Chasing bonuses, is it really worth it?

[viljy]

A bonus is good, of course, but usually every bonus requires wagering. That's what poisons the joy of the bonus. That is, it's stupid to make a deposit without a special mood for the game just for the sake of the bonus. But if the bonus is completely no deposit, then you can even spend time trying to win back this bonus. Of course, this is purely my subjective opinion. Someone may be madly in love with bonuses and is ready to walk around the world for a bonus.

[ultrloa]

A bonus is good, of course, but usually every bonus requires wagering. That's what poisons the joy of the bonus. That is, it's stupid to make a deposit without a special mood for the game just for the sake of the bonus. But if the bonus is completely no deposit, then you can even spend time trying to win back this bonus. Of course, this is purely my subjective opinion. Someone may be madly in love with bonuses and is ready to walk around the world for a bonus.

Yeah bonus is good if they want to have fun, but if they aim to get sure big profits I think that its hard for them to achieve that especially that there's huge wager requirements asked to fulfill before they could withdraw their gains.

There are some several people hate it because they feel like the casino offer that to them just to make them lose. But also there are people like to avail it, since its extend their fun and winning is just another good factor to achieve while playing.

[Gozie51]

And most of the time, those bonuses come with heavy wagering anyway. So in the end, are you really winning from it? Or just playing more than you should because of the promo?

Of course they come with wager conditions. The point about bonuses is to get the gambler trapped into gambling because if you start with it you will want to continue depositing. I have not been winning with bonuses and that is why I consider it as set up against the gambler.

Someone may be madly in love with bonuses and is ready to walk around the world for a bonus.

Especially those who are obsess that they will get profit from bonuses but at the end, you don't really get it or you lose it back because of the heavy wager conditions.

[dimonstration]

And most of the time, those bonuses come with heavy wagering anyway. So in the end, are you really winning from it? Or just playing more than you should because of the promo?

Of course they come with wager conditions. The point about bonuses is to get the gambler trapped into gambling because if you start with it you will want to continue depositing. I have not been winning with bonuses and that is why I consider it as set up against the gambler.

It’s not a trap since the ToS was disclosed before you can avail the bonus. It encourages gambler to play but it’s gamblers choice to chase it or not based on the give offer.

You can consider it as a trap if the ToS was disclosed and or an extra rules will be added once you avail the bonus.

We can always cancel or forfeit the bonus midway if we don’t like to complete it further.

[imthegreat]

Do we have gamblers here who mostly play just for casino bonuses, like free spins, deposit bonus, cashback, and all that?

I’m honestly not into that kind of style. My gambling is not even consistent. I play when I feel like it. So when there’s a bonus, I sometimes feel forced to play just to use it, even if I’m not really in the mood.

And most of the time, those bonuses come with heavy wagering anyway. So in the end, are you really winning from it? Or just playing more than you should because of the promo?

A long time ago, I had first successful experience playing at an online casino, after which I always started playing only there, and they offered not very generous programs with an increased deposit due to bonus funds from the casino, but I stayed with them. And then I saw that many people like to try different casinos in search of high bonuses and started registering at other casinos. Here I must make a reservation that these were unknown casinos that are missing from our forum and as a natural result, I lost a lot of money, even when I won at such casinos, they did not allow me to withdraw winnings under various pretexts.

[Orpichukwu]

Some gamblers move from one casino to the other in search of a welcome bonus, and any casino which offers them a bonus; if not, they don't gamble. I don't know if they are comfortable with the wager requirement which always comes with these bonuses, and they are always as serious as the casino, almost telling you they don't want you to claim the bonus.

That’s the thing there, some gamblers are only interested in claiming bonuses but never take out time to attempt checking the T&Cs of using or gambling with their bonuses. And trust me, some casinos love this because this is often one way they can legally withhold user’s wins for not following the guidelines of using their bonuses. Personally I really don’t fancy bonus usage at all cos I hate drama, even if I’m usually cautious about checking the casino’s ToS before using them, I have more peace gambling with my own money.

Me, I'm not against bonuses; sometimes when they are offered, I go for it, but I'm against those who always go around hunting for them without even reading about the bonus requirement, which most of them are really not worth it. If the bonus is being given in a casino I regularly use, I will accept it in good faith and try to hit the maximum possible; if not, I lose it, and nothing else is at risk, not like how some will have to risk their KYC at a new casino because they want to qualify for a bonus.

[NurseHub]

‎Every gambler should be aware of the disadvantage of chasing bonuses and avoid it. It's cool to make use of your bonus when you have one but don't chase it. It can trap you down to wrong decision. It doesn't matter the type of bonus, just don't chase it. A friend took advantage of the bonus and win but I was shock they too the bonus and gave him the win, but it wasn't bad, it worth been happy, this is because the bonus is there, not him chasing it.

