Casino Bonus Offers

To attract more players into their doors, casinos are always offering complimentary bonuses to new members, which do work in enticing people to play - and to play for longer periods of time as well.  The idea of having nothing to lose and everything to gain is an excellent allure - one which many players often get sucked into without first looking into the details of the bonus.

As soon as a player deposits their own money, the casino will award the player with a deposit that usually matches their initial deposit at a certain percentage and up to a certain limit.  For instance, a 200% Bonus up to $200 Free would mean that a player would have to deposit $100, and he or she would receive $300 to gamble with.   So you see that the bonus is not entirely "Free".  The casino gets you to spend some of your own money, hoping that you will deposit even more after the bonus is spent up or cashed out.  Many players get sucked into becoming a member of a casino because a bonus looks very tempting, but failing to read the terms and conditions of the bonus, which can be very strict, binding, and unreasonable, to say the least.

First of all, online casinos are required to visibly display all bonus terms and conditions on their website.  If you can't find them, call the casino and ask them to tell you where they are.  If they do not comply with this, or try to blow you off by telling you the conditions over the phone, do not gamble there.  Always read the terms and conditions on the casinos website.  This can usually be found by clicking on the Bonus ad or a Promotions page within the site, and then clicking on a Terms and Conditions link or Read More link.  The reason is that all bonuses are not exactly what they seem.  Many are broken up in multiple deposits - Meaning in order to get the full bonus amount as advertised, you may have to make several smaller deposits. 

All bonuses require players to gamble the bonus amount so many times over before it can be cashed out.  This is called the wager requirement, and usually ranges from 8 to 30 times over.  For instance a $100 bonus with a wager requirement of 10x would require you to gamble $1,000 (100 x 10) in hands before you could cash out the $100 bonus.  Try to play the bonuses that stay around the 15x wager requirement.  Also, most bonuses exempt certain games from meeting the wager requirement, such as baccarat, craps or blackjack.  This is a universal term, and should not keep a player from using the bonus.  Most bonuses will allow blackjack to go towards the wager requirement, though (which all players should look for and utilize).

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