Understanding Bingo Bonuses and Promos
Written by Nicole Martin
Tue, 5 Jun 2007
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Bingo promotions can be confusing if you’re a first-time player or if you regularly played offline at bingo halls.
Bingo sites are always trying to combine different bingo promotions so that they can attract more members and it can be quite tricky when you want to choose which promo is best for you. We’ve compiled a guideline to help bingo players understand and use bingo promotions.
We’ll start with the first promotion that pops up once you enter a bingo site:
Match Up Bonus
When you deposit money into a bingo site for the first time after your register with that bingo site, you’ll be offered a 100%, 200%, or even a 300% match bonus, depending on the bingo site. For example, if you deposit $100 and the site offers a 100% match bonus, you’ll have a total of $200 to play with. Many bingo sites then offer a 50% match bonus on all future deposits. This means that if you deposit $50 in the future, you’ll be given an extra $25 making it a total of $75 to play bingo with. The match bonus percentage is advertised on the bingo site.
There is a limit on the amount of money you’ll receive a bingo match bonus on. Many bingo sites stop at about $100. There really isn’t a problem with this because the majority of bingo players aren’t rich and the highest limits are enough for them. Most bonuses require that you play a certain number of games before you are allowed to cash in.
The second promotion that is mainly advertised on bingo sites is the sign-up bonus. This means that you’ll receive a certain amount of money once you sign up with a certain bingo site. It’s a way of allowing future players the opportunity to test the site. Many well-known bingo sites use this because they know that players will register once they play. These sites can afford to pay out money to players. Free bingo cards and free slot pulls are issued to new bingo players who have just registered with that site. Some sites offer free bingo cards and slot pulls as well as match bonuses on deposits to attract players.
Sweepstakes usually applies to players who are automatically entered into contests where they win competitions ranging from a television to a cruise.
The best way to get the most out of your favorite site would be to start off by accepting the match bonus. It could double or triple your starting off deposit and it is usually a larger percentage than the sign-up bonus. It’s also worth more than free bingo cards, scratch cards or slot pulls. However, when you are trying out a new bingo site, you should make use of the sign-up bonus just to test out the bingo site to see whether you like it or not. Free bingo cards and slot pulls also encourage you to try out new bingo sites on the Web. The value might be smaller, but it’s really a fun way of exploring a new bingo room.
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