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I have been having misunderstanding these two popular words in gambling and I can't hide my feelings and I need help understanding these two terminologies, most of the gambling sites always announced some bonuses and sometimes their offer to give free spin or free wagering. What are their differences and how to do their work independently.

will always be wagering for free spins you got it ,unless there has been an announcement of "free spins no wagers" it's a form of promotion for old players to always be comfortable and get a bonus on every bet they make ,to recruit new gamblers too ! ^{usually have to make a deposit to get free spins}
the difference is "value" and how many free spins are earned as well as the achievement of the wager ,I don't understand what the word "independent" you means?

Free spins for newly registered players are usually paired with a requirement where they'll put a 35x-40x wagering requirement.

Then again not all free spin bonuses have wagering requirements as there are some bonuses where you only need to rollover once so it's better to confirm these types of issues with the casino's support.

Bonuses, in my opinion, are simply a means of attracting new users; most likely, you will receive a bonus on your first deposit. That is usually what sites will give you, but others will also give you a bonus after you register and complete their KYC process. With regards to free spins, I believe that this will apply to new users, who will be given a certain number of spins or tokens to try their luck at winning the game, which they will almost always lose. These actions are being taken solely for the benefit of existing users and to attract new ones.

It's fairly self explanatory and I'm not sure where any misunderstanding could come into it. A casino/gambling site is a business, they are always trying to entice new customers and have many strategies to do so. Some of these might be freebie games that allow you to win money without any contribution to the site, others might be a bonus for depositing then wagering a certain amount. It is basically just an attempt to get people familiar with how the games on the gambling site work in the hope that they will 1) be forced to deposit any winnings back onto the site (may never reach withdrawal threshold) or 2) draw the player in who might become a regular depositor and build a nice return for the casino.

I think free spins are a more specific type of bonus than a free wagering which basically means you can place bet anywhere you want or on a limited basis.
Nevertheless, these bonuses are just some sort of attention catcher for most of the gambling websites. For new users free spins or wagering usually has withdrawal limit. So, you won't be able to withdraw unless you hit that specific amount needed for the withdrawal.
Don't get too confused with this things, these freebies are all the same.

I received some bonus on my new account and it stated clearly that the bonus is subject to some form of wagering requirements that is hard to meet. But again why should gambling websites want to give new players bonuses that can not be used without meeting some requirements.

are you saying that the bonus you got cannot be used to gamble unless you have met a certain wagering requirement? as far as I know, when it comes to bonuses the gambling site will allow the gambler to use the bonus you got from a promotion to gamble and the bonus you got will only be allowed to be withdrawn (or at least a percentage of it) once you met the wagering requirement they have set for the specific bonus.

Why would they not? Gambling websites are business ( not a giveaway website or some sort ) that are made to get profit from losing players so by encouraging players to wager, they actually make it looks like they are giving away generous bonuses while in fact trying to suck out players that wagered on their site. In the end players could have win and get profit while wagering as well as unlocking those bonuses but most players usually ended up losing

Bonuses are usually EV- in general so in average more players are going to lose

It's their promotion and it depends on the site or casino on what will be the requirements you need to meet in order to receive the free spins or freee wager. It's a business so they always have requirements like you need to deposit a total of bla bla bla amount and you will get 50 free spins and such.

Some sites might provide you free spins if you are a regular customer or if you are using a lot of money on their site.

Some sites on the other hand provide free spins for the new customers joining the sites.

Some sites provide like free spins every once in a while you can always follow their Instagram page and get the bonuses.

Therefore both these terms are really same for some sites but different for the others therefore it's all on your site where you playing.

Most often the new sites will offer you such things and even put promotions like blackjack.fun had free tablets where players could join but you needed to have at least one transaction coming in.

Same thing.

However, you may be confused between free spins and wagering requirements.

Generally, casinos aren't just going to give out free cash so what they do is have a bunch of wagering requirements that are attached to your free spins that you must hit before you can withdraw any sum of funds. Given that you are talking about free spins, they are likely to be ridiculous multiples as well.

Free spins literally gives you out  free spin of course which is mostly on slots but there's always some catch because there would be specific roll overs you would really get before you could able to make some withdrawal because casinos wont really just let users to get those bonuses without
having those terms which you would need to achieved so that you will able to withdraw those winnings and I would say
that's the hardest part of all.

Bonuses or free spins are just the same but they do only differ on wagering requirements because casinos are bit different in towards
those requirements.

This promotion is done a lot in almost every casino site they always offer free spins for new users and make the first deposit, a kind of marketing so that customers are more attractive with the offer and indeed there are some other requirements that must be fulfilled some casinos of course do so I think you already understand what a lot of said above.
Every bet he makes will definitely get the free spin if he reaches the bet on the requirements, then I won't be confused about this.

