How to Find a Suitable Bonus

At first glance casino bonuses seem like a very simple deal. You make an account and a deposit and the casino gives you a gift in the form of free spins, a match-up offer, a no deposit bonus or any other inventive promotion. 

However, when it comes to money, it’s never this simple because both sides are trying to get the best deal. Read our review and find out just how you can find the best bonus and what it involves.

Looking for a suitable casino

If you don’t already have a favourite gambling website where you are trying to get a bonus, it’s time to go on the prowl for a couple of online casinos. Again, this might seem easy since there are thousands out there, however, there are some things you need to take into consideration to have the best possible gambling experience.

To avoid running into a rogue website, make sure that the online casino is properly licensed and regulated in your jurisdiction and owns licenses by at least one reputable authority.  Also, check the reputation and other gamblers’ reviews and opinions to see if there were any sort of bad incidents in the past.

Because if you run into a problem with a bonus, the only ones that can help you are the support team staff, make sure that the casino you wish to play at has customer support in your language or an international language, preferably available 24/7.

Selecting the bonus

The ingeniousness of casino operators is always put to the challenge since on a competitive market like the iGaming one is, you do need to stand out. If you’re not sure which bonus is the best for you, here are the most common types encountered at gambling websites.

• Match-up Bonuses - These can be welcome bonuses or offers for recurrent deposits and they come as a percentage of your deposit. The casino may offer you a match-up of 50%, 100%, 150% and so on of your deposit.

• No Deposit Bonuses -  Hands down, the best type of offer you can find at a gambling website. Unfortunately, it is quite a rare bonus because it requires no initial deposit and it’s offered just for registering an account.

• Free Spins - Free Rounds offered for slot machine players as a stand-alone offer or in a pack with another match-up or no deposit bonus. 

• Cash Back Offers - These are usually exclusive bonuses for high rollers but can be offered for any lucky player and represents a percentage of your losses. Basically, the casino will give you let’s say 20% of your losses back.

Things to consider

Now that you know how to pick a casino and which types of bonuses are on the market it’s time to go through the “fine print”. Here are the things you should look out for in the Promotion’s Terms & Conditions before you claim it.

Deposit Requirements

Most bonuses will have a minimum deposit requirement. Underneath that limit, you won’t qualify for the bonus and it will not be granted to you. The only exception to this rule represents the no deposit bonuses because they require no upfront investment.

For example, there is a welcome bonus of up to 100% for up to $100 and a minimum deposit requirement of $10. You need to make a deposit in your account of $10 to receive another $10 from the casino.

Wagering Requirements

All bonuses come with wagering requirements attached, even no deposit offers, unless the casino states otherwise, which is very rare. In short, the rollover requirements represent how many times gamblers need to play through the bonus before they can cash out.

Most gambling websites on the market have average wagering requirements between 40 to 60 times the bonus amount. Anything under these values is considered a low wagering bonus and anything above is considered a high wagering bonus.

Our example is this. You have claimed a bonus of $50 and the casino has wagering requirements of 50x. This means you will have to gamble $2,500 before you can cash out.

Minimum Bet Amount / Maximum Bet

The minimum bet is usually encountered on cashback offers, this requirement forces players to make a minimum bet in order to qualify for the bonus.

Let’s say there is a cashback promotion of 20%. To be eligible and get at least $2 back, the casino will require you to make a minimum bet of $10.

The maximum bet is stated on almost every type of bonus, but you will see it most often with free spins no deposit offers as this number defines the worth of the free spins.

Game Selection

The casino operator may decide that the bonus can only be played on certain slots. Free Spins are always restricted to slots or just a specific title.

Deposit & Withdrawal Options

This is a rare condition and usually for just a couple of payment options. The casino may consider you eligible for a bonus if the deposit is made with any payment method except one or more. There are even bonuses offered specifically for deposits made with a specific payment option.

Deadlines

When you claim a bonus, there will be a limited amount of time in which you’ll have to complete the wagering requirements in order to cash out. Generally, the timeframes may vary from 1 week to 1 month, however, some exclusive bonuses can have longer timeframes and some offers may have requirements that need to be completed in just a couple of days.

Final Words

Casino bonuses are great, especially if you carefully pick the right one for you and you read everything like we have shown you above. Don’t forget that even if a bonus may seem great at first, it’s not worth claiming it if you can't actually fulfil the casino’s requirements in order to be able to cash out.