Readers ask me this constantly, so let's be precise: what exactly is a bonus buy casino, and how is it different from any other online casino?
A bonus buy casino is an offshore, real-money online casino whose slot library includes feature-buy and Hold & Win games — slots with a button that lets you pay a fixed price to trigger the bonus round instantly instead of waiting for it. The price is a multiple of your stake, usually 50x to 100x.
At the casinos I rank, the buy feature lives in Dragon Gaming, Betsoft and some Realtime Gaming titles — Golden Buffalo, Take the Vault, A Big Catch, 88 Frenzy Fortune and Cash Bandits among them. Many are Hold & Win games where buying drops you straight into a coin-collection round with jackpots.
Mechanically it's the same real-money casino — you deposit, you play, you withdraw. The difference is the lobby: a true bonus buy casino actually carries a deep set of buy-enabled games and, ideally, lets you use the buy without bonus-fund restrictions. Plenty of casinos have a handful of buy slots; the best have dozens.
Before depositing I confirm three things: that feature-buys are allowed (some casinos block them with active bonus funds), the welcome-bonus wagering, and the withdrawal options. All three are in our reviews.
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