Gambling/General : The Glitz of Sign up Bonuses

In my opinion I think the variety of online casino bonuses offered is baffling to the point of annoyance. Let’s be honest now, how on earth am I expected to be familiar with the difference between a free spin intro offer and a no deposit casino bonus? Or a monthly top up incentive and a first deposit match bonus? After all free is free so if they offer it to me it better must be good, right?

Now I must confess to you that because of a bit of naivety and the confusion created in my head regarding the online casino bonuses variety I have made enough bad decisions for the whole online gambling community with regard to mis-understanding the values of online casino bonuses.

Given that I created this article to share with you my insights over the online gambling bonuses world in the hope that others won’t repeat my terrific mistakes. Everything started with an online casino sign up bonus offer. They were given me a 100% bonus FOR FREE and this info was enough for my stupid mind. What I omitted was reading the terms and conditions that came along with the great offer.

So, TIP #1 – always read the term and conditions of all the promotions you believe you want to go for.

My second mistake it was that once I saw that pop up announcing me about this online casino sign up bonus I never went to the promotions page to read about other offers.

In conclusion, TIP #2 - look to see what other ongoing bonuses and promotions they offer

My story goes on like this: in have new accounts in several online gambling sites, all have my payment details and my deposited money. The thing is that I cannot benefit from those offers and withdraw any money because they are talking about some “wagering requirements” and I am angry and confused because of this. Actually, one of the online gambling sites honored their “deposit $20 and get back $40” but the other 3 online gambling sites remained one way street cases in which I gave they received. Frustrating isn’t it?

Well, this is not their fault I admit. Today I admit. The only one responsible for the situation was … the undersigned. I should have read their terms and conditions on the online casino sign up bonus offer. They were clear, unhidden conditions in which they explained me clearly how and when I can redeem my credits.

The trick of this story is this. The online casino sign up bonuses where I couldn’t redeem my credits were deposit $100 get back $200. The $20 deposit was returned.

In the end, TIP #3 - the big sign up one off promotions are good, but the glitz of the bonus tarnishes quickly when you find out that it is applicable only to certain casino games or after you meet certain wagering requirements.