Match Bonuses

Match bonuses really are a sign of the times. The online casino market is slowly being flooded by more and more casinos that are offering the exactly same thing. It used to be a case where you could distinguish between the various online casinos based on the quality of service, but since they have all raised the bar, so to speak, the casinos have had to come up with new ways to entice you into their fold, and match bonuses truly are a stroke of genius. Casinos are not just offering a signing bonus but now they are offering to match whatever deposit you make with a by some pre-determined ratio.

This system is designed to not only get you registered by also to get you playing as much as possible. Casinos work on the principle that the longer you play for; the longer you will want to play for. This is why match bonus system was put in place and also why online casinos give away so many spot prizes. The sting of it is: there is distinct method to their madness. They are not actually giving you anything that is costing them one red cent. The casino is online and hence has no real overheads other than server management and more importantly the pay-out does not come as easily as you might think.

An example would be: when the casino offers a 200 per cent bonus up to 1000 dollars, which means they will match deposits of up to 500 dollars at the ratio of two to one (awesome), do not think that you can sign up and then walk away. They will not make a pay-out until you have done a certain amount of gambling. This amount will be a another ratio, only this time it is not in your favour, for example, if you deposit 500 dollars and get the 2:1 bonus , you will only be allowed to draw money out once you have gambled at least 2000 dollars. The casinos claim that this is only to protect themselves from punters who try and capitalise on the match bonuses.