More Bonuses = Better Online Casino?

[henmark]

It is said to be very important, but it is not. However, when a bonus is given for free, whether it is a free spin or a deposit bonus, it is an attraction in itself for gamblers. 
Bonuses can be used to try out a new casino. Gamblers will consider it important because not many gamblers are willing to spend a lot of money just to try a new casino. 
After the bonus is used up, gamblers will compare it with their own experiences.

It is important for a person that mainly gambles for the bonus. Maybe you have other priorities than the bonus mate? Which is why you can say it is not that important at all. I believe that a bonus must be totally given for free. So, I don't consider a deposit bonus as a true bonus or a free bonus. But, it is possible for a free spin to become one. It is just they may usually come with a wager requirement. I am not against with that but they must also be realistic like 3x at most only.

When trying a casino, there is a dedicated currency for this (play or fake money), or it can also be a simulation called as demo mode. It would be best though if the experience is still like on a real game or their difficulty must not be adjusted, for us to not have a false hope. As most times they soften the game inside demo mode.

[Agbe]

I don't think that more Bonuses equals better online casino. Casinos has learnt that people are taken over by unrialitic bonus offer's that these casinos offer's. These casinos are only playing with the mentality of the general gambling community because, as gamblers are thinking about making money off these bonus offer's coming from the casinos. The more people that gambles the more money that comes to the Casinos. Not many people knows about this truck that casinos are using to extract more money.

Just imagine how these casinos will make  people to wager even the so called bonus that they are offering to their customers. Because these casinos knows that when they offers unrealistic bunus offer's with the greed of making , many gamblers will use money in wagering these bunus just so that they can use them. So in the real Sense more bunus is doesn't mean a better gambling experience.

[Grace333]

A bonus doesn't automatically mean that a casino is better because there are also other features that one would have to consider before concluding that a casino is can be relied on. A casino can have a good bonus offer but the waging requirements can make it difficult to actually benefit from the bonus they are giving. With the level of experience that I have now I don't look at just the bonus, my major concerns are the customer support and the withdrawal system, what's the point of having more bonuses if these other aspects of the casino is total garbage then there's no point in having such bonuses. An experienced gambler would look out for other important things asides from this.

[Zigabel]

But does a bigger bonus really mean a better casino?

And would you rather take a smaller bonus with easy conditions or a huge bonus with tougher wagering requirements?

Bigger bonuses can never mean better casino, it will only always mean center of attraction, it is always a means for the casino to attract more people to using them to bet. They are never better by the bonuses they offer, some casinos who are terrible at their services actually uses that as a tool to attract more gamblers to using their platform to gamble and they believe some gullible gamblers will actually ignore their poor services and want to take advantage of the bonuses of which in some cases they do end up not getting the bonuses or been able to take full advantage of the bonuses as they should.

Personally i see no need of the bonuses when they make it very difficult to use because the intentions of the bonuses will be defeated and will be like a way of just luring the gamblers to the casino which i may consider some form of indirect fraud, allow the gamblers choose the casino out of their free will and not some deceit. I will always choose one with smaller bonuses and easy conditions than the other, because with that i will be able to use the bonuses well to my advantage as a form of benefit i got from the casino.

[Su-asa]

But does a bigger bonus really mean a better casino?

To be straight with the answer to this question, big bonuses don't prove that the casino is legit and trustworthy. From my point of view, what proves a casino to be trustworthy is the licence, clear rules, withdrawal terms, and probably active customer service. Lastly, an option to check the fairness of their casino games.
However, bonuses are just there to attract customers and nothing more, but players should endeavor to understand the conditions for the bonuses so they don't blindly accept the bonus offer and later regret it.

[uneng]

Bonuses aren't meant to favour gamblers, so doesn't matter their size, it's never that good. Giveaways on the other hand were the real deal. You didn't have to fulfill financial requirements in counterpart. You just had to do a simple task and you were rewarded accordingly. So if you wished to gamble the giveaway you were free to do so, and if you simply wished to cashout it, you were also allowed, without any hidden catches.

