Gambling deposit bonus truth — are they promotions or scams targeting users?

[taufik123]

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I agree with you that the deposit bonus mentioned here is trivial and not worthy any attention. I'mactually surprised that some people would be attracted to such a bonus! Personally I wouldn'trush to sign up with any site just for a $1 bonus. There are a lot of things more important to research carefully before registering.

Especially if the requirements have to do KYC and the bonus is only $1, is it comparable,
certainly not because there are more casino platforms that give larger bonuses between $20 - $30 with terms and conditions in place.

After all, why are you interested in obscure casinos, there are more casinos that are recommended like some of the top casinos on this forum.
Many illegal casinos try to trap new players with huge bonuses but in the end they can't withdraw them or the system is very fraudulent.

[maydna]

Tricky or not, that will depend on gamblers. If they accept the requirement, they will not have a problem with that and still deposit and get the deposit bonus. But as a deposit bonus may have another requirement, I am not take that bonus instead just deposit a minimal deposit amount so I can withdraw the money after wagering some money and usually, that will not takes too high.

Transaction fee is another problem. If you are not agree with the fee, you can move to the other casinos which have low fees. You should check that out before you deposit so you will not regret or feel make a mistake.

[batang_bitcoin]

I have seen some Gambling sites offering a deposit bonus of $1, then setting the minimum withdrawal to $20, and requiring a $5 network fee for BTC (but they actually pay only a very small fee, around 2–3 sats per vbyte, which would be 0.00000222 BTC or about $0.24).

That's why I don't go for BTC withdrawals if the fees are quite high and sometimes if the network is clogged, it adds up for more. So, if it's obvious that we won't pay for that much as withdrawal fee, just gamble with altcoins. And for the minimum withdrawals, it's not always $20 for most. It could go as low as $10 to $20 depending on the casino. And it's lower with altcoins.

Can this be considered a promotional activity or tricking the user? $1 isn’t a big amount, but most of these Gambling sites are just trying to trick users to grow their audience.

Not tricking the users, most of the promos are known to have conditions and they don't come easy.

[Mate2237]

Gambling bonus are used by casinos to attract customers I think that that is a marketing strategy that is used in bringing new customers so there's nothing special about bonuses given because  casinos give bonus with conditions that are sometimes impossible to use because when you win with those bonus you can't actually withdraw that money so there's no need of such bonus.


Gambler's should not put much hopes on bonuses as they can't be reliable and is a marketing strategy used in getting more customers I think that different casinos have different bonuses that they offers even up to 150% on any deposit that a customer makes

[Hispo]

Gambling bonus are used by casinos to attract customers I think that that is a marketing strategy that is used in bringing new customers so there's nothing special about bonuses given because  casinos give bonus with conditions that are sometimes impossible to use because when you win with those bonus you can't actually withdraw that money so there's no need of such bonus.


Gambler's should not put much hopes on bonuses as they can't be reliable and is a marketing strategy used in getting more customers I think that different casinos have different bonuses that they offers even up to 150% on any deposit that a customer makes

Despite of all of us being aware deposit bonuses are rather a marketing strategy and not a way for gamblers to may money easier, still there are casinos which very different wagering requirements and restriction on the games the bonuses are eligible to play on. I have always held the theory, the smaller the casino, the more difficult it will be for gamblers to profit from bonuses and more obstacles there will be in place for them to withdraw whatever they make thanks to those bonuses. On the other hand, big casinos with an an already established base of gamblers may not even have the need to opt for those kind of bonuses to keep new users going.

As long as we do it get carried about by advertisements and promotions of those casinos which opt to use welcome/deposit bonuses and keep and eye on the terms of service, then we should be okey. Also, it helps to keep expectations as low as possible.