Anyone who gambles on an Xbox Series X should definitely check their account balance regularly

If you gamble on an Xbox and buy games regularly, then pay attention to your account balance. Because certain amounts expire after some time. MeinMMO explains what you have to consider.

On the Xbox Series X, S and also on the old Xbox One you can use different ways to top up your account balance. Either you use your bank card or you use a voucher from the supermarket. Alternatively, there are regular promotions where credit is available for free.

But not all methods keep the money permanently on your Xbox account. MeinMMO explains what you have to watch out for and what money can expire.

Depending on where your money comes from, it may expire on Xbox

What credit can expire? If you get credit as a gift from Microsoft or use “Microsoft Rewards” for free credit, then this has an expiry date. The average expiry date is 90 days. So wait with redeeming such bonuses if you don’t want to buy a game right now or if nothing is on offer.

Microsoft already gives away such free credit worth 5 or 10 euros to its users on the Xbox, as a user on Twitter shows. But this credit expires at some point. So you cannot collect free credit over several actions:

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Which credit cannot expire? Amounts of money that you have not paid will expire on your Xbox or Microsoft account. This means that if you top up your account balance with a prepaid card or with your credit card, the credit will not expire, according to Microsoft. (via support.xbox.com).

So if you have loaded your account balance with a credit card and still have more than enough on it after your last purchase, then you don’t have to worry about the expiration.

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However, you should think about a new function on the Xbox Series X and S. Because you should definitely activate the feature if you don’t want to drive your fellow players crazy. You can read about what this does and how to activate it on MeinMMO:

You should activate the new function of the Xbox Series X now so as not to annoy you in multiplayer