The deposit bonus is one of the main ways in which daily fantasy football providers try to entice you to use their sites, rather than signing up to play with a rival.

A typical deposit bonus might see a fantasy football site offer to give you a 100 per cent bonus on top of your first deposit – so if you put £20 into your account you would get another £20 for free.

However, make sure that you read the small print to see how the bonus money is paid out. Some sites do not release the bonus funds immediately and instead you have to meet various terms and conditions before being able to play with the money.

In a typical case, you will have to play in some real money contests with your own funds before the daily fantasy football site starts to release the deposit bonus you were enticed to sign up with. In other cases, players might have to rollover their bonus cash a certain number of times before it becomes money in your account that can be withdrawn.

While it is well worth shopping around to find the best deposit bonuses available among fantasy football sites, take other things into account when deciding which games you are going to play.

Deposit bonuses are a nice perk that daily fantasy football providers use to get you to sign up and play on their site and if you are planning to play in real money leagues you might as well take advantage of the essentially free money that is on offer.

Some daily fantasy football providers will also offer regular users reload bonuses to persuade you to keep playing real money games on their sites. Refer-a-friend bonuses are also sometimes used by sites to encourage players to stick with their real money daily fantasy football games.