most I can withdraw from a £10 deposit bonus?

Eight of the ten offers in this comparison are uncapped — Sky Vegas, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes, Coral, Virgin Games, LeoVegas, PlayOJO and BetMGM. 888 Casino’s 100% match up to £100 carries a £100 cashout cap on bonus play. Gala Spins’s cashout terms sit on the operator’s site. The deposit itself withdraws freely at every casino on the list.

How do I tell if a new casino is safe before depositing £10?

Check the UKGC public register before depositing. The register lists 2,663 licensed businesses as of 29 July 2026 and is the single source of truth on whether a casino holds an active GB licence. Check the welcome offer against the 10× wagering cap and the cashout terms. Check deposit and withdrawal methods, since credit cards are banned and Pay by Mobile cannot withdraw. A new launch date proves nothing about safety — a licence does.

Do mobile players get a separate bonus?

No mobile-exclusive bonus was found for the featured ten, which advertise a single £10 welcome offer. The listed offers apply the same way from a phone as from a desktop. Deposit and wagering terms do not change for mobile play. A reader looking for a “mobile-only” deal will not find one in this set.

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