One of the biggest pros of online gambling
is the promotions. High competition amongst the growing number of online
Internet casinos makes them to offer fantastic bonuses to new customers.
Nowadays it's easy to find a number of casinos giving new players up
to $100 simply for making first deposit or $10-$20 free for downloading
their software. If your become a customer, the most of well established
casinos will offer your Reward and VIP Program.
How can they afford this?
Online casinos have a much lower overhead cost as compared to land-based
casinos.
- They don't require any physical property
- They hire less staff
- As equipment they use computers and special software.
- Marketing costs are much less
And of course, you cannot take the bonus and run away. Every online
casino have promotion rules, you have to wager your bonus and the deposit
at least three or five times before you can collect your winnings.
We have classified the casino promotions of well established casinos
in the following categories
Welcome or Sign-up bonuses
- No Purchase (Bonus With No Deposit)
- Match Bonuses (Fixed Bonus With Deposit)
- Percentage Bonuses (X% matched Bonus)
- Purchase method bonuses
Current bonuses for real players
- Monthly bonuses
- Prize draws (Daily, Weekly and Monthly promotions)
- Happy hour bonus
- Special bonuses
High roller bonus
Welcome or Sign-up bonuses
You will receive Welcome bonus only once when you open a real account
or/and make the first purchase.
- No Purchase (Bonus With No Deposit)
- Nowadays only a few online casinos offer your no purchase bonus
to test out they games with real money. All you have to do is to download
their software and register real account. You have to provide casino
some information about your in order you could not get this bonus
twice.
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- The size of no purchase bonuses are not very high in dollar
terms, but it's a great way to evaluate a casino. So keep your
bets low.
- Match Bonuses (Fixed Bonus With Deposit)
- To get a fixed bonus you have to deposit an exact sum of dollars
or more. For example, the Gaming club will add to your gaming account
$250 if you purchase $250. But if you purchase $325 you will get the
same $250.
- Percentage Bonuses (30% matched Bonus)
- Casino will add to your account a bonus of x% of the amount you
deposit to a certain limit. For example, the Gaming club gives a new
player a 30% bonus for purchases between $200 and $1000. So if you
buy $1000 you will get $1300 in chips. A percentage bonus gives you
the better odds for making a profit - but you also need to deposit
a large amount to receive them.
- Purchase method bonuses
- Besides the three types of described above welcome bonuses some
casinos offer a special promotions for certain methods of payment
to promote them.
- For example, when you buy chips at Orbital Casino they will give
an additional 10% bonus for your deposit if you use Neteller or FirePay.
Keep in mind, that this bonus can be combined with other promotions.
As for Orbital it's $50 match bonus, so for the purchase of $50 using
, you will get $110 to your gaming account.
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Current bonuses for real players
A welcome bonus is awarded only once, when you sign-up at a casino
for the first time. To encourage players to stay with they casino, some
casinos run different promotion programs.
- Monthly deposit bonuses
- Often a monthly bonus is a percentage match bonus. The monthly bonuses
you can get only at a few very reputable online casinos.
- Prize draws
- Frequently casinos run prize draws, where you can win a prize -
often an amount of money that is added to your casino account - provided
you fulfill the terms and conditions.
This promotions are:
- Daily promotions
- Weekly promotions
- Monthly promotions
- Happy hour bonus
- An Happy Hour bonus is a free casino bonus awarded during a specific,
sometimes randomly chosen hour, to a person that is online or deposits
during that hour.
- Special bonus
- This could be anything from a birthday bonus to a cruise to the
Bahamas.
High roller bonus
A high roller bonus is targeted at people with a larger than average
bankroll. Usually a high roller bonus is defined as a free online casino
bonus of $200 or more. Almost without exception a high roller bonus
is also a percentage match bonus.
Terms and conditions of Promotions
Always read the promotion page on casino site before making a purchase.
You need to learn:
- The validity period of the bonus
- How many times you must wager the deposit and the bonus before
you can withdraw your money
- Which games you can or cannot play in order to ensure your winnings
are valid