Online Backgammon Bonuses
When you’re ready to play online backgammon for real money, you will find that most backgammon servers offer, as a promotion, some kind of a bonus that gives you extra free money on your deposits. It is usually an offer for your “first deposit” or “special bonus” codes that you can use to get up to 100% (or more) extra cash on the amounts you deposit.
This backgammon bonus is usually kept in a separate type of “bonus account” or “pending bonus account” and is released to you after you have played a specified number of money games on the server – this is called a “playthrough”. The reason why a playthrough exists is to avoid abuse; otherwise a player could take advantage of the offer by, for example, depositing $100 with a 100% bonus code and immediately withdrawing $200 without even playing.
Backgammon Bonus Codes
Therefore, before making a deposit and using a bonus code, be sure to carefully read all the rules and conditions that apply to the bonus code as these vary from server to server. Usually, the conditions will include a statement, something to the effect of “this offer may be amended or cancelled at anytime without notice”.
Usually, backgammon bonus codes can be used only once; however, some servers send you new and different ones periodically – it’s their way of saying thank you for playing and here is a way to get some extra cash on your next deposit.
Now, when you see an offer that says something like “100% bonus up to $100” please note that the “up to” part refers to the maximum amount of extra money available for that offer – in this case, “100% bonus up to $100” means that if you deposit $100 they will give you an extra $100 but if you deposit more than $100, you still only get the $100 extra because that is what the offer is maxed at.
No Deposit Bonus
Some backgammon sites also give you free money to play, without a deposit which is called a no deposit bonus. Although this is usually only a small amount, most often between $2 and $5, it at least gives you a chance to try out the software in the real money mode. And if you get lucky, you can build up the free money to a nice amount that you will be able to cash out. To get the free cash bonus, you usually just need to register a “real money” account and confirm your email address – you will get an email from the server with a special link, which when you click on, automatically adds the free money to your account so you can start playing. There are even one or two servers that automatically add a few dollars to the account of all that register their personal details, without an email confirmation.
A few other servers even give you an extra two or three dollars for confirming your telephone number. If you chose to apply for this offer, enter your phone number in the indicated field and within minutes you will receive an automated call from the server accompanied by a voice message that tells you a numerical or alpha-numerical code to enter in a special area of your account or on a special page of the server, and the extra cash is added to your account immediately.
Tip: Since you would have already indicated which country you live in when you registered your account, do not enter the country code in the field that requests your phone number, just your local area code (if any) and your phone number, otherwise you may never receive the call.
Tell a Friend Bonus
Most backgammon servers will also give you extra free cash for referring friends to come and play on the server and some servers also give your referred friend a bit of free cash as well. To take advantage of these extra bonuses, look for the “Tell-a-Friend” or “Refer-a-Friend” links on the server. The amount of free cash you can earn per referral varies from server to server.
Here is a list of most of the backgammon servers on the Internet where you can play for real money and the bonuses they offer:
Play65
Play65 is the most popular backgammon server where you can find thousands of players connected at any hour of the day.
Play65 Bonus
- Enter and validate your email address and get $1 for free.
- Enter your email address and phone number and use the code you receive in a phone call to get $3 more for free.
Play65 Bonus Code:
For a 40% bonus on your deposit at Play65 you can use the bonus code - GET200.
How can you claim the Play65 bonus?
First, register a new account by creating your own personal username and password. Then, in the Game Lobby, click on the "Cashier" button and after the Cashier page loads, click on the "Deposit" button. You will be prompted to fill in a registration form and then you will be ready to make your first deposit.
Select your preferred payment method and enter your payment details. Make sure you enter GET200 in the "Bonus Code" field when making the deposit. If you do not enter the bonus code, you will not receive the Play65 sign up bonus! You may now click the "Submit" button and have your payment processed.
The bonus money will be released from your bonus account to your regular playing balance after you have play 30 games for real money. You can track your status of your pending bonus in the Cashier by clicking on the "My Bonus Account" button.
(The above instructions are comparable to the procedure at most other backgammon servers in the list below).
