One of the main complaints I hear all the time is from players who try to take advantage of free bonuses, but the online casino refuses to pay it.

One key factor which affects this is the Wagering Requirements which online casinos place on all bonus money. This is essentially the amount of wagering that has to occur before the bonus money is awarded. In most online casinos, this is a multiple of the deposit+bonus.

You are probably thinking what a scam, wagering requirements to get a bonus. Let's face it, online casinos, just like offline casinos, are businesses, and as a business, must generate revenue! These bonuses are offered as an incentive for you to be entertained, and not simply a free cash giveaway. If it was a free giveaway, people would take advantage and the online casino would suffer massive losses, and go out of business. Which would mean no more entertainment for you!

To help, we've made distinguishing bonus offers easier for our visitors. This is the definitive Bonus Wagering Ratio (BWR) chart. In our other bonus info pages, the BWR number will appear in brackets after the bonus figure. eg $100 (10).

Our BWR is calculated on the maximum 1st deposit bonus offer at each online casino.

It's simple, the lower the ratio, the less you will need to wager before you are able to cash in on your bonus. Here is the simple equation we use to calculate the bonus ratio:

Wager multiplier is the number of times the total Bonus+Deposit must be wagered. This is normally specified in the Terms & Conditions of the bonus offers.

Here are the top 25 online casinos listed by BWR, remember the lower the number the better.

Online Casino		Bonus Offer	$/£/€	Wager (x)	Wager Ratio
1) Dendera Casino		100% upto 300	$	0	0
2) Slotland		100% upto 100	$	8	16
3) Intertops Casino		100% upto 100	$	10	20
4) Royal Ace Casino		100% upto 1000	$	10	20
5) Mayan Fortune		100% upto 75	$	11	22
6) Pantasia Casino		100% upto 777	$	12	24
7) Slots Oasis		400% upto 4000	$	20	25
8) Vegas Sky Casino		150% upto 300	£$€	15	25
9) Cool Cat Casino		150% upto 150	$	15	25
10) Rushmore Casino		100% upto 400	$	15	30
11) Vegas Casino Online		100% upto 500	$	15	30
12) Cirrus Casino		200% upto 200	$	20	30
13) Simon Says Casino		100% upto 100	$	15	30
14) Club USA Casino		100% upto 100	$	15	30
15) Cherry Red Casino		100% upto 377	$	15	30
16) Pure Vegas Casino		100% upto 800	$	15	30
17) High Noon Casino		200% upto 2000	$	20	30
18) Casino Titan		400% upto 1000	$	25	31.25
19) Lucky Red Casino		400% upto 4000	$	25	31.25
20) Box24 Casino		200% upto 200	$	25	37.5
21) Black Diamond Casino		200% upto 200	$	25	37.5
22) Slots Jungle		100% upto 1000	$	20	40
23) Manhattan Slots		100% upto 747	$	20	40
24) Buzzluck		100% upto 250	€	20	40
25) Fortune Reel Casino		100% upto 100	$€£	20	40

We have tried to be as thorough as possible, however we still urge you to read the Terms and Conditions of all bonus offers. Online casinos often place restrictions on which games count towards the wagering requirements. Most online casinos do not count craps or roulette wagers, and some restrict blackjack too. The best thing if in doubt, is stick to online slots games. As far as we can tell, most online casinos count all slots games towards the wager requirements.