Topic: Ridiculous bonus terms - page 2. (Read 789 times)

I don't find a valid reason to bother with them. It's quite sensible that they wouldn't be handing out money just for depositing an X amount; that would be absurd; however, I do find some of their terms ridiculous. I'm not sure if they're still a thing, as this was more than 10 years ago, but I remember platforms like eToro, Forex, etc. that had a "demo" account with a fake, digital balance to play with stocks and so on. This is what I consider casino bonuses: trial balances to mess around with. You can hardly ever withdraw your winnings, either from the deposit bonus or from your winnings that derived from the free spins you were gifted, like in the OP's example. It's just money to mess around.

This is the main reason I don't bother; if I'm given something for free, even if it has those requirements, that's fine, but I'm not going to go after them.

I find casinos terms and conditions like a small  English essays to test one's comprehension.

Online casinos try their best to be open when they give out their bonuses and there is a part where you are required to either accept or reject the bonus. I don't blame them when players complain about the bonus. It is just that the players are too carried away by the bonus that they confuse it for free money when indeed it is not free.

I don't aways support some casinos and their behaviours but players also have some portion of the blame because they forget that it is business and foundation that gives out free money like financial stimulus

I have received many different bonuses from casinos and the conditions have always been feasible. I remember bonus promo codes for spins, as well as for roulette, which I won in poker tournaments. And the conditions were always empty and complicated but quite feasible. These are the usual conditions for wagering the required amount, these are the conditions for verification and for replenishing your deposit. And it was always possible to either play the bonus money or win something on them and withdraw.

And it worked quite normally, so I will say - no, I have not seen very strange or impossible conditions of bonus programs.

Unfair casinos may use bonus as some kind of  "bait and switch" and advertise it as bargain opt at gambling while fair ones did not generally offer much for the free spins and don't take "a hard-sell approach" in their business. Thus your reasoning is quite understandable for me.  Any way one should always pay attention to the relevant "Terms & Conditions"-clause before making decision on whether it worth  to use the  free spins or not.

Sad to say but this is the norm of new casino nowadays. It’s better to play without this shitty bonuses since you don’t need to force yourself on playing to complete the wagering requirements that almost hard to complete.

There’s still some casino that offers no bullshit bonuses but expect the reward to be much lower compared to the casino that offers lucrative rewards but backup with tremendous requirements just to claim the rewards.

Worst requirements so far is the max win and the restrictions on bet amount to push user to become impatient on playing to commit gambling mistakes.

Most casinos do not restrict which type of games you play and that type of games like dice can help you reach that x60 wager requirements. I don't like though such type of casinos and in those casinos I may have left my accounts with bonuses to be unlocked but that are very difficult to achieve so for this reason my accounts in these casinos are abandoned. Personally I like casinos that do not give a damn even if you withdraw your bonus with 0x wager requirement, they are not good no and they are not thinking about you, they just know you will come back and lose your money.

Although every casino has their own rule and gambler's requirement to claim a bonus, for the casino I frequently use, they have some requirements that I don't usually get to fulfill to be able to withdraw the bonus and because of that, I don't see any need for the bonus. The only bonus that I get more frequently is from a bookie and they don't have so much conditions on that bonus, all you have to do is place a bet with the bonus and if you win, you can withdraw it no matter the amount.  @OP, there's no casino without conditions attached to their bonus.

It is crystal clear that these casino bonuses lead nowhere. Casinos use these features to keep us gambled, and of course, they benefit from it in return. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that because it is our choice to play, but let us not expect to actually gain anything from these offers.
My advice to beginners? Be cautious about the flashy promotions and bonuses casinos offer because most of them don’t do us any good. In my opinion, these so-called “bonus features” only make things harder for us in the long run.

Well you need to read the bonus term very carefully because like you have said before sometimes it just to lure a new user to play and most of them has Ridiculous bonus terms especially in the new casoino

People must concern about the wagering requirements because many of them having difficulty to understand the rules and just makes themselves in trouble. If they can think twice for the requirement that is not easy for them to fill, they don't have to force to take the promo or bonus. They can wait for the next promo that will comes because the casino will always gives the promo continouosly.

We must be wise to take the bonuses and let us in trouble. Many promotions that the casino will launch so we must choose the promo that we can participate and leave the other promo because that is too difficult for us.