But as the industry progressed, giveaways were simply extincted and replaced by such worthless bonuses which take gamblers nowhere. After all, it's better to avoid and ignore bonuses, because it's likely you end losing your money faster if you try going for them.

[Ishicryptic]

Some scam gambling site can come out from nowhere, and entice gamblers with higher bonuses that usual just to lure their victims and scam them. I don't follow bonuses up and down from one new casino to another because it's not my thing. I gamble because I have the money to gamble at that moment. If the casino that I'm using offers me a bonus, I check the wager requirements first before going for it. I prefer small bonuses with low wager requirements.

Bonuses are simply advertisements to lure gamblers into gambling sites and ofcourse scam casinos will take advantage of it to advertise certain bonuses so that gamblers would flood their sites to claim them but where it actually matters is when it comes to wagering requirements, that is when you will understand that it is not totally free. No need to be pursuing bonuses in every casinos because they are not as convenient as using your own money to gamble but if you must use a bonus you should know the wagering requirements whether you're ok with it. Better a small bonus with low wagering requirements than the other way around, no need to put yourself under pressure to meet a high wagering requirements.

[Pandu Geddon]

It is said to be very important, but it is not. However, when a bonus is given for free, whether it is a free spin or a deposit bonus, it is an attraction in itself for gamblers. 
Bonuses can be used to try out a new casino. Gamblers will consider it important because not many gamblers are willing to spend a lot of money just to try a new casino. 
After the bonus is used up, gamblers will compare it with their own experiences.

It is important for a person that mainly gambles for the bonus. Maybe you have other priorities than the bonus mate? Which is why you can say it is not that important at all. I believe that a bonus must be totally given for free. So, I don't consider a deposit bonus as a true bonus or a free bonus. But, it is possible for a free spin to become one. It is just they may usually come with a wager requirement. I am not against with that but they must also be realistic like 3x at most only.

When trying a casino, there is a dedicated currency for this (play or fake money), or it can also be a simulation called as demo mode. It would be best though if the experience is still like on a real game or their difficulty must not be adjusted, for us to not have a false hope. As most times they soften the game inside demo mode.

The demo mode will not give you the real gambling experience. If it's for running the game and knowing the available features, that's not a problem. But if you are already used to gambling and trying a new casino or a new game, you might ignore the demo mode.
Some gamblers pursue bonuses, but there are also those who ignore them because they see that the bonus claim requirements may be difficult to achieve. If the requirements are easy, of course, no gambler would refuse the bonus.

[danherbias07]

No. Imagine if all those bonuses were just taken back through the house edge? That's where the problem begins.

I'd rather pick a fair gambling site without too many bonuses or offers than one with lots of bonuses that will rob your money without even giving you any small amount of fun. It's still a better choice if the online casino can keep its customers by enjoying playing tag with a gambling site, losing my money and getting it back after a few rolls.

Those bonuses will just be wasted, and I think it will just be for the online casino to look inviting.

[Asuspawer09]

The bonuses for sure is not going to mean anything because usually that is just a marketing strategy to get more users in the platform, I mean it would probably matter for some players but your right it would just be useless if there are huge wagering requirements but it would still depend on the platform itself, some popular platform for sure or trusted one that have huge bonuses for sure will be a great investment as long as you are playing in the platform then it wasn't going to be a problem to complete that bonuses, I mean that is just the perks of playing in the platform, you can't really expect to get a huge bonuses if you are not really planning to play on the platform, or you just want to get the bonus but didn't really play anything on the website. So that was just a normal thing for most casino, this was just a matter of investing on the bonuses or the platform.

I would just look how popular casino is, mind the KYC if it was required or something, check if the casino is trusted epecially here in the forum, aside from that the bonuses is just a bonus thing, if they have it then I'll take it, but I wouldn't based on the bonuses to start and bet on a not trusted or not popular casino that I was just saw for the first time, just because they have the huge bonuses.

[Cryptomultiplier]

No. Imagine if all those bonuses were just taken back through the house edge? That's where the problem begins.

I'd rather pick a fair gambling site without too many bonuses or offers than one with lots of bonuses that will rob your money without even giving you any small amount of fun. It's still a better choice if the online casino can keep its customers by enjoying playing tag with a gambling site, losing my money and getting it back after a few rolls.

