Germany

Bonus Types German Players Search For

Welcome bonus (Willkommensbonus)

A match on your first deposit, often spread over several deposits and paired with free spins. The headline percentage matters less than the cap, the wagering and whether the rollover applies to the bonus alone or to the deposit as well. The current offers are listed on our page of welcome bonuses.

Free spins (Freispiele)

Spins on named slots at a fixed value per spin. The winnings are usually a separate bonus with their own wagering and a cap on what you can withdraw, which can you win real money from free spins works through. See our free spin bonuses.

No deposit bonus (Bonus ohne Einzahlung)

A small credit or a set of spins for signing up, with no deposit needed. These are rare and tightly capped, and most require a deposit before any winnings can be paid out. See our no deposit bonuses.

Wager-free bonus (Bonus ohne Umsatzbedingungen)

Winnings are paid as cash with no rollover, usually in exchange for a smaller amount or a cashout cap. It is the easiest type to value, as what is a no wager bonus shows. See our wager-free bonuses.

Cashback and reload bonuses

Cashback returns part of your net losses over a period, sometimes as cash and sometimes as bonus money with its own wagering. Reloads match later deposits, often on set weekdays. Both are covered on our pages of cashback bonuses and reload bonuses.

How Wagering Works in Practice

The rollover is the total you must bet before bonus money can be withdrawn. A €100 bonus at 35x means €3,500 in bets; if the rollover is 35x the deposit plus the bonus, a €100 deposit and €100 bonus mean €7,000. The difference is explained in bonus only versus deposit plus bonus.

Speed is the other half. German rules for licensed slots limit stakes to €1 per spin for most players and require at least five seconds per game on average, so €3,500 of wagering means 3,500 spins and almost five hours of play at the minimum pace. Casinos licensed abroad do not follow those rules, but their own bonus terms impose a maximum bet and a deadline, typically a few days to a few weeks, so work out how long a bonus will take before you accept it.

The Terms That Decide a Bonus’s Real Value

• Maximum bet. The per-spin limit while the bonus is active. Breaking it is the most common reason winnings are voided.
• Maximum cashout. Many bonuses cap what you can withdraw, often as a multiple of the bonus or deposit; can you withdraw bonus money walks through the types.
• Game weighting. Slots usually count in full; live tables and some slot types count for little or nothing, as casino bonus game weighting explained shows in detail.
• Sticky or non-sticky. With a non-sticky bonus your own money plays first and can be withdrawn; a sticky bonus is deducted from your balance at withdrawal.
• Excluded payment methods. Some casinos exclude e-wallet deposits from their welcome bonus, which the terms state.
• Withdrawing early. Cashing out before the wagering is done usually cancels the bonus; what happens if you withdraw before completing wagering compares the three models.

Licensed and Foreign Bonuses: What Changes

At a GGL-licensed site, every rule of the State Treaty applies while you play a bonus: the stake limit, the five-second minimum per game, no autoplay, no jackpot slots, a single game on screen at a time, and the €1,000 monthly deposit limit shared across all licensed sites. The OASIS exclusion register and the 24-hour panic button apply too. The bonuses on this page come from casinos licensed abroad, where none of those rules applies and the casino’s own terms decide everything, including how a dispute is handled. German law only permits play at GGL-licensed sites, which our Germany guide covers in full, including the April 2026 EU court ruling on losses at unlicensed casinos.

Tax on Bonus Winnings in Germany

Recreational players in Germany pay no income tax on gambling winnings, and that includes winnings from bonus play. The 5.3% tax on stakes is charged to licensed operators, not to players. For other countries, see do you pay tax on casino winnings?