Always been part of marketing which they would really be considering on this kind of steps because they do need to hook up users or gamblers around via means of those promotions like bonuses and free spins and just like on what others been saying is that they could
act as a way on letting people get interested and stay up on the site and make out deposit

but of course they would really be having  those terms and conditions for you to be followed and they wont really be just giving
out some free stuff or situation for nothing. :D

Check the meaning of the verb "to spin" and you will see it's the act of rolling the wheel or the slots machine. If you win free spins, you are going to be able to play those games for free.

"To wager" means "to bet", and when that expression is used, it often refers to a requirement you need to fulfill before you can cashout the bonus given by the casino through free spins. For an example: you have won 40$ with the free spins conceded by the casino, but you still need to wager it 30 times to be allowed to withdraw the money (that means you need to wager 1200$ to unlock the reward).

I don't know free wagering but free spins are what you get on a specified game by the casino once you deposit the minimum requested amount there. Remember that once you get free spins, you are required to wager minimum **x based on what is required by the casino, and also look for their terms which ask for wagering in a particular category, because if you don't check it, then you must know that wagering in other categories will not be counted towards your wagering requirements.

A free wager is an additional sum that can be placed on bets which cannot be directly withdrawn. Winnings from free wagers will be added to the balance and can be withdrawn. But free wager points cannot.

Free spins are the same. They can be used to gamble and place wagers. But cannot be withdrawn unless they result in a winning bet.

This is weird lol. At first, you have free spins with a incredibly low chance to win, like 1-10 % (to get even something). And you still need to wager this amount like 35x to get this out. The best promotion ever (sarcasm)

I know that wagering requuirements fair if we are talking about free depos, but here this is weird.

Bonuses would always have corresponding wagering requirement and just like on what others been saying is that this is a typical marketing stuff
which turns out to be that interesting but actually but able to make winnings is really just on slim chance.IF you are extremely lucky
then you could able to do make out some withdraw but if not then these are just making your money or capital to lose it all.
It might looked it is on your advantage but its not.

Don't get too excited about this free things since there are no free here in this world and what the typical casino would put is just a marketing strategy to tempt most gamblers. So, basically they just put some free spin, wager or whatever but in order to not everyone to be able to abuse the free system they need to put some kind of restrictions which means they needed specific points first before you can withdraw if ever you win from the free spin. It's always the house that win no matter where you look at it.

Free spins chances are also under the RTP of the usual spins. There are no specific percentages for free spins. Don't blame we are losing because free spins have low chances because we are relying only on luck here regardless of whether we are using the free spins or usual spin.

There's no weird on that. The wagering requirement was designed of course to prevent abuse.

No easy money, mate. :)

Before you take some bonus, try to read their term & condition first.

Some casino give a free spin for new user to test the platform, maybe around 10-20 spin but the game you are play is also limited. For "wagering" is one of the requirements you should finish after take a bonus deposit, most of them have 25-40x wagering amount.

Before you finish the wagering, you can't withdraw any balance. BTW, you are free to not take the deposit if you fill can't meet the requirements since you asking about these question.

With the offered promotions, usually they have conditions to be met before you can get the winnings from availing such promos. So don't be tempted with those promos, as you said, one should always read the terms attached to it. Because if you can't complete the requirements, you can't withdraw whatever you got from your bonuses. This is why most promos or bonuses are very attractive at a glance but once you start reading the terms, you will get disappointed as some of them have high wagering requirements, which you know, you will end up losing all the funds eventually.

It's rather self-explanatory though? Free spins are well, free spins that are probably locked by the casino where the user has to spend x amount to actually claim it. Spend maybe $30-$40 before a user is able to claim it and the like. Wagering is pretty much the same, it lets the user play something for free without the risk of losing something on his side, or offering something to be able to play. Though i think wagering can be used for other types of games, not just spins.

Or, it may not actually be Free wagering but rather no wager requirements? Simply means that users could withdraw their winnings without any requirements whatsoever (the lock I said earlier about having to spend x amount is an example).

Those bonuses are just a headstart than waiting for the bonus to make it triggered, people use this than waiting for the multiplier because there's a higher chance you will get a double or triple of the value you wage but again of course this is a head start bonuses so expect it might quite expensive too but of course not all bonuses are ideal to buy and there's an assurance that you will get a huge profit.

Freespin is really free if it's rewarded through event or VIP promotion. Usually bonus like 50%, 100% and more are the Giveaway that's not really free because of wagering requirements. Only few Casino giving a wagering requirements on freespin but it should be totally free at all.

Based on what I know, free spins are mainly the bonuses intended to be given to new players. This is usually one of the strategies of gambling sites and casinos to garner more players and have more website traffic. Free spins are usually the trial of the newbies to check the runaround and environment of the website. This could be given with several tries or one try only. Like any other regular spins, the free spin could get you some prize if you're lucky to be able to land to one, but I think most of the times the free spins are programmed to land on no to small winning prizes. It would be a little to no chance to win the jackpot. Otherwise, you are lucky enough to land on the perfect timing where it was programmed to let the player win. This is given to encourage the player to deposit and to be a potential regular client once they liked the gaming environment. I think it is a good way to build a rapport so that they will gain more in return if ever the clients decided to stick with them.