Those bonuses will just be wasted, and I think it will just be for the online casino to look inviting.

Casinos will always come up different marketing gimmicks to attract unsuspecting customers and trap the ignorant ones and that's just how it is.

I think that the casinos that have better fair rules in their TOS with small bonuses, will always win it for me above those that offer big bonuses with complicated rules mostly as regards withdrawals.
No hard thought here because those who are older in the casino gambling business know that it's better to stick to a casino that you can easily withdraw or cash out than to join a new promising casino with big bonus traps and complicated withdrawal processes.

[Z_MBFM]

The bonus issue of casino platforms is a marketing study of theirs to attract users. If a platform gives more bonuses, that platform does not become a good platform. Because when they give you a bonus, you have to fulfill a large wagering requirement in return. And fulfilling that wagering requirement is not easy, maximum gamblers lose all their money while fulfilling that requirement. You cannot win frequently from any type of gambling strategy, it depends a lot on luck, so you should not get too excited about the bonus issues. Before using any platform bonus, I make sure that how much wagering requirement they have and how quickly money can be withdrawn from their platform. Because more than the bonus, you need to be able to withdraw money quickly.

[Hatchy]

When choosing an online casino, how important are bonuses to you? Do you normally check the wagering requirements first, or does a big bonus percentage still catch your attention?

And would you rather take a smaller bonus with easy conditions or a huge bonus with tougher wagering requirements?

I'm not really interested in those bonuses because of the requirements attached to them. Generally, though, bonuses are used to attract players to a site. Most new casinos use them as a marketing technique to encourage players to try their services. Honestly, if a site offers a good bonus with lower wagering requirements, it can be beneficial for both the casino and the players, but it can also attract bonus abusers. We have seen many cases on the forum where casino bonuses are abused by new players who create multiple accounts just to claim them. Another thing I try not to assume is that a player is always in the wrong when their winnings are withheld because the casino claims they abused a bonus. Sometimes the casino may actually have a valid reason for doing so, but I think each case should be looked at very deeply..

[red4slash]

But does a bigger bonus really mean a better casino?

It depends on how we as players deal with it. When competition between sites occurs then it is certain they will offer a lot of promos and bonuses in the hope that visitors remain on their site and to attract other gamblers who are not yet on the site to be more interested in the promos and bonuses on offer but when talking about better each gambler has its own parameters to consider a site that is best.

There will be those who make the service as a standard, bonus as a benchmark or reputation as an option so in this case we as gamblers want to be in which parameters to determine the site as the best. But for me personally even big bonuses will be useless when their reputation is bad and their service is slow so the presence or absence of bonuses is just an option for me to be on the site.

[Mate2237]

When choosing an online casino, how important are bonuses to you? Do you normally check the wagering requirements first, or does a big bonus percentage still catch your attention?

And would you rather take a smaller bonus with easy conditions or a huge bonus with tougher wagering requirements?

To answer the first question, bonuses attract most players and it's something that I always take advantage of, having a free bet is fun but it doesn't mean that it's the overall thing that makes a casino well to do. A lot of gamblers get attracted to a casino just because of the bonus offers but they don't really take out time to read the terms and conditions that are being stated, this is why when it ends up not being what they expect they are quick to call the casino a scam.


To know if a casino is legit there are so many things that proves this and not just attractive bonuses. I prioritize security, good customer service, the withdrawal system and how easy the site is to use. But you cannot really change what other gamblers are interested in, some just prefer a casino that gives them more bonuses and not really paying attention to any other thing.

[Sobz]

I've noticed that a lot of online casinos are competing with each other by offering bigger and bigger bonuses.

100% deposit bonus, 200%, free spins, cashback, reload bonuses, VIP rewards... sometimes there are so many offers that it actually becomes difficult to tell which ones are worth taking.

But does a bigger bonus really mean a better casino?

