Online Casino Bonuses: Contents

Online Casino bonuses come in several forms and are much more abundant than you would find in a land based casino. The most common type of casino bonus, and certainly the most commonly found at the Directory of Slots, is the Free Spins type.

All of the bonuses on this page are available at USA friendly online casinos. Most are also available in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and pretty much anywhere else. Please check the casino terms and conditions if you’re unsure about your jurisdiction.

Free Spins

Over the last decade free spins have become the most commonly used form of bonusing USA online casino players. The increase came as the technology grew to allow the widespread use of free spins with a bonus code, then slowed down again as casinos started to employ more than one casino software provider, causing difficulty in matching all the systems up, and is now increasing again as the market requirements have dictated. What that means for you as a player is ease of use in the greatest sense.

Free spins bonuses are used as a welcome, a reward for going through with the registration process. You have the chance to win real money on the video slots while getting to know your way around the casino. If you become a loyal player at a casino site then you’ll often find that you’re rewarded with free spins pretty much daily.

No Deposit Bonuses or Free Chips

No deposit bonuses are bonuses with a monetary value. Like free spins bonuses, these are given out to new players. This type of bonusing is losing momentum to free spins, but are still available if you look hard enough. Free Chips will never die out completely as they are the only type of free bonuses that work on table games and video poker. The bonus money will be placed into a separate bonus account and kept there until the wager requirements have been met. In most cases players are required to return the bonus money to the casino, and are allowed to keep winnings that have been made off of the bonus. Free Chips are more fun as they allow you to play a variety of games, but beware: there are restrictions on which games you can play with a free chip and these vary from casino to casino.

Welcome Bonus

The next step after playing your free no deposit bonus will be to take up the casino’s welcome bonus. The welcome bonus is a match bonus where you’re awarded a percentage of your deposit value back, as a bonus, on top of your cash deposit. Maybe a better way of putting it is as a multiplier of your deposit, as most online casinos offer welcome bonuses well in excess of 100% of your deposit.

Loyalty Bonus

All online casinos offer a loyalty program and, rather than meal or movie vouchers like you’d get at a land based casino, the loyalty programs at online casinos reward you with play credits. The higher up the loyalty program you go the greater the rewards. You can often convert your rewards into free spins or free chips, and sometimes even cash to play with.

Cash Back

Sometimes a part of the loyalty program, sometimes the basis of a promotion and sometimes a regular occurrence at an online casino is the cash back promotion. With a cash back promo a percentage of a players losses are returned, in real money, to the players casino account for said player to play with or withdraw. The cash back percentage is usually quite low as it poses quite a risk to the casino, so expect 20% or less.

Refer a Friend Bonuses

As they say, birds of a feather flock together, so it follows that an online casino player would have friends that are interested in gambling online, too. Refer your friends to a casino, through a special link or bonus code, and you could earn a reward for your efforts.

Daily Offers

Online casinos have promotions every day. Once you find yourself a loyal player at a particular casino site you’ll be sent, or see on the site, daily casino promotions. Most of these are match bonuses, some are loaded with free spins on top of the match, and some include free chips and cash back, but the main point of it all is to reward you for playing every day.

Looking for the latest online casino bonuses?

You’ve come to the right place. Have a look through our online free chip list, or just start at the bottom and work your way up. This list of free online casino bonuses for USA players and beyond will never end.