Traditional casinos offer their customers perks such as free drinks, bargain-price buffets and even free hotel rooms. But if you choose to play at an online casino, you obviously can not expect these type of extras. There are no waiters to serve you, no steak buffets and especially no rooms to occupy. But they do offer you a very nice perk in their place- free money.

Go to the front page of any online casino and you will see some kind of bonus offer- new player, re-deposit or other types of bonuses. You can click on those images to find out more about the bonus, and that is where it gets interesting. There may be some fine print that goes along with that bonus, and it is your responsibility to figure out what the meaning of all that fine print is and make sure that you are willing to abide by it.

The most important thing about online casino bonus fine print that you need to understand is about wagering requirements. Just about every bonus at an online casino comes with a wagering requirement attached to it- anywhere from 2x to 40x. This means that whatever bonus amount you received in your account, you must wager it X amount of times before you may withdraw it. For instance, let's say you receive a bonus of $100 and your wagering requirement is 5x. This means you must make $500 in wagers before you can cash out that free $100 bonus you got.

The other important thing to notice about wagering requirements is what games count. At most online casinos, games such as online Blackjack or Roulette do not count towards your wagering requirement. If you plan to play these games a lot, you may want to think twice about a bonus that does not include them towards your wagering requirement. If you plan to play a lot of games that don't count towards the requirement, you will never be able to eventually cash out that bonus. One way to avoid this predicament is to either sign up with a casino that allows the games you want, or you can also request to have the bonus removed if allowed. This would take care of any wagering requirement you have, since you no longer have a bonus.

There may be other fine print in regards to your bonus, but these would be casino-specific. There is no way we could possibly list all the specifics of literally thousands of online gambling sites, so be sure to carefully read the Terms and Conditions before you accept a bonus from any online casino.