Bonuses and Sports Betting.

Betting Offers:

Betting offers are commonly overlooked by the majority of sports bettors, who consider them a marketing tactic used by bookmakers to entice new players to the world of sports betting. Many of these offers are advertised in such a way as to appear more appealing than they actually are, however, this does not mean that they should be ignored completely as they are genuinely useful, advertising over-hypes them; that is the nature of advertising after all. Rather than simply dismissing betting offers because they do not bring the wondrous rewards they are promise to, take them for what they are, yes they are a gimmick, but they are also worth accepting- you will not benefit greatly, but you should benefit nonetheless.

The best-known betting offers given by bookmakers are the new player betting offers, but these are by no means the only types of offer going. There are many offers available to regular players too; you only have to look at the promotions being run by various bookmakers to find an offer for which you are eligible. Rather than simply ignoring the advertising banners when you play online, click on the links and find out more about them, they can sometimes be very worthy of the extra time it will take you to simply click and find out. Keep an open mind, you may never have won anything when you have taken up such an offer, but that does not mean that you never will.

Certain offers will only be open to those players who are wagering on an eligible sporting event, and if you were already planning on making a wager on that match anyway, you really have nothing to lose, and possibly everything to gain. Other offers will require that you place a wager within a specified time frame, they may have a ‘use by date’, or need a redemption code for activation- either way, the majority of the time it is worthwhile taking up a betting offer once in a while.

If a betting offer is only available on a sporting game that you have never considered betting on before, then you could take advantage of the offer while trying out something new. You may find that taking up these sorts of offers opens up a whole new avenue of gambling entertainment that you had never considered taking before. On some occasions, you may even find that you enjoy a sport you never previously believed you would. Certain betting offers are great for this type of exploratory gambling, as they require no deposit from you and you are therefore effectively playing with somebody else’s cash!

One of the most common type of betting offer given to existing customers is the deposit bonus; a regular gambler can get bonuses simply for depositing money into their account, the specific allocation of such bonuses varies from casino to casino, for instance, some casinos may offer a deposit bonus on every 5^th deposits, others on every deposit, and still other casinos may offer the bonus on deposits over a specified amount. If the latter is the case, and the casino is offering a deposit bonus of £20, but you only deposit £10 a week, then you may as well group two weeks deposit into one in order to get the bonus- there is no sense in looking a gift horse in the mouth!

Sports betting bonuses:

OK, so describing a betting bonus as a gift is not strictly accurate, the fact is you do not get something for nothing. The majority of bonuses require the gambler to qualify by meeting specific criteria, such as: betting on a specific match; betting a certain amount of money; entering a redemption code at a certain point; etc.
 

As stated above, the most common type of betting bonus is that offered to new customers upon registration to a bookmakers or betting exchange. Some of you savvy gamblers out there may think “I’ll just keep signing up to the same bookies to collect my sign-up bonus”, but this is highly ill advised, advances in software mean that the bookmakers can easily track those of their customers who attempt to undertake such a scam, and if they find a person who has done so, they are within their rights to close all your accounts and ban you from their site altogether- not great if it is your favourite site you decided to scam, and even worse if they deem the cash you have in your account as ill-gotten gains and keep it.
 

As stated above, the deposit bonus is earned by meeting certain criteria associated with depositing money. But, what can you expect to receive back by way of bonus? Some bookmakers will offer their customers a standard rate return on all their deposits, such as 5% or 15%, and this can be regardless of the value of the deposit made. Others will only offer the deposit bonus if the gambler deposits over a certain amount, and still others will offer a percentage return of all deposits made but only up to a certain amount, for example a 10% return worth up to £100, meaning that the player will get the same amount regardless of whether they deposit £1000 or £2000- of course this means that that same player can just split his £2000 in two, but bookmakers are quite astute and will add clauses such as ‘players are only able to deposit once a week’, thus avoiding the issue of deposit splitting.

Another type of bonus that sports betting providers offer are known as ‘betting programmes’ or ‘betting schemes’. These often follow the pattern of offering regular customers a bonus after they have played through a certain amount of cash on their particular site. For example, you may get a £10 for every £200 played on the site. Other types of programmes or schemes may offer you a certain bonus if you play regular bets within certain betting areas, for example, you may get a 5% bonus every time you make a lay bet.
 

This article has only provided the general features that sports betting sites are able to offer their customers, they are continually updating their schemes and coming up with novel and exciting ways to reward their customers. If the bonuses are something that you like to take advantage of then you should do regular reconnaissance missions at all your favourite betting shops to see what promotions they may be running for which you are eligible. The bonuses are in constant flux and so a general article is all that can be offered by way of advice, a new and dedicated website would be needed to keep you up to date with all the latest goings on in the online sports betting bonus scheme world.
 

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