Betting Bonuses In The USA

Because betting bonuses are generally dependent on the staking power of the customer, most people end up not claiming the maximum bonus available.

They only stake what they can afford and get an equivalent bonus amount.

However, if you have a deep betting purse and can afford to deposit and stake large amounts, you'll appreciate a betting site that gives large bonuses.

This is where betMGM comes in with their $1500 offer, while Caesars also rank highly here.

The bonus percentage is the ratio of bonus amount to stake on the qualifying wager. It is perhaps the best indicator of the actual value of a bonus. This is why we love the draftkings bonus, with its 30:1 bonus-to-stake ratio. This works out to a bonus percentage of 3000%.

BetMGM may have the largest maximum bonus amount, but the bonus percentage is only 100%. Your bonus amount is the same as your stake. If you want $1500, then you must stake $1500 on your qualifying wager.

Since most of these bonuses are deposit bonuses, you are often required to deposit a minimum amount of money after signing up. Generally, US sportsbooks peg their minimum deposits at $10, but Draftkings is the best with a minimum deposit of $5.

A key component of a betting bonus is the minimum stake required on the qualifying wager. This is particularly important for low rollers, who don't have too much money to stake.

Draftkings and FanDuel lead the way here with their minimum stake of $5.

There is a big cluster of American sportsbooks that require minimum stake of $10, with Caesars, Draftkings amongst the most prominent!

Our ideal bonus does not have odds requirements, and even if an operator has set minimum odds on its bonus, the odds should be very low. Most betting bonuses on this list do not have minimum odds, with the major exceptions being bet365 (-500) and Unibet (-250).

Most US bonuses have a 1X turnover requirement so they are all even on that front.

Also, some sportsbooks like FanDuel will only give out their bonus if your qualifying wager wins, while others like Caesars give their bonus on the condition that your qualifying wager loses.

We'd love our bonus to be independent of the outcome of the qualifying wager; as is the case with the Draftkings bonus.

Bonus Validity period is the amount of time you have to use your bonus before it gets removed from your account. Obviously, the longer the validity period, the better.

Bet365 has a super long validity period (90 days), while Betriver's is also decent (30 days).

The other guys are quite strict with their bonus validity periods, which vary between 7 and 14 days.

A sportsbook referral bonus is a bonus you get when another player joins a sportsbook through your link. When you join a referral bonus sportsbook, you will have your own referral link or code which you can then use to invite your friends.

And when your friends join the site and meet the bonus wagering requirements, both of you will get the referral bonus.

The refer-a-friend promo is a clever strategy used by US sportsbooks to encourage existing customers to bring