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It’s always nice to be able to go online at will, and to gamble a little extra money every now and then. Before putting one’s trust into any casino, it’s also nice to try out their services before making a commitment. In such a case, the advent of no deposit casino bonuses will offer an amiable solution to the small problem of finding the best casino for one’s specific situation.

Obtaining a free no deposit casino bonus will net Internet users a nice bonus in their bank account. The common casino may only give away $10 or so, but the larger casinos aren’t afraid of giving away upwards of $50 or more. This all depends on the guidelines, terms of agreement, and several other factors that will be in the fine print for the reading. (Which consumers should always read!)

Casinos don’t blindly give out money to all of those who request it. In most cases, proper identification will be required to either withdraw money or to apply for the offer in general. Most identification methods will require a credit card, although other types of ID are available for those who need it. This helps casinos know who’s applying for the bonus, and to determine their eligibility.

Before any cunning ideas start to form, be sure to recognize the fact that almost every online casino has a withdrawal limit. Before any type of winnings can be collected, many casinos will force users to obtain a certain amount of money in their account before they can claim their winnings. This often helps protect casinos against those who just want the deposit money, and have no real interest in gambling at all.

It’s good to note that “free money” isn’t always free, even if it is offered openly by casinos. It’s common for casinos to offer no deposit bonuses as an incentive, but not allow consumers to withdraw the bonus. This method is much like the withdrawal minimum previously described, but instead it only applies to the total of the bonus received by the prospective gambler.

Lastly, there are some casinos that will offer an intriguing offer of matching a player’s deposit with a certain percentage of free deposit money from the casino. This is another feature in use by most established casinos, but not many of the smaller ones who can’t afford to make such large wagers in every customer. Again, it should be noted that there are usually rules to prevent fraud, and it’s hardly ever likely to get “free money.”

Closing Comments

No deposit casino bonuses are great for the average Internet user to find the perfect casino for them. Casinos will also sometimes place less restrictions on the bonus, so in some cases, the deposit really is a type of “free money.” Before committing to any specific plan, always remember to read the fine print and ask for professional advice so as to not dig one’s self into a hole.

Somebody should tell Senator Jon Kyl (Arizona Repuplican) who along with a few friends pushed the Unlawful Internet Gaming and Enforcement Act through congress to law riding on a bill about homeland security (which after 911 almost any of these are sure to pass) on the last day of the session when most of the potential voters had already gone home, that if he truly was worried about the reason he used for pushing this law through: to prevent children from stealing their parent’s credit cards for the purpose of funding online gambling endeavors (unless they wanted to bet on the horses or the lotteries, they are still okay … no small coincidence they are both gambling entities located in the states and very visible in DC), that he needn’t have bothered to take away yet another freedom of the American people. That simply isn’t the way kids think when it comes to stealing a credit card. They have other things in mind and young Ralph Hardy of Newark Texas is living proof of such matters.

It seems young Ralph liberated his father’s credit card but gambling with it never entered his mind. He had other ideas that according to Money.co.uk, included buying an all night visit from two local call girls who along with the cost of an amazing amount of Dr Pepper, Fritos and Oreos … plus several electronic gadgets, an Xbox video console with a heap of games (the hookers were paid to play video games with the boys) and $3000 cash, came to a total on Dad’s card of over $30,000. In hindsight the kids getting ahold of a card and going online gambling may not be the worst thing that could happen.

If it can be said there is a comical side to this situation (aside from the whole incident which I’m certain the parents of the boys involved do not think is funny) it would be the way the boys convinced the hookers to stay. They were going to leave because the boy’s age was so obvious but the boys countered with the story that they were people of stunted development who were traveling with a circus. They pointed out that state law prevents disabled workers to be discriminated against, therefore the hookers could not refuse their services.

No charges were filed against the “ladies” since all they did was to play video games with the boys. Watch out Senator Kyl, you may be able to sell an unenforcable law to a bunch of absent politicians about the dangers of online gambling while leaving out the gambling entities of which are known to be very powerful in the campaign contribution department in Washington, namely the horse racing industry,… but if young Ralph’s current ability to put a twist on things to turn them to his advantage, is any indication of what is to come when he matures … he may just have the makings of what it would take to fill your shoes, sir.

