Internet gambling and betting sites offer a range of promotions and special-offers to entice new customers into signing up with them, although just as much effort goes into keeping them happy afterwards.

Free bets are one very popular inducement. Often just by registering your details you are awarded a free bet, which involves the bookie letting you play with his money on your first game, and you keep any winnings you make.

More often, however, you’ll be expected to make some sort of minimum deposit – not much – and this will be matched by the bookie, with you again keeping any winnings. Free bets will have to be used somewhere on the same site, but as most online betting sites offer a whole range of gambling and gaming opportunities the choice of where you place them is up to you. Any winnings of course go straight into your online account and can be spent on anything you wish.

The various promotions available at any one time on the numerous online gambling sites are summarised by other sites that specialise in listing good deals. Consult these before signing up, and also take a look at online site reviews, before taking the plunge and opening an account with an online gambling site.

As well as purely online gambling sites you’ll find familiar names such as Ladbrokes and William Hill, who both have substantial online extensions now, and offer everything from bingo to blackjack, baccarat and poker. You’re sure to find a site out there that suits you perfectly.

May 30 2010