TrueMoneyGames
TrueMoney Games is a reliable backgammon server, part of the Melita Gaming Network. It offers a 100% Sign up Bonus up to €100. Instructions on how to get the bonus are available on the website of the server.
The bonus money will appear in the “Pending Bonus” area of your account and is converted to real cash by earning 30 Frequent Player Points (FFP) for each Euro of the pending bonus. The FFP to release the extra money must be earned within 6 months of your first deposit otherwise your pending bonus will expire after this period. The balance of the pending amount is updated once a day. Only one such bonus is available per customer and the server reserves the right to amend the bonus program at any time.
BGRoom
BGRoom is a new backgammon room that offers a $5 no deposit Welcome Bonus which is given automatically to all players upon registration.
BGroom also offers a 30% First Deposit Bonus when you use the bonus code FIRST30. The offer is 30% up to $30 and you need to deposit a minimum of $20 to be eligible and a maximum of $100 if you want to get the entire $30.
Your bonus money will appear in your Pending Bonus account and will be released to your regular real money balance upon playing 50 Real Money games. Only one bonus per household is allowed and the server reserves the right to cancel the promotion at anytime without notice.
PartyGammon
PartyGammon is part of PartyGaming PLC, the corporation that also owns such other online play sites as PartyPoker and PartyCasino. The PartyGammon website offers the bonus code GAMMON50 which gets you 50% extra on your first deposit; however, we were unable to find their “up to” or maximum amount of extra money one may apply for with this bonus code. Other PartyGammon first deposit bonus codes are available on some of the websites of their affiliates – those offer a 20% bonus up to $100.
PartyGammon is another backgammon server that will occasionally send you additional bonus offers by email and say that these can get you an extra 100% in addition to your deposit.
BackgammonMasters
BackgammonMasters offers some pretty good bonuses but beware if you play on this site. Posters in online backgammon newsgroups and forums have repeatedly claimed that the server has robot players connected that are NOT marked as such and that these play at a very high skill level. The posters mention that they found themselves playing against a highly skilled opponent, that plays super fast and that does not talk back to them in the chat.
Another issue players say they had with this server is that the free no deposit money they were giving out could not be withdrawn unless one matched the amount they wanted to withdraw with a deposit of at least the same amount.
BackgammonMasters is currently offering a “Match Up Bonus” of up to $200. They say this is a limited time offer and they will match whatever amount you deposit up to $200. Your bonus money is held on the server until you wager a cumulative total of 25 times the bonus amount.
Only one bonus per household is allowed to receive this BackgammonMasters bonus and it may not be combined with any other offer.
Some of the other offers are:
- Deposit up to $50 for a 20% Bonus: Use bonus code 2020
- Deposit $50 to get $50 (100% Bonus): Use bonus code 5050
- Deposit $75 to get $100 (133% Bonus): Use bonus code 7575
To acquire these bonuses you must enter the individual bonus code when making you deposit in the Cashier. Here are the playthrough details for each:
- Players may not cash out code 2020 bonus funds until they have played at least 20 backgammon games.
- Players may not cash out code 5050 bonus funds until they have played at least 50 backgammon games.
- Players may not cash out code 7575 bonus funds until they have played at least 100 backgammon games.
888.com Backgammon
888.com Backgammon is part of the 888 Holdings PLC who also own Casino-on-Net and Pacific Poker.
888.com Backgammon is currently offering a stupendous 100% Bonus up to $400 on your First Deposit. They are also offering an Instant 25% Welcome Bonus of up to $100. Be sure to read exact terms and conditions on these offers which may be found on the site.
Tip: So remember, if you intend to use any of the backgammon bonuses, always make sure to read not only the Terms and Condition document that applies to the bonus but also the General Rules and Procedures of playing on the server itself. If you find that the information is rather vague then get in touch with the Support or Customer Service Department of the server for more information before you deposit. Sometimes, representatives are online and can be reach through a live chat feature, otherwise contact them by email – you can measure for yourself how efficient and reputable they are according to the speed in which they respond and by how clear and precise they are with answers to your questions.
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