Personally I've found over the years that when I just want to play and be as much without obligation when playing at internet gaming sites I tend to try not to take advantage of the bonuses that they're offering especially in cases where you get locked in and don't really have the opportunity to cash-out until such a time that you've probably put back everything into their casinos. See I find that the whole ploy of online casino bonuses the more that I play and become savvy with the world of online casinos aren't really all that worth it. Really the incentive for the casino is to give you free money and then apply a bunch of terms and conditions to that free money that are as such that you must wager "x" amount of times before you're eligible to cash out the bonuses. In all these cases in general I've found that it's being done for the reasons stated above. Because of that I find that by not taking advantage of online casino bonuses and being able to win decent amounts allows you to cash out from their casinos relatively quickly after a win which to me is far better then having to meet their silly wagering requirements.

Do most of you out there take advantage of the online casino bonuses at the casinos that you play at, or are you like me and avoid them sometimes?

Have a great weekend everyone!

Jane

You certainly do have a good point with this all in the sense that online casinos do like taking us players for a ride. It all seems peachy at first but in the long run becomes quite evident and obvious as to their intentions. Online casinos are a lot different IMHO as opposed to land based casinos which deal with player comps, rewards, etc in a lot different of a way. I think that I like the way that land based casinos deal with rewards better actually then the way that online casinos do it. I think that being rewarded for play after you've played is a better technique then being given money up front. I beleive that being given free money up front is more susceptible to bonus abuse and things of this nature then being rewarded after the fact. That being said though I do still most of the time take advantage of bonuses that are offered by the casinos that I play at unless the bonus terms are as such that they are so not in my favor. Then I'll generally skip the bonus if possible. Sometimes however you can't opt out of the bonus and get it credited to your account automatically which is kind of a bummer but what can you do. You too have a great weekend. -Patricia

No not really although I like bonuses a lot and obviously free money that online casinos offer a lot of the time I too find that the restrictions imposed by casinos for things such as play though requirements are as such that they don't seem all that worth it really. I think that looking at these details and if the play though is only like 15 - 30x bonus + deposit it's OK but if it's like 40X or more I would stay way from it personally.

Depending on the kind of player out there I think it really is something that's individual to the player and thus you'll sometimes find some players in fact taking advantage of online casino bonuses whereas other players do not. I myself am like many of you and will take advantage of the bonuses being offered by the casinos that I play at so long as it makes sense.

It's definitely not mandatory to take online casino bonuses to say the least to if you don't feel like you want to be obligated to meet their requirements that are stipulated in their bonuses then simply don't do that. Sometimes you have to be careful though as bonuses are automatically credited to your online casino account. In cases like this systems that require that you enter your bonus code to claim your bonus work out the best.

there are so many opinions on these but in my place i would rather not always take the bonuses of the online casinos because of its hidden agenda that you may overlooked while playing.

I agree with jhonsean on this matter and beleive that this is definitely the case as online casinos will often times say one thing in terms of what they promise you and then do another thing. This is where I beleive that regulated online casinos would be so much better for people overall vs. that of having to deal with the crap that online casinos and other online gambling sites for that matter throw at us whenever they feel like it.

I thinks its their own way of advertising their product using its attractive bonuses for them to be more competitive in the market today, that's the other reason why all of software manufacturers still updating its own fields.