A player who had over thirty thousand dollars in an online sport book (BetCris) was horrified to discover after logging into his account some two month’s later, that someone had taken about twenty thousand out of the account. Since this person is also a gambling guide of sorts (he’s a poker guide), he knew to contact support immediately and change the password to the account. He was then asked to send proof of identity documents to their customer service manager. The player-victim was told the account was now locked and that no further changes would be possible until the matter was resolved. He was told to contact BetCris the following day to address the issue in its entirety.

The player-victim was shocked to see the next day when he logged back into the account that once again someone had been placing bets using the account. He immediately contacted the support manager who was handling his case and asked how this could be possible when he was told the account was locked and no further bets would be allowed until the matter was resolved. The reply was as shocking to this writer as I’m certain was the shock of seeing the account had once again been compromised. He was told by the support manager that he had no idea how this was possible because he had made multiple notes on the account to not allow any further action. The support manager went on to say that he had tracked down the culprit along with the IP address and phone number etc.

When asked to supply a timeline of the incident the player-victim supplied this list. The ID sent to BetCris was issued on the eleventh of May, just a day before the matter occured, and was valid only until the fifteenth of May. There is no way anyone else could have had that valid ID, so how could BetCris make the claim they had two people sending valid ID for the same account? He was told his account was locked until the matter had been resolved yet the thief was able to call in and have the account unlocked using no more information than was used to originally gain access. Not only that but the support team gave out the new password to the thief or he’d never have been able to access the account even if he had been able to get the account unlocked (which he was successful). The thief was given this information while the support manager was on the other phone with the player-victim no less! On top of all that the money in the account was suppose to be tied up into a bonus scheme that required there be a play-through of over $200,000 which he was aware and had no complaints about it. In fact this as it turns out is a big red flag about the whole mess. What sport book allows you to transfer money out of their establishment before you’ve met the bonus terms? Answer to that is none that I am aware, at least not until now. Frankly I doubt you or I could get away with that kind of behavior so it really makes one wonder about how this money was allowed to be released? The money went to another sportbook called Rio sportbook. The player-victim had never heard of this place before now and therefore certainly did not transfer money to it.

At the time of this writing BetCris has seemingly washed their hands of the matter despite continued pressure from this writer and several other gambling guides who along with my self warned BetCris to step up and do the right thing or we’d be writing about the matter but to no avail. What this writer has taken away from this whole fiasco is to be sure to find out from any sport book or casino if they allow money transfers to other casinos or sport books? That seemingly is the only way I can see a thief having the opportunity to get their hands on your money is by transfering the money to another establishment where the thief had created an account using the victim’s name and their method of withdrawal. So for instance the thief would add his/her NETeller account as a deposit/withdrawal method and then they could after transferring the money be able to get it into someplace where they can actually get their hands on it.

It’s pretty well known that Casinos do not like cheaters. Anyone who takes money illegally from them could be in for a rought time!

However in order for a cheater to be charged with fraud or a felony they have to be using an electronic tool, or similar to cheat the casino or dealer out of money.

Contrary to popular belief card counting is not actually considered a crime however casinos will not allow it and will usually ban you if they find you counting cards. They also make it seem a much worse crime than it acutally is.

Casino management and security departments are notoriously unpleasant to people they find cheating. However here are 4 methods that are used to cheat casinos out of money.

1. Blackjack And Counting Cards. The Hi-Lo method has been used throughout the years by people looking to get the edge on the casino when playing blackjack. This is how it works - When the cards are dealt you start with a count of zero. For every face card, 10 or ace that is dealt to you or any other player, take away one point. If a player is dealt a 2-6 add a point to the total. For a 7, 8 or 9 you add zero points (or just let the cards cancel each other out). Before each hand is dealt divide the count by the the number of decks (you estimate) are left. When the total hits +2 it is a better time to bet. When you count try nmot to move your lips as casinos will quickly get wise as to what you are up to!

2. Poker Marking poker is often an easier game to rig as you are playing against other players rather than playing against the house itself. People ‘mark’ cards in a variety of ways including scratching the corner of a card with a fingernail, shading parts of the card or blocking parts of the card out. A cheater may then use special contact lenses or glasses to see these ‘marks’ as they may or may not be visible to the naked eye.

3.Craps - Dicing with the dice. Craps is a game of rolling dice and betting on the outcome of the throw. SOmeone looking to cheat at craps may slip ‘altered dice’ into the came. These dice may be rounded on one side or weighted differnetly than normal dice in order to increase the odds of a high number. A player may also try to manipulate the dice throw by placing the desired number face up in the palm of their hand and then throwing the dice in such a way that there is more chance that the dice will land with the desired number showing. Casinos are obviously aware of this technique and are on the look out for it so be careful.

