Every online casino offers new players incentives to sign up and make a deposit. A lot of them are very generous, or at least they seem than way on the surface.

However, all of the bonuses - free money - given to players come with some strings attached, mostly in the way of so-called play-through requirements. In order to cash out any of your winnings when you have accepted, or been given, a bonus, you must meet the playing requirements.

Requirements are listed on every online casino, under "Terms and Conditions". As confusing as they can be, every gambler needs to read and understand these conditions before playing. Some of the playthrough requirements might turn you off from the casino, and that's ok. Over the years, bonus requirements have tended to become higher and more convoluted. Experienced online gamblers often turn down the bonuses entirely, preferring to go without in order to be able to cashout at will. No strings attached.

The good news about casino bonuses is that slot games always count towards these wagering requirements. Games of chance generally do. Games that involve some skill, such as blackjack or table games, either counts less towards the playthrough requirements than slots, or are not counted towards it at all.

Have you ever had a big win when playing slots, and immediately did the right thing - that is, immediately put a withdrawal through? That's the prudent thing to do. Get that money out before you play it all away.

One slight problem, however, is that online casinos have had the foresight to include an evil option: Reverse Withdrawals.

Reverse withdrawals make is VERY easy to stop the withdrawal, put the money back into play, and play it away. It takes a lot of self control not to click on that option when the money you kept in play wittles down. If you're like most people, you've given in to the urge and reversed a withdrawal or two.

How does a mere mortal prevent themselves from acting on this impulse? One way is to put take the option away. You can contact the customer support of a few casinos and request that the time open to stop a withdrawal be shortened. At Roxy Palace Casino, you can shorten this time to one hour. One hour should be short enough that, by the time you need to reload your account, you won't be able to do it by reversing your withdrawal request.

Roxy Palace Casino, by the way, is one of my favourite online casinos. They have well over 100 casino games, including a complete collection of Microgaming Viper Slots, and their customer service is swift, courteous and possible the best in the industry.

Seems to me that this would save slot players some money. I know it's helped me stick to my betting limits considerably.