What these casino bonus guides cover
A welcome offer is a headline percentage attached to a document nobody reads. These guides analyse that document clause by clause, using real figures from the casinos we track rather than hypothetical examples.
Wagering requirements explained
The meaning of the multiplier, why the base it applies to matters more, and what 68 casinos on this site actually ask on a 100 deposit.
The max bet rule
The clause that voids a cleared bonus due to one oversized spin, with the exact limit that nine casinos publish in their own terms.
Max cashout and win caps
The limit on what a bonus can pay, along with the exact figure eight casinos publish on the same 100 deposit.
Game contribution rates
Why a 40x requirement becomes 800x on the wrong game, with the tables that six casinos publish for slots, table, live and crash.
Casino bonus terms explained
The ten clauses that define what a welcome offer is worth, and the clearing window that thirteen casinos publish.
How to check a casino licence
Using a licence number to check the regulator's own register, and what all 88 casinos here actually disclose.
Free spins explained
What a spins package actually stakes, the separate clock it runs on, and the values that seven casinos publish.
Dormant account fees
What happens to a balance you stop using, with nine published dormancy clauses sized against the same 500.
Withdrawal limits and fees
The ceilings and fees that ten casinos publish, and how many months a large win actually takes to arrive.
Casino KYC and verification
The specific amounts at seven operators that trigger a document check, and the one that asks for absolutely nothing.
Minimum deposits explained
What the entry price is across 88 casinos, and why making the smallest deposit means getting the smallest version of the offer.
How we check bonus terms
The four documents behind each review, what reading them corrected, and how much of our own data still remains unverified.
Where to start
If you read one page, make it wagering requirements explained. Nearly every other clause in a bonus document only matters because of what the wagering requirement asks first, and the most common mistake in this market is comparing two multipliers that are applied to different things.
Once you understand that, the toplists do the arithmetic for you. Every casino we rank carries the turnover its welcome offer needs on a 100 deposit, allowing you to compare two offers on one number instead of two percentages. The low wagering casino bonuses page ranks the cheap end of the roster, while the 100% deposit bonus page ranks the most common offer type in the market.
How these guides are written
The same way the reviews are. We go to the bonus terms page the operator has set up, record the multiplier, the base it applies to, the qualifying deposit, the time limit, the maximum allowed bet and any win cap, and we write down what is published rather than what the banner implies. Where a figure is missing, the guides state that it is missing.
When a number appears in a guide, it came from the operator's own page, and the date we read it is recorded next to it. Nothing here is based on personal testing or on figures taken from other affiliate sites.
The guides are written by Ana Petrescu, who also manages the bonus database, and our about page explains what this site is, how it is funded and what it purposely does not do.
Casino bonus guides questions
It really depends on what the wagering requirement asks. A bonus is worth taking when the turnover needed to convert it is small in comparison to the bonus. The median welcome offer on this site needs 4,800 of turnover on a 100 deposit, and the range runs from nothing at all to 18,000.
What the wagering multiplier is applied to. Sixty casinos here apply it only to bonus funds, and sixteen apply it to the bonus and your deposit together, which doubles the cost at the same headline multiplier. See wagering requirements explained.
From each operator's own published bonus terms, taken directly and dated. Nothing here is taken from another affiliate site or from personal testing claims, and where an operator publishes no figure, the guides say so.