Yes, that is right but before they take the bonus, they should consider to read the rules so they can understand and can decide to take or leave it. Free spins is something that attract people to try so they willing to participate because they know that free spins can gives them the winning. But they must realize that behind on that bonus, there will be requirements that they must fill.

So the free one will not be free when they still need to pay. But yes, something free will always makes them curious how good their lucky in that games. So that makes them want to participate with the promo but they must make sure that they are understand the rules. They should know what they need to choose from the promo so they will not get in trouble while they can enjoy the free bonus.

Bonuses have tickled nerves, the same as regular game would do, so its no difference then.  I see bonuses as a regular game, but with extra spicing. And I came to conclusion that people use bonuses wrong. Usually wagering requirement scares them. However, nobody force to nobody to complete that wagering requirement instantly or quickly. People should take their time, spend hours or maybe days, gambling carefully, without unnecessary risk, trying to find easy bets. But instead, they go max bet, max risk kind of thing, lose quickly, rushing to finish requirement as quick as possible, and claim that bonuses suck.

The similarity here is that every casino will most likely provide or offer its customers bonuses or promotions that they can claim but with some slightly different rules but with the general rules not much different, Maybe for people who gamble with a response to make a profit they will always be ready and respond to the bonuses or promotions offered quickly, but with you who ignore it is not strange because not everyone is happy with the bonuses or promotions offered by the casino.
Indeed, it is a fact that the bonuses that casinos provide are still their marketing strategy to develop their casinos in many ways, be it popularity, reputation or profit. This is natural for them to do because they also want their business to grow.

yeah that's right, bonuses are definitely something that casinos do even though they have to spend some money but behind that they definitely have a goal to keep them profitable and another goal is to keep players comfortable and stay in their casinos with them getting bonuses then it can make them think that the casino that gives the bonus has a good reputation.

The bonuses or promotions that casinos provide aim to make their players more comfortable gambling in their casinos, some people will be happy with this but some people might ignore it because it has slightly different requirements than usual.

Online casinos have different ToS when it comes to free bonuses and spins, and for me I found so many of them to be too demanding for me, it is the reason why I don't give face to free bonuses, I would rather ignore them.

If you don't know already, free bonuses are still part of a marketing strategy from online casinos, if you are someone like me it is better to avoid but if you are up for the trouble surrounding the criteria then you should be fine.

You are not alone, am that kind of person that hates wasting time with such bonuses and the worst part is learning from past experiences with withdraws being delayed and all that..am just not a fun of bonuses anymore as these are a source of bad relationships between player and casino and sometimes I think the deposit/winning is used as ransom for you to do whatever they are asking for!

So if it's not a casino I haven't used for a while forget about any kind of bonuses.

I have concluded that all bonuses are just beautiful marketing to keep the player in the game as much as possible or to invite even more people by advertising bonus promotions. All the bonuses I heard about from my friends did not bring any profit but tickled my nerves well and worked exclusively in favor of the casino.

Yes, the requirements is too high for us to fills but some gamblers will not think like that. They want to follow the requirement without think if they can do that or just to spend more money. They only see the winning that they already got before and they want to withdraw the money without thinks that can makes them use more money. Usually wagering will be the problem for many gamblers so that is why they must read the requirements before they take the promo. I always suggest not to chase the promo if we think that is too difficult for us to fill. It is better we just deposit the minimum amount that the casino wants and start playing gambling so we don't have to think about the requirements.

The fact is, bonuses are just play tasks that make losing nothing interesting maybe some hope to win but the reality is not.
Even with you get a bonus and then lose and deposit again it makes the condition worse, the article used to experience like that starting from the bonus even lost a lot of money because of his own mistakes in the sense of chasing losses.
Don't expect too much with bonuses, I prefer sports freebets that can be withdrawn after winning tickets.

I have long ago stopped considering bonus systems as serious offers from casinos, although I once spent a lot of time, money and nerves in pursuit of bonuses. Consider the bonus system as an addition to your regular gambling activity, but in no case do not try to make money on it, as many beginners do, who end up losing even more. Play gambling for fun and try not to pay attention to all these bonus systems and gift promotions.

Indeed the casino bonuses are no free meals, they're there to entice you to gamble more, if you understand it then you won't get too excited about the bonus offers. If a freebie will come with a baggage of terms and conditions before you can withdraw your wins, that means that it's not really a giveaway in the charitable sense. Gamblers are meant to lose more than they win in casinos so we shouldn't really see their bonuses as free. Focus on your bankroll to gamble and you'll take your wins without any conditions attached to it.