4.Slots - Outsmarting the Machines Slots technology is improving all the time but some of the older machines are susceptible to the ‘fake quarter’ method of cheating. Basically you need to find a substitute for the quarters provided by the casino, these substitutes should be the same weight size and density as the real thing in order to be sure of cheating the slots. Another tried and tested method is the ‘quarter on a string’ trick where a cheater deposits the quarter into the machine and then quickly takes it out with the string but fooling the slot machine into thinking that they have placed a bet.

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Counting cards in Black Jack is not nearly as complex as it sounds when you first hear about the concept. Most of those without the knowledge of how counting cards is achieved are apt to think it involves the ability to keep track of every card that has been dealt out of the shoe which on an eight deck shoe is over four hundred cards and on average the player would need to go about seventy-five percent of the way into the deck before a shuffle happened. So roughly three hundred cards to track.

Counting cards in Black Jack does not involve keeping track of such large numbers however. Counting cards can be achieved by almost anyone using the system that is most often used by card counters. I won’t go into all the details because to learn how to count cards and not be proficient at it is akin to giving a toddler a loaded gun after they’ve been taught how to shoot a child’s cap gun. You’d have just enough knowledge to really get yourself in trouble. I say this from experience and i think almost anybody that counts cards will tell you the same. It is almost inevitable that you would lose the count and end up playing hard on a belief that wasn’t true. So if you’re going to learn to count cards then expect to practice for hours every day for a very long time and that anytime you stop practicing it will be very hard to return to your peak self without first spending the time in practice to get sharp again.

The basic thing to know is that the system is based not on counting cards in the traditional sense but rather on keeping a running count on the number of tens versus low value cards such as three, four, five and six. So whenever a ten (or face card) is shown you would count that as negative one. A low value card is worth a plus one. There are sixteen tens to a deck and there are sixteen threes, fours, fives and sixes when combined. As you can imagine most times the count … which bounces back and forth, into the negative or positive side of zero, does not stray far from the middle ground. In other words since there are even number of cards that you would count on each side of the equation then it stands to reason that most times the count is going to stay right around even (even being zero).

It is those times when the count does not stay near even that the card counter finds the edge. If the count shows the deck is heavy with low value cards then its best to just back off your bets but if the deck is heavy with tens then it is time to increase your bet to as much as you think you can get away with and not arouse suspicion. (Note: although I have not seen the movie 21, I imagine they used a team and would signal another person when the table was heavy with tens and that person could then step up and bet big without appearing to have had any chance to be counting cards).

Counting cards should not be such a mystery now. Please note that there are further steps to the equation of counting cards that were not discussed in this article such as the factor of how many decks (partial deck in case of single deck play) are left in the shoe as that will effect the running count. Nobody should read (just) this article and walk away thinking they know how to count cards.

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I wonder how many others have fallen victim to the same faulty reasoning as myself when they had just won a jackpot and had the opportunity to quit and walk away with a very nice increase in their bankroll and didn’t use it? Knowing when to quit is every gambler’s greatest challenge and to some it is a consistent Achilles’ heel.

I always make the mistake of wanting to round-off my credits to an even number. I knowingly use that as an excuse to play a little longer and hope to turn one jackpot into two big wins. There is nothing wrong with that until you start losing your self-control and before you know it you’ve whittled down a nice win to an amount that doesn’t really justify quitting. There’s a second mistake. If anything is justified at this point it is to walk away and come back a while later. Faulty reasoning such as “rounding off” (and then not stopping at the round off point) or the “well I came to gamble” attitude (the second mistake) the player is convincing his/her self that since they hadn’t really lost anything that there was no reason to stop gambling.

To say nothing was really lost is both true and false. Since in most cases it is wisest to concentrate on stretching the bankroll thus allowing the player to “stay alive” longer which means extra chances at hitting the big jackpot … then one should watch where your current “zero” line (where you are at that moment) stands and adjust the win and loss limits accordingly. A loss limit is the amount you are willing to lose and a win limit is an amount you think would be very satisfying to still have when you leave the casino. Example: $100 is what you brought to lose and taking into consideration what it is like to leave the casino with nothing … $300 sounds like an amount that would be “very satisfying”.

