If you know what happens at real casinos then you will know that besides the free shows on offer, they also offer free drinks. Online stores don't have the means to give you free drinks yet, but they can offer something even better, free money. They both work exactly the same way, through making you feel at home and relaxed they hope you will not only spend well, but feel a loyalty towards the particular poker room. Online poker is no different to that of real world poker in the instance that it can bring you winnings and losses. The amount of money you bet online can often run into figures you didn't want to reach because of the thrill of betting in the comfort of your own home. Online poker rooms cannot (at least yet!) offer you free food or refreshments so what else can they do? Free money to play their games. You're reading this article because you're interested in getting free money to play online poker. I don't blame you, if it's available, why shouldn't you? The same psychological reason I stated above in real casinos is the reason why online poker rooms offer free money. If you are given something free you automatically feel good about the person or place you got it from, it's a simple fact. Since gambling is addictive this type of offer is not too much of a risk for the poker rooms. They know you will gamble the money back into them, possibly becoming addicted and enjoying gambling, whilst having a small chance of winning. The main bonus apart from it being free money is the experience you will get from being able to sign up and enter many different poker rooms with money that isn't hard earned. The only 'strings' that you have in the whole process is that if you did win, you may have to pay anything up to 5 times the amount you got free on the site (to bet with) before you can withdraw the winnings from the free money. My advice to you is to evaluate your financial situation AFTER you have used the free money, if you haven't won anything and have had no fun, it won't be a hard decision to not play again, but if you have won and you need to spend more money than your winnings to withdraw, I recommend you seriously take into consideration your financial position. OK you want to take the money now for sure, but wait, they are asking for credit card details? Or some ID or a phone call? Don't panic! It's logical. How can they be sure your over 18? Imagine if they took your word for it and a minor won a million dollars and they wanted to use their face and information on advertising campaigns, or they simply wanted to transfer the money in a different way, and the kid said "put it in my parents account", it simply wouldn't work and is 100% illegal. When a business let's things like this happen, that's how they lose their licence/website. Good luck if you do decide to take the free money, and keep looking through several sites to find the best one! During his spare time, Jay Wayne likes to play free bingo games online. He enjoys playing free bingo no deposit games.