Jon Yound
Bonus analyst
Models the real expected value behind every bonus score.
Credentials
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PhD in mathematicsProbability and stochastic modelling
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6 years as a quantQuantitative analysis, financial modelling
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sitelikeuk bonus modelBuilt and maintains the EV calculator
Jon Yound holds a PhD in mathematics and spent six years as a quantitative analyst before moving into iGaming. He joined sitelikeuk to answer one question properly: what is a casino bonus actually worth, once every clause in the terms is accounted for?
Biography
He owns the Bonus value pillar. Jon built — and rebuilds every quarter — the model that converts a marketing headline like "£200 + 100 spins, 35x wagering" into a single modelled expected-value figure. Every bonus number on sitelikeuk is his model's output, not the casino's claim.
Before sitelikeuk, Jon spent three years inside a London trading desk pricing structured products and another three modelling risk for a sports-betting exchange — work that taught him to treat every advertised number as a hypothesis until the maths confirms it. That habit shapes how he reads a bonus today: the headline is a starting point, the terms are the equation, and the answer rarely matches the promise.
Outside the model, Jon writes sitelikeuk's explainers on wagering, RTP, and game weighting — the pieces that show readers the working, not just the verdict. He answers every email that includes worked maths, and he has rewritten more than forty published scores after readers caught something his model missed. The corrections counter on this page is not a vanity metric; it is the receipt.
Output
Contact
Challenge a bonus score with worked maths, or ask how the model works.
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