To adjust the amounts is easy enough. If you’re losing then nothing changes other than you might decide to quit before you lose the whole $100. But lets say you’re winning and now your “zero line” (my term btw so don’t expect to hear it elsewhere) is at $300 … because that is the total sum of all you have in your current bankroll. Loss limit should be moved up as well as win limit. Move loss limit to $150 and be guaranteed to go home with a $50 profit.

The win limit is not really a limit at all. It is a reminder so you know when to move your loss limit. The idea at the end of your gambling session is to be able to walk away with some kind of profit to show for a decent day’s gambling. By continually moving your loss limit up as your bankroll increases … you are continually stashing money away that you won’t be losing back to the casino on that day.

Oh and the reason the player in the first paragraph should stop gambling even though they hadn’t really lost anything? The reason they should stop is they had dumped back into the machine almost all the winnings their luck had earned and the bleeding should have been stopped far sooner than breaking even. It is obvious luck has changed and its time to step away for a while. Determining when its time to stay or go is seldom a problem to those that are truthful with themselves. Listening to that truth is another thing entirely.

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How do people go about choosing the slot machine they ultimately play? Do they choose it because of the slot machine’s theme? Perhaps they’re prompted by the colors of the game? Perhaps they like that game’s wild symbol? Finance most likely plays a part for some players. If you’re on a fixed budget you may not opt for that high-end slot game. By the same token a player more interested in the bigger payoffs isn’t going to be interested in a smaller investment/smaller payoff slot game. So surely there is a financial edge to this decision.

We’ve all heard that saying about how the slots at the land casinos always pay off best at the front of the casino because people see those machines paying off and are tempted to enter and gamble. There is also the saying that you should never play two slot machines which are side by side because the casino would not put two machines that pay off in a high percentage right next to each other. And perhaps there is some truth to that, it certainly makes sense.

None of the above except finance really comes into play though when discussing the habits of the online gambler. What drives their decision process when choosing an online slot game besides the cost? I’m sure to a degree that word of mouth plays a part. Hearing someone else won a nice chunk of money while playing a certain game will likely drive interest to that game. Microgaming software powered casinos feature some brand name slot games such as “Tomb Raider”, that surely carries a following.

What goes into your decision making process when choosing a slot game online? Once a slot game is chosen its pretty easy to guess from there what it is that keeps a player loyal to that game. They hit a nice win at some time while playing the game or else know somebody who won a lot of money playing that game. Other possible reasons for keeping a player loyal to a certain slot game would be some type of option it has which is unique such as serial game where you collect parts to complete a whole. Perhaps it has a unique way of paying out such as a bonus screen, free spins or perhaps a multiplier.

For those still seeking a process for choosing a slot game may I suggest first taking a financial approach and choosing a game which you can afford to play for an extended period of time or more than a few spins. All slot games are designed to payout higher amounts but less often so you will almost surely need more than a few spins before you can reasonably hope for hitting a big win. Of course I wish you better luck than that and some will experience quick wins but any experienced slot player will tell you its unlikely to happen very often.

Keep watching the casino newsletters and websites for the “recent big winners” section. They often will provide which game the big win was attained and in a short period of time you may see the same game appearing more often than others. Of course it is very possible that particular game is just hitting a lucky stride but its a better starting point than just choosing a game because you like its colors. That said when you’re feeling lucky go with your gut and you’ll seldom have regrets. You may not win but you won’t at the end of the day question “what if I’d followed my gut instincts?”.

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Whenever getting a bonus from an online casino it is best to know every detail of the agreement before entering into a deal that you may later be sorry about having accepted. Online casino bonuses come in all forms and some of those are not player-friendly. Some of the bonuses are outrageously favoring the casino and if the player was aware of the detailed terms for accepting that bonus it is unlikely they would ever have chosen to enter into the agreement. Some bonuses go as far as to limit the amount of money you can cash-out of the casino. This isn’t always a bad deal for the player but it certainly is if the player has any of their own money involved in the bonus scheme. For instance a good side of this kind of bonus with a limit on winnings is a bonus that is given to the player for free such as a no deposit bonus or perhaps one that gives a set number of free spins on a slot machine. Those are no investment bonuses which anything you get out of them is better than what you started.

Once your money becomes invested or involved in the bonus scheme its a whole different story. The whole idea of gambling is to hopefully turn a small amount of money into a large amount. Yet some bonus offers state that both the bonus money and the deposit made to get the bonus are subject to a limit the player can win using that money regardless of how much you gamble it. One such bonus has play through requirements and a maximum amount you can cash out of two thousand dollars. Almost any jackpot on a dollar slot machine is going to top that amount. A Royal flush on a dollar video poker machine pays four thousand. These kind of wins come seldom but what a shame it would be to hit one when you can only cash out half the payoff.