Meanwhile, wagering is also a strategy of a casino or website with the same goal - to entice players. Usually these two come hand-in-hand. Before they would give you free spins, they would ask some requirements such as undergoing KYC or depositing an initial amount. This is their way to ensure that they would benefit as well. You see, gambling is still a business and they need to profit too. By having a market strategy of giving free spins by wagering, they would generate income. Gambling websites are not charitable events after all. This is their way of advertising and promotion which I must say that is effective up until this date.

These two are simply every casino site's strategy to attract more players and participants to their site. Bonuses and free spins are part of their rewards and offer to newly registered players because we all know that new gamblers prefer sites that offer great rewards and bonuses.

What kind of bonus is you are referring to with free wagering? It is even my first time to hear there is a bonus called by "free wagering", what I know is free spins, no deposit bonus and deposit bonus. Do you mean free wagering is like no deposit bonus where you get some free balance to wager in the casino?

I guess the op is confusing the words here how do you mean free wagering because the bonus is only in one phrase which is the free spin or does the casino site give you a bonus on your deposits but have not hard of the world free wagering as @Bitinity rightly said?

You can always search for the terms in google if you're too confused or curious with some terms. Since it's gambling related, there will be a lot of it that will pop out in results.

If it says that it's "free" then you don't have to be broad with it because it's totally sayig that it's for free.

It's just the same for having free lottery tickets, and other free bonuses and promos that a casino has.

I think the free spin only applies with slots, I don't know much about free wagering though but I think that the scope of games that you can use those freebies are the main difference between the two.

Because giving new players bonuses means those new players can deposit more to get the bonuses. Besides that, the new players will be tempted to play gambling for longer and try to meet some requirements to unlock the other bonuses available. Free spins are normal bonuses that the new players get their first time. But if they want to get more, they need to follow the casino rules and the casino mostly will give them, especially if they can reach the minimum requirements.

Indeed. Many casinos will give free spins as a bonus, whether a new member or old member because they do not want to lose their loyal members and it will be a strategy to invite new members. Maybe a free wager is given to you the first time you register on the site without depositing the money, as @Bitinity mentioned. Maybe you can ask the casino that gives you free wager so you can understand what their means and you can explain to us ;D

Yeah, that's what I also understand with the OP's question, usually crypto casinos will have this kind of promotions to attract new players obvious. But there could be a catch and the OP should read the T&S before depositing crypto to get this free spins.

In any case though, the main thing here is that you will need to deposit first, meaning you will have to play with them spend some money and chances are you are going to lose before you can avail of their free spins or free wagering.

Not sure if there is an exact definition for these two or if casinos use them as they likely. What I noticed with free spins and free wagering is that free spins are usually just for one particular slot game. Most casinos have a lot of different slot games and might use free spins to boost one particular game that is not very popular at the moment. Free wagering on the other side is usually a dollar amount that can be used freely without any restrictions on particular games.

The major reason why I created this thread is to widen my understanding of the two words, wagering and free spin, how their work and the conditions attached to them. I most time misuse the term but from the replies I have seen my understanding is now clear.

You didn't understand what i'm trying to say. Look, when get give promo money to gamble, condition about wagering seems logical and legit. With some probability P you will be able to wager needed amount. (P is extremely low amount)

But if they give to you just free spins, the total probability to withdraw money will be like P * Pslots, where Pslots it's probability to get even something on slots.

So, in the second case it will be much harder to actually win something with promo.

I think something like this is a technique that is indeed used to expedite marketing which is basically what is needed.
And the bonus here actually has certain conditions that must be lived in order to get it.
I've seen things like this a few times and most of them have conditions like completing KYC and making a deposit etc.
But indeed this kind of thing is very good because indirectly many people have an interest in this

Have you just changed your own topic/question? Previously you were comparing free spins and free wagering and you say about wagering and free spins? It shows that you are still in confusion about some words related to gambling. How can it be clear?

Very few casinos give you free spins without wagering requirements so most of the time these terms are used together.It is always better to read the terms and conditions and check if there are wagering requirements and if so what kind of requirements they are.If the casinos says that you need to wager 500x the amount of the money won during these free spins then probably it is not a good bonus.What I call a good bonus is for example 100 free spins and no requirements whatsoever,which ever amount of money you win they are yours to keep and withdraw,however this is almost never seen.

Almost none is really giving out that free spins without any wagering requirement because we know that gambling sites or platforms arent charities on making people do siphon  money from it in case they do get extremely lucky and out of those free bets you could make thousands or hundred thousands of winnings. They arent that dumb when it comes to probabilities thats why they do set out significant
wagering requirements or rollover before you could pull off your winnings.

Lol..  :D
He is actually making a mess between the words.
Simply, wagering means Betting.
Free Spin means you can play slot games without spending your funds.

If you get some free spins then you can play slot games without spending your funds and you have to Full-Fill a certain amount of wagering/Betting conditions to withdraw what you earn by playing game with a free spin.