Before online casinos got extremely popular, there were many bonuses being offered to try to appeal to potential gamers and gamblers. Bonuses were a major part of online casino advertising for the time. However, as online casinos got more and more popular, online casino bonus hunters began to spring up more frequently. These were individuals who went from casino to casino in order to take advantage of the bonuses – not to find a lasting casino site at which to play, which is the end goal of many casinos offering such bonuses.

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These bonus hunters inspired a number of changes in the ways in which casinos were able to offer them. Some such changes and implementations include the decisions of many casinos to:

•Some populations and regions were no longer able to take part in the online casino fun! Especially in Denmark, bonus hunters became a major problem. This region actually managed to cost the online casinos millions of dollars. In order to combat this epidemic, many casinos either blacklisted Danes or made bonuses unavailable to them.

•Waging requirements were increased greatly. It is now not so easy for players to withdraw money after getting a bonus. The bonuses must be played and not just withdrawn quickly as easy money for the player.

•Sticky bonuses were introduced to players. These bonuses could not be withdrawn from the casino at all; rather, the bonuses simply allowed players to visit the site, learn about the games and essentially practice playing them.

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•Risk-free bets were eliminated.

•Waging requirements could not be met by playing games with a low-house edge. Many players will notice that certain games are off-limits to sign up bonuses. These are most often games in which the house has a low edge, such as Blackjack or Video Poker.