Personally I find the number of different types of bonuses available confusing to the point of irritation. I mean really, how on earth am I supposed to know the difference between a free spin intro offer and a no deposit casino bonus; a monthly top up incentive and a first deposit match bonus? At the end of the day free is free, so if it’s being given to me it must be good, right?

Due to this some what nave attitude coupled with the confusion regarding the many many many different types of bonuses, it turns out that I’ve been a bit of an idiot. It seems that I have made enough bad decisions for the entire online gaming community with regard to mis-understanding the values of bonuses, and I’ve decided to share my insights with the world in the hope that my mistakes won’t be repeated.

I really went wrong when I got sucked into one off sign-up bonuses. This is how it would go; I’d say, oh look they’re giving me $100 for free, I’ll go there. What I didn’t do was look to see what the terms and conditions were of those sign up bonuses; I also didn’t look to see what the ongoing bonuses and promotions were. So, I am...