You don't get a bigger reward one way or another, the reward is the same. Being the RTP around 96%, for each 25 USD you bet you are going to get back on average 24 USD. It doesn't matter if you take out those USD from your pocket or if they have given them to you as free spins. The reward is the same.
Well in profit terms I think they are different. Besides free spin equivalent to $25 value isn't actual money at all. It is a free bet worth. The difference, a free bet isn't from your own pocket while normal bets are.
The difference between the two is that with free spins you have had a 25 USD reward beforehand, but the reward you get once you play is the same one way or the other.
As I stated, it isn't money at all, since free spins are still a spin no matter how much it is worth. And can be only converted to cash if we spin it which can yield a reward or not. Comparing a free bet to a normal bet that requires our own funds, any winnings from a free bet is 100% profit while winning from a normal fund is equivalent to winnings - fund used = profit.
Anyway, congratulations to us who are able to convert their bonus free bets into cash that is worth more than the free bet itself.
