Blog entry published on 1 August 2011

Why Online Casino Welcome Bonuses Are Great

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Author: Anton Johan

Believe it or not, but there are many Canadian online gambling fans who choose not to take advantage of online casino welcome bonuses, and it drives me nuts. The reason is that any seasoned online gambler (including yours truly) knows why online casino welcome bonuses are great.

So why do some people choose not to not take advantage of them? Distrust is the short answer. Some folks distrust online casinos where bonuses are concerned, because welcome bonuses always come with terms and conditions attached, and people are by nature scared of terms and conditions.

But what a load of poppycock I say. Just about everything comes with terms and conditions these days, and if anything, terms and conditions are there to tell you precisely what you are getting. In fact, I believe terms and conditions (also known as the fine print) tell you how you will benefit.


While casinos obviously use welcome bonuses to attract new players, or more accurately first-time depositors (that's how bonuses benefit online casinos), the benefit to you and I is that we can increase our playing funds for free - I'll say that again, for free - with online casino welcome bonuses.

Think about it. Say you deposit $100 in real money into your favourite online casino account, the chances are pretty good you'll play that $100 until you've either doubled it or lost it. My point is that you'll start off with $100 and play it until you get a result. So why not turn that $100 into $200?

If you take advantage of a standard welcome bonus of say 100 percent up to $100 free for instance, you will automatically double your playing funds to $200. Which means you'll have $200 in real money playing funds at your disposal that you can use to play most games offered by the casino.

Of course, you'll have to play through the welcome bonus a minimum number of times before you can cash out any winnings (as per the welcome bonus terms and conditions), having 100 percent extra means you will instantly double your chances of winning than if you started off with just $100.

And that, my friends, is why online casino welcome bonuses are great.

 Posted by Anton Johan at 10:31 on 1 August 2011

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