What a deal for the casino. Imagine having someone with a limit hit a royal flush or slot game jackpot, or a progressive? Having what would have amounted to a huge payout be reduced to a small percentage of the normal amount. The odds will remain the same on the next payout but the casino dodges that huge bullet. No wonder they like these kind of bonus offers.

Not all casino bonuses are evil, or set up to prevent you from winning large amounts of cash but it is well worth the time to read the fine print concerning any bonus offer before you jump into an agreement that later may prove to cost a lot of winnings. Check into casino loyalty reward programs as they often offer a much better play through requirement and come after you’ve wagered therefore they do not tie up your deposit into some kind of bonus scheme that requires you play certain games or wager a certain amount of times.

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These are some warnings and cautions when dealing with online casinos and other online gambling related issues. For instance did you know it is common place to get a fraud email that looks exactly like the letter you would get from the legitimate sender? Especially in the matter of financial institutes where you stand to lose funds or vital private information. This letter will contain a link disguised to look like like it points to your banking institution, say PayPal for instance. The letter will look completely official and state your account is in need of confirmation, has unconfirmed charges that need to be addressed before you can continue …, or any guise to get you to click that link and input your vital private information.

The link will take you to a number of places you don’t want to be … so never follow a link in an email, type in the address you know to be correct and once logged into your account you can follow common sense in finding out if the email is real or fraud.

Don’t leave a lot of excess money in your casino account. Sure it is fine to leave enough in there that you aren’t constantly having to add more funds but enough to last you the next week or two worth of gambling should be plenty. The reason for this is because you protect your money from the possibility of casino bankruptcy and your money getting caught up in legal procedures (at best) or lost in an avalanche of outstanding debt owed by the casino and not enough assets to cover the cost. Another reason is that you ideally will have a big win at some point over a two week period of gambling sessions (depending on how often and how long you gamble of course) hit a nice win or even better a really big win and thus be wanting to get some money out of your account. Well if you already have a sizeable amount in your account it is going to take longer to get out the share you want back in your hands. That is if you are wise in the way you withdraw money from online casinos.

Withdrawing money from online casinos or from an online ewallet / online bank requires a little savvy to avoid hassles that nobody wants to endure such as explaining where a transfer of tens of thousands of dollars came through all in one day from a place known to enable the transfer of funds for online gambling purposes. Keeping transactions under that kind of radar requires a little bit of patience and that requires a little bit of time.

$2500 or so at a time should help keep you off center stage while at the same time allow a fairly sizeable sum to go between without raising too many eyebrows. When accessing your online banking solution always open a new browser window and when you are finished with your business shut down that window and then you can open another new one to continue surfing the web.

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Your cut-off line for withdrawals from online casinos should be in respect to the amount in the account and not over ten thousand at any given time especially not closer than 24 hours together. There are several reasons for this but the biggest reason for not taking everything out of your casino account is if the casino is planning on cheating you this is the time to do it. Take half out though and they may decide to pay you expecting that you will lose the other half back to the casino which is a loss that they are willing to take in order to keep a player of your proven status. It really depends on your past proven playing history how much you can get away with taking out and not losing the casino’s interest in keeping the relationship in good standing. I would suggest when taking out that you get one withdrawal well through the casino process before starting the next one.

Online casinos know that any transfer of currency over ten thousand on a given day from any one entity will require investigation from the US authorities and since they know that will happen they first do their own investigation which automatically will require proof of identity from the player such as a fax of both sides of your drivers license, a copy of a recent utility bill as proof of residency (where you live) and in some cases a copy of the card that was used to deposit into the casino.

So keep those withdrawals under ten grand and you should be okay at the online casinos although keep in mind they randomly check every withdrawal request and if your number comes up there is no getting around sending in the requested information short of not getting your money out of the account. I’ve done this process and withdrew money from hundreds of online casinos and IF they truly planned on paying me I have never had any problems arise from sending them my information. And much of that was back in the days when you could use credit cards to deposit and I never had any unauthorized charges to my account, nor have had any reason due to online gambling to cancel a credit or debit card. Of course I have taken the necessary precautions to protect my bank account by acquiring an ewallet online banking solution so that the only private information I am giving out is leading back to the ewallet and not to my more affluent banking account at my brick and mortar bank. As already mentioned I am careful about how I access my online account.

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