Casino's  are in competition because they know this is what most gamblers find so much interesting and the higher the bonus the more customers you have. What is so bad about this bonuses and free spins,  it makes gamblers to be so forgetful to find out if the casino is even a good one to gamble with. Because of how gamblers arebso interested of this bonus thing and not accessing if a casino is a good one, scam casinos  will be on an increased because people dont resist poor casinos but only prefer the ones that offers good bonus.

[Crypto Library]

I've noticed that a lot of online casinos are competing with each other by offering bigger and bigger bonuses.

100% deposit bonus, 200%, free spins, cashback, reload bonuses, VIP rewards... sometimes there are so many offers that it actually becomes difficult to tell which ones are worth taking.

But does a bigger bonus really mean a better casino?

Definitely not, even in my point of view if there is a attractive I mean unrealistic bonus offered by the casinos then that casino could be also scam.
There are a few other examples of casinos that offer bigger bonuses, including raze.bet, ImperiumStake, and many others that have scammed users by offering them extra bonuses. In this case, they mostly use bonuses as phishing.
So it is not always true that bigger bonus is really mean a better casino.

When choosing an online casino, how important are bonuses to you? Do you normally check the wagering requirements first, or does a big bonus percentage still catch your attention?

I always think that it is not the ideal jump into a casino buy only seeing they are offering bonuses, we should also remind in our head that they were here also for business and also for revenue,  And just because they are offering bonuses doesn't mean that it will allow us to claim them easily. They often have typical wagering requirements and at the same time maximum bonus or profit claim limits which ultimately go into the casino's pocket.

And would you rather take a smaller bonus with easy conditions or a huge bonus with tougher wagering requirements?

In my case I would say that if a casino is offering only $2 without condition or in a easy condition then I would definitely choose that instead of choosing that casino which is offering use bonuses.

[len01]

I've noticed that a lot of online casinos are competing with each other by offering bigger and bigger bonuses.

100% deposit bonus, 200%, free spins, cashback, reload bonuses, VIP rewards... sometimes there are so many offers that it actually becomes difficult to tell which ones are worth taking.

But does a bigger bonus really mean a better casino?

Personally, I think the conditions behind the bonus matter much more than the number advertised on the banner. A 200% bonus might look great at first, but if it comes with very high wagering requirements, withdrawal restrictions, or a long list of excluded games, a smaller bonus with simpler terms could actually be more useful.
I'm curious how other players look at this.

When choosing an online casino, how important are bonuses to you? Do you normally check the wagering requirements first, or does a big bonus percentage still catch your attention?

And would you rather take a smaller bonus with easy conditions or a huge bonus with tougher wagering requirements?

It seems like you are referring to the welcome bonus, and if you ask me, I honestly barely care about those bonuses. Most casinos offer them with high wagering requirements that are very difficult to meet because they often restrict them to certain games and require you to play slots, which are purely dependent on luck.

But if I had to choose, I would prefer a low wagering requirement with a smaller reward. That is much more appealing to me because it feels like a challenge that is a little easier to complete.

Honestly, I actually prefer casinos that offer weekly challenges with easy requirements rather than welcome bonuses.

[Miles2006]

Bonus offer doesn’t determine casino accuracy, this offer is only pleasing to gamblers who love free offers definitely we don’t expect the wager requirement to be low when offered such high bonus.
I am not driven by high bonuses rather an easy access to the casino obviously wager requirement is alittle tough in the aspect of loss, I might consider smaller bonus and easy conditions. Still, easy condition is very rare when casinos offer less bonuses instead more bonuses is very popular viewing gamblers are easily convinced by bonuses, this scheme seems like the latest marketing strategy and no doubt this pattern works a lot.

[sunsilk]

When choosing an online casino, how important are bonuses to you?

From scale of 1 to 10 of how important it is, maybe 2 to 4.

Do you normally check the wagering requirements first, or does a big bonus percentage still catch your attention?

I do check the wagering requirements because that's the first thing I am thinking if it's with the bonuses.

While if there's some noticeable huge bonus, there can be times that's hard to resist but I have already lost that much focus in it.

And would you rather take a smaller bonus with easy conditions or a huge bonus with tougher wagering requirements?

Going with the easy one.

I want not too much stress fulfilling the required wager.