Welcome Bonuses - Attractive Offers for New Players
Welcome bonus offers are among the most attractive features or aspects of any Canadian online casino. Together with the actual game selection, welcome bonuses will help to sway potential players to either sign up or move on. For most online casinos, the welcome bonus is their ultimate tool to attract new players to sign up with them.
What is a Welcome Offer?
The welcome offer, also known as a sign-up bonus, is quite a simple concept. An online casino will offer potential new players a very attractive incentive to commit to signing up with them and depositing some of their money with them. For the most part, you’ll find Canadian online casinos offering either a:
How Welcome Offers Work
A welcome offer will kick in as soon as you decide to sign up with the online casino and open an account with them. At some point during this process, you will need to:
Opt in (say yes) for the welcome bonus offer
Then, depending on the actual nature of the offer, you will need to complete certain prescribed steps in order to trigger the bonus
Once the bonus has been allocated to your account you can begin using it right away.
For instance, in most cases you will need to deposit some of your own money into your new account, although not all offers will work that way.
Types of Welcome Offers
Not all welcome offers are the same and each casino will come up with their own offer based on their market as well as the type of player they’re trying to attract. The following will give you a good indication of the types of welcome offers you can expect to find at CA casinos.
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No Deposit
These types of offers require no cash up front in order to qualify and all you need do is register your details to get the offer loaded to your account. No deposit offers are typically small and are designed to let you explore the casino a bit at no risk.
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Matched Deposit
These will match your deposit amount with cash, usually worked out as a percentage. Most matched deposits will either result in you instantly doubling your deposit (100% match) or adding to it by half and so forth.
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Percentage First Deposit
The percentage first deposit is a match deposit that works exclusively on your first deposit. These are usually the most attractive to encourage you to make a good first deposit. In most instances, you’ll find these to be a 100% match (or more) on your first deposit.
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Free Spins
Free spins are commonly added to a welcome offer to sweeten the deal and give you free tries on a particular slot game. Free spins are usually added to the cash portion of a welcome offer, but can also be offered as a no deposit bonus or as a VIP reward.
Bonus T’s & C’s – What You Need to Know!
All bonus offers will include specific terms and conditions which you will need to read, understand and follow. Failure to do so could result in the following possibilities:
Your bonus being forfeited
Any winnings accrued from the use of an offer rendered null and void
Among the most important are the wagering conditions that are included with every bonus offer. Wagering conditions are a guarantee required by the casino that you won’t just ‘take the money and run’.
In other words, when you take a bonus offer, you promise to play the value of the offer a certain number of times on the casinos selected games. Different casinos include different wagering requirements in their offers, ranging from as low as 20x to as high as 50 or even 60x playthrough.