Many online casinos have generous bonus offers to encourage new
players to sign up. To offset the risk that the casino takes by giving
these bonuses, they often have wagering requirements (or play-through
requirements) in place. Here are the things you need to know about
wagering requirements.
Wagering requirements basically mean that after claiming a bonus, you
need to keep playing at that casino for a certain amount before you can
cash out. You cannot just claim the bonus, and immediately take your
money out. Instead, you need to keep playing. The specifics are
different on different bonus offers. Typically, you would need to “play
through” an amount of betting anywhere between 15 and 40 times the bonus amount before you can withdraw any winnings.
As an example, say that you sign up for a $100 bonus offer, with a
25x wagering requirement. That would mean that you have to play $2,500
worth of bets before you can cash out and withdraw money from your
account. Your playthrough amount would be $2500.
A complication with this is that some casinos give you different
amounts of credit for your bets, depending on what game you play. For
instance, a casino could give you credit for 100% of your bets on the
slots, but only 25% of your bets on roulette, and 10% of your bets on blackjack. Meeting your wagering requirements would mean you’d need to
make ten times the bets on blackjack, as you would playing slots.
Often, the information you need about wagering requirements is not
made obvious on the casino site. You may need to look for a small link
to find the terms and conditions, or all of the details on a particular
bonus offer. There should be a link somewhere near the bonus offer that
will take you to a different page on the site that explains the
associated requirements.