A look at the Poker Deposit Bonus offers - the latest marketing ploy used by online Casinos.

Some Online Poker sites seemed to be catching up with the times by offering Poker Deposit Bonuses through their Poker Rooms. It is no wonder that business entities, including Online Poker sites, have started to offer this service to their customers.

Poker softwares usually take about 1-2 minutes to download. The setting up of the Poker is easy. Once installed, the Poker software takes over and you can register, deposit/withdraw money, and play the Poker as much as you want.

There is a range of Poker bonus offered by Online Poker sites. These include No Deposit Bonuses, Sign Up/New Player/Welcome Bonuses, Deposit bonuses, Loyalty bonuses etc. as in the main Online Casinos. Some sites also have special bonuses for the mobile players while most will offer the same free cash bonuses available on the normal online casino.

Requirements/Restrictions on Poker Bonuses:  A sizeable chunk of the different bonuses offered by Poker sites are targeted at new players/registrants. The offer of bonuses is the most effective way for them to entice more customers join their sites.

This free cash awards, mind you, come with certain restrictions - conditions that have to be met before one can actually walk away with winnings just like that. The most popular seems to be what is called 'Wagering Requirements(WR)'. The rule is that a player must bet a minimum of certain times of the bonus given and/or deposit amount before the winnings from playing with the bonus becomes free to be cashed out. For eg. Poker room is giving a free sign up bonus of 200% of the first deposit amount upto a limit of $100 with a WR  of '10xB'. This means that before a player can think of cashing out his winnings from the bonus, he will have to make a minimum wager/bet of a gross total of 10 multiplied by $100 (assuming deposit amount is $100) i.e. $1000. This type of restriction is enforced on No Deposit Bonuses, Deposit Bonuses and all types of bonuses without hardly any exception. In addition, some Rooms also require a Minimum Deposit before encashment of winnings from bonus is allowed.  

Out of the players receiving the Poker bonuses, due to the requirements, many would not be able to eventually cash out winnings. Yet anyway it is free bonus, right? The bonuses are used by many as a means of playing poker for free. Some, very little percentage, also would be able to come away with winnings.

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