Great casino bonuses (200% to 500%)

200% casino bonuses are based on the same principles as any other match bonus, get an additional 200% up to a maximum amount. The casino will add twice what the player deposited and the player will have a total amount of three (3) times the deposit, to play, if the deposit is optimal.

A 200% bonus will triple your money

We will see several deposits with a 200% bonus, assuming there is no maximum limit:

• Deposit $50 - win an extra $100 - total $150
• Deposit $100 - win an extra $200 - total $300
• Deposit $200 - win extra $400 - total $600

Most 200% bonuses will be subject to wagering requirements, which when met, will transform your bonus into real money. In general, larger bonuses are much more difficult to convert into real money, since there are fewer funds available to meet the wagering requirements. We'll leave it for later, so we can include the even bigger bonuses and see to what extent you can transform them into funds for the player. But be sure to take a look at the points below to understand how the higher percentages interact with the wagering requirements. Spoiler alert! The 200% bonus will be the easiest to release.

As we increase the percentages, calculating the value of the bonds becomes somewhat more difficult than in the case we saw earlier that was simply doubling them. A 300% bonus will make the player quadruple his money, adding 1 deposit to his account and an additional bonus the size of 3 deposits. But what will happen with a 350% bonus? Let's take the opportunity and talk about how to calculate the value of large deposit bonuses when they are not 100% full hundreds.

A 300% bonus will quadruple (4x) your deposit

The main obstacle is to translate the percentage into a multiplier. When you can get it, it will be much easier and at least you will know what numbers to put in the calculator. We will admit that we have no idea, for example, what we would receive for a 350% bonus with a deposit of $25. However, we do know how to translate the percentage part into something more manageable: turn 350% into a multiplier. Once done, anyone will be able to enter it into a calculator and find out that the mentioned bonus would give us a bonus worth $87.5 (3.5x25).

A simple rule for any bonus over 300%, or any other bonus expressed as a percentage, will be to move the decimal two positions to the left and use it as a multiplier. Let's look at an example:

• 300% = 300,0 = 3,00
• 325% = 325,0 = 3,25
• 380% = 380,0 = 3,80

And so on. Try it yourself with the bonus above and find out how easy it is with this trick.

The higher we go in terms of percentages per match, the weirder they become. 400% bonuses are actually more common than 300%, but they are often hidden from view. Probably, you have seen bonuses that say: "Deposit $10 and play with $50."

Technically speaking, this would be a 400% match bonus, although strictly speaking, it is arguably better to classify it as a fixed free money bonus.

When the minimum required deposit matches the optimal deposit, it is not customary to express it as a match bonus. Although doing so can be valuable to compare it to other matching bonuses (Find out why, on our page dedicated to matching bonuses, follow the link in the 200% bonuses section).

A 400% bonus will make you available the amount of 5 times the deposit to play

When we talk about optimal deposits regarding casino bonuses, we mean the minimum amount that would have to be deposited, to claim the maximum bonus amount.

Three examples to demonstrate two NON-optimal deposits (one where we do not exploit the full potential of the bonus and another in which the player, “technically”, reduces the percentage of the bonus that would correspond) and an optimal deposit.

Examples with a bonus expressed as 400% up to $100:

• Depositing $20 will provide an $80 bonus and leave a potential $20 unused. It would not be optimal, but the integrity of the effectiveness of the bonus (% -rate) remains intact.
• Depositing $25 will be an optimal deposit, reaching exactly the limit of $ 100 and taking us the maximum total bonus amount.
• Depositing $100 will also give the full $100 bonus, but, it will reduce the 400% bonus to a 100% one. It would not be optimal, although it could be valuable in case the wagering requirements only apply to the bonus received.

In the last example, we see how the wagering requirements relate to large bonuses. Something that deserves more attention, so keep reading, we will explain it to you below.

Let's talk about the wagering requirements! In general, the higher the bonus, the more difficult it is to meet your wagering requirements. There's no way around it, it's part of the game. With 500% bonuses, you will get a good sum of money available for playing, but the wagering requirement will also increase considerably.

It's hard to meet the 500% bonus requirements, but they offer excellent value for money

Let's analyze it with some examples, giving everyone a 40x wagering requirement, applied only to the bonus amount. What interests us here, is to see how much money we have at our disposal to achieve the wagering requirement in each of the scenarios. The ratio of available money, compared to the amount needed to clear the bonus, the actual wagering requirement, (X).

Examples group 1. We set the maximum limit at $500, optimal deposits:

• 200% up to $500 = deposit 250$ = $750 available (26.6x)
• 300% up to 500$ = deposit 167$ = $667 available (29.9x)
• 400% up to 500$ = deposit 125$ = $625 available (32x)
• 500% up to 500$ = deposit 100$ = $600 available (33.3x)

Examples group 2. Fixed deposit at $100, variable percentage:

• 200% of 100$ = $300 available to reach $8,000 (26.6x)
• 300% of 100$ = $400 available to reach $12,000 (30x)
• 400% of 100$ = $500 available to reach $16,000 (32x)
• 500% of 100$ = $600 available to reach $20,000 (33.3x)

As demonstrated in the example above, there is no escaping the 500% casino bonuses. No matter what happens, they will always be more difficult to convert into real money. But on the other hand, so players receive another additional deposit to spend on their favorite games. Ultimately, reaching the wagering requirement will always be a matter of luck, as with everything in casinos, although the differences demonstrated above are quite obvious.