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Are Online Casino Bonuses Worth Claiming?
Almost every fully licensed and regulated casino site in the world offers new and existing players various bonuses, but are they worth claiming? Find out here.
Operators use online casino bonuses to entice new players to sign up to their website. They are also used to look after existing players, as a way of saying thank you for their loyalty and to keep them coming back.
The question being asked here is, are online casino bonuses worth claiming? Let’s dive straight in to find out.
What are the main types of online casino bonuses?
At most online casinos today, there are bonuses for new players and bonuses for existing members as part of the loyalty rewards program.
More information about today’s latest and most lucrative casino bonuses can be found on the official Casino Spesialisten (https://www.casinospesialisten.net/casinobonus-uten-innskudd) website.
The main types of bonuses you are likely to come across, whether it’s part of the initial sign-up bonus (aka welcome bonus) or part of an ongoing promotional offer for fully registered members, are the following:
- Matching deposit bonuses (and reload bonuses) – where you must deposit a certain amount to receive the bonus
- No deposit bonuses – where you don’t have to make a deposit to receive either a free cash bonus or free spins
- Free spins bonuses – usually anywhere from 1 to 200 FS, depending on the casino/bonus
- Friend referral bonuses – which aren’t usually worth claiming and aren’t as common as they used to be
- Cashback bonuses – get a certain amount of cashback each week or month based on how much you spend/your net losses
You will find that most online casino bonuses today are tailored to individual players, but these are the main ones you will likely encounter.
You may also find ‘payment’ method bonuses, where you get a bonus just for depositing using a certain online payment solution, and VIP/high roller bonuses, where people who play regularly or deposit large sums of money than most ‘average’ people can afford.
Are online casino bonuses worth claiming?
Most of the time, yes, online casino bonuses are worth claiming. The most important thing to remember is that almost every online casino bonus in the world comes with wagering requirements attached.
The wagering requirement is sometimes called the playthrough requirement or rollover requirement (it means the same thing) and is the amount of money you must wager before you can withdraw your winnings.
Wagering/playthrough/rollover requirements are designed to protect online casino operators. When players complete their wagering requirements, they are free to withdraw any winnings they have left over.
If wagering requirements weren’t attached to online casino bonuses, there would be nothing stopping players from receiving any free money they just received and then spending it on other websites. Wagering requirements prevent players from doing this.
They are annoying but fair, and if you can find a casino bonus with low/medium wagering requirements, it’s usually worth taking advantage of.
How much do I have to wager before I can withdraw any winnings I have made from my bonus?
This varies greatly from one online casino to the next. For example, you have low, medium, and high wagering requirements. Online casino bonuses with low wagering requirements are hard to find. These bonuses usually only have a 1x to 20x or 25x wagering requirement attached.
In other words, if you receive a $/€/£/NOK200 cash bonus (or equivalent currency value) with a 25x wagering requirement, you would have to wager your bonus money 25x times before you could withdraw.
Medium wagering requirements are more common, worth around 30x to 60x, and high are classed as 70x or higher. Avoid the 70x wagering requirement or higher bonuses.
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SIS and Premier Greyhound Racing reveal improved greyhound race time schedule
Sports Information Services (SIS), the leading multi-content supplier of 24/7 live betting services, and Premier Greyhound Racing (PGR), the media rights company supplier of greyhound racing to the betting industry and direct to viewers, have collaborated to offer a revised race time schedule starting from 20 May.
Designed to protect the long-term future of UK greyhound racing, the new schedule will see morning fixtures start slightly later – moving from 10.47 to 11.01 and 10.54 to 11.09. Additionally, there will also be a slightly later start time for some evening fixtures aimed at a retail audience, with the first evening fixture now starting at 18.08.
Commenting on the improved schedule, Terry Mahoney, Head of Business Development at ARC, said: “The new race times will help make it easier for customers to navigate busy racing schedules as well as improving operations trackside. We will continue to listen, monitor, and adapt schedules where and when needed as we move forward to deliver the best service possible for betting operators as well as punters.”
Paul Witten, Managing Director at SIS, added: “We are passionate about delivering a greyhound racing service that benefits all of the sport’s stakeholders. Together with Premier Greyhound Raxing, we have introduced a revised racing schedule that benefits operators and their customers.
“Our approach to greyhound racing is grounded in sustainability and flexibility. This collaboration with fellow service providers allows everyone to enjoy all the high-quality action produced on a daily basis from tracks across the UK and Ireland.”
SIS has long-term agreements in place with bet365, William Hill, Paddy Power and Betfred to deliver its greyhound content across UK and Irish retail and digital channels. SIS also promotes this content across dozens of leading international operators, as well as through SISRacing.tv.
PGR offers greyhound action, cards, video replays, results, news and info on greyhounds.attheraces.com, and regular live broadcasts on Sky Sports Racing. Premier Greyhound Racing is a joint venture between Arena Racing (ARC) and Entain, the global sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment group. Between them, the two companies own nine of the 20 licensed British greyhound tracks and ARC manage the media rights for five independent tracks.
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PRAGMATIC PLAY HITS THE SWEET SPOT WITH FRUITY TREATS
Pragmatic Play, a leading content supplier to the iGaming industry, has added Fruity Treats to its collection of clusters pays Slots.
Five or more fruit symbols must connect horizontally or vertically to award a win in this vibrant 7×7 title, which features a variation of the popular multiplier spots mechanic.
At the start of each spin, four marked spots of different colours take up random positions on the grid. If a win forms over a marked spot, a starting multiplier of 5x, 10x, 15x or 20x (depending on the spot colour) will be activated. Each time a winning combination lands on a marked spot after a tumble, the multiplier is applied to the win and then increases by its starting value.
Hitting at least three candy scatters on a spin awards entry to the bonus game with 10 free spins. During the feature, which can be retriggered with five additional free spins, activated multipliers from marked spots do not reset between free spins, potentially leading to massive wins.
Fruity Treats is the latest cluster pays Slot in Pragmatic Play’s multi-award-winning range, joining recent hit Sugar Rush 1000.
Irina Cornides, Chief Operating Officer at Pragmatic Play, said: “The roaming multiplier spots feature in Fruity Treats sets it apart from other successful cluster pays Slots in the Pragmatic Play portfolio, with marked spots staying sticky in the bonus game for even greater win potential.”
Pragmatic Play currently produces up to eight new Slot titles a month, while also delivering Live Casino and Bingo games as part of its multi-product portfolio, available through a single API.
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Taking place between 4-5 June, the Festival will be comprised of online sessions taking in topics ranging from UX optimisation and harnessing AI to maximising a summer of soccer featuring both UEFA Euro 2024 and the Copa América.
Erik Lögdberg, Managing Director of Kambi Sportsbook, will open the Festival with a session entitled ‘Exceptional, everywhere: meeting the increasingly high standards of an evolving market’, discussing how operators can develop their sportsbook to navigate changing consumer habits and fragmenting markets.
Kambi’s Head of Legal and Regulatory Compliance, Victoria Fernandes, will also be joined by Partner Success Manager Sabrina Andrade for a Portuguese language session delving into Brazil and how local operators can compete in the soon-to-be-regulated market.
Gerard Starkey, Kambi Group’s SVP of Marketing & Communications, said: “We are excited to once again be welcoming the industry to Kambi’s Festival of Sportsbook, and we look forward to sharing the sportsbook insights and knowledge the event has become known for. As ever, the agenda features a broad range of sessions hosted by experts from across the Kambi Group, providing plenty to interest those working in or with the sports betting industry today.”
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