I have seen some sites advertise an exclusive bonus such as 200% up to $500 or even 200% up to $3000. Is this a legitimate bonus and why does Stake.com not have such a bonus? If so, when I play with this bonus, do the other reward programs that Stake offers to its players (weekly and monthly bonus, rakeback...) also count for me, or do I first have to fulfill the 40x requirement for the deposit bonus? Thanks in advance
Well, from what I've learnt so far about this type of bonuses that are being advertised by third parties, you can't completely trust them all to be legitimate, some or even most of them are scam.
Fiirst, what you should know is that, any bonus that is not officially announced by stake themself is not official, and this means that such bonus might be a bonus offered by an individual or company that is affiliated with Stake, that is, it's an individual sponsored bonus and this means that for you to enjoy that bonus, you have to sign up on stake using the referral link shared on the site where the bonus is posted, so, owner of that site awards that bonus to those who use his or her link, while Stake reward the owner of the site with referral commission as stated in the affiliate terms of service.
So, sometimes, this bonus may be a way to lure people into signing up on this casino using their luck, in the end, they get referral commission, you get nothing.
So, be careful with stakes bonuses that are not officially announced by stake, they are mostly individual managed bonuses.