Free play bingo

Over recent months we have seen many online bingo sites make the decision to drop their free play bingo offers in favour of higher deposit bonuses for initial financial transactions by bingo players.  Whilst the free play bingo offers give online bingo players the chance to try the bingo games for free is it the best type of bingo bonus or is the cash match bonus becoming more popular?

Free play bingo offers are quite often misused by bingo bonus hunters who use this as a way to play free bingo and although there is usually a requirement that a deposit has to be made before withdrawing winnings and multiple accounts are not allowed this does nothing to deter the bonus hunters. For many online bingo players it is often frustrating to see free play bingo players scooping the jackpots and in essence taking the depositing players money.

Instead of a free play bingo bonus the cash match bonus means that players have to make a deposit in order to play at certain bingo sites; this in turn means that as soon as the wagering requirements of any given bingo site have been met winnings can be withdrawn. Winning when using a free play bingo bonus means the money in turn is ploughed back into the bingo site.

Some online bingo sites however make it easy to withdraw when winning on a free play bingo bonus by allowing players to make one deposit after winning instantly making the balance in their account withdrawable after meeting wagering requirements.

Each option, free play bingo bonuses and cash match bonuses from all of the online bingo sites has its own merits but which is the best for online bingo players? Remove the bingo bonus hunters from the mix and of course the free play bingo bonus is the best offer simply because it gives players the chance to try before you buy but the question is then how do online bingo sites ensure that a player claims a free play bingo bonus only once?

Some online bingo sites have a system in place that tracks an IP address for each registered account but this is not available on all sites as yet. Maybe this is something we will see more and more online bingo sites turn to in the future to ensure that bingo bonus hunters no longer have the opportunity to abuse the free play bingo bonuses on offer from many bingo sites.

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15th April 2009