[mak013]

Do we have gamblers here who mostly play just for casino bonuses, like free spins, deposit bonus, cashback, and all that?

I’m honestly not into that kind of style. My gambling is not even consistent. I play when I feel like it. So when there’s a bonus, I sometimes feel forced to play just to use it, even if I’m not really in the mood.

And most of the time, those bonuses come with heavy wagering anyway. So in the end, are you really winning from it? Or just playing more than you should because of the promo?

I don`t care about it. If i see bonus that don`t break my game style/strategy - i get it. If i need to make lots of additional bets(for example) - i ignore it.
The best bonus for me is to double deposit with small wager requirements. All other bonuses too small or too strange for me. If i only bet, i don`t need free spins as a bonus.

PS. But there are bonus hunters, who make a system on getting profit from such bonuses. It is too far from me, but i know about such kind of gambling.

[shawonngp]

When a new casino site launches and offers many types of bonuses at the beginning, such as free spins and deposit bonuses, when I see these tempting offers, I try to take advantage of them. Before depositing, I must check the site's feedback, then deposit very carefully. Most of the time I lost out on these offers, so I think they're just traps. Because you can't win due to the high wagering requirements.
Some sites are very transparent, where you get good things without wagering requirements or bonus chasing, so I wouldn't call it one sidedly bad. Because this bonus chasing is profitable for many gamblers.

[Finestream]

Bonuses are not created for us to win and make decent amount, but it will only lengthen our time with gambling, just to end up with nothing gain and nothing loss, but only our time and our missed opportunities to make real bets and make decent winnings if ever. This is why I'm also not a fan of this even before.

However, I don't mean that we should avoid playing these free spins and bonuses, but my point is, play them just for fun, but not to aim decent amount that makes you satisfied with your wins.

[memehunter]

It’s not a trap since the ToS was disclosed before you can avail the bonus.

While your point is one hundred percent valid and sound but if I may add just one exception (or classic example of using bonuses as a trap lol you decide),
Disclosing the tos are not only enough, tos need to be easy to understand. If you need a experienced lawyer for going through these terms and conditions ,I bet the tos are part of the trap.


 

[HONDACD125]

A bonus is good, of course, but usually every bonus requires wagering. That's what poisons the joy of the bonus. That is, it's stupid to make a deposit without a special mood for the game just for the sake of the bonus. But if the bonus is completely no deposit, then you can even spend time trying to win back this bonus. Of course, this is purely my subjective opinion. Someone may be madly in love with bonuses and is ready to walk around the world for a bonus.

I also agree with that, because I have experienced this myself. I never go for bonuses that require you to make a deposit to use the bonus, but I like bonuses where you can just play with the bonus amount and if you manage to complete the wagering requirement with that bonus, your remaining balance at that time becomes available for you to withdraw. It's challenging to actually manage to complete the wagering requirement because a bonus usually comes with about 30x or more wagering requirement, so if you have received, let's say, $100, then you will have to complete $3,000 in wagering and then if you have balance remaining, that's yours.

Mostly you will end up losing the amount even before you reach near the wagering requirement, but sometimes if you get lucky while playing a slot game, you may actually be able to complete the requirement, and I have done that quite a few times on different gambling platforms and I consider myself being extremely lucky for that because as I said above, completing such a big wagering requirement is not easy.

[Hazink]

‎Every gambler should be aware of the disadvantage of chasing bonuses and avoid it. It's cool to make use of your bonus when you have one but don't chase it. It can trap you down to wrong decision. It doesn't matter the type of bonus, just don't chase it. A friend took advantage of the bonus and win but I was shock they too the bonus and gave him the win, but it wasn't bad, it worth been happy, this is because the bonus is there, not him chasing it.

If your friend was able to win some money through a bonus, that's a good thing. Some bonus offers are like that you are allowed to go home with whatever you can win with the bonus, but the amount which was given as a bonus can't be withdrawn. They are like audio money given to you to use it and win yourself free money but you how to be eligible after you might have hit above a certain amount of wager which are always more than 2X 

[khiholangkang]

It's not worth it if the amount we bet is far from the minimum bonus requirements because it will cause you to spend more on gambling, unless you have a small difference that you can pursue from the minimum bet required to get a bonus, for example the minimum bet must be $3000 but you always spend $2500 which in my opinion is quite reasonable if you want to pursue it and will not be a problem, But if it's far different from the terms and conditions of the bet amount it's really not worth it in my opinion, just do normal bets and look for bonuses that have easier requirements so that we don't spend more money gambling which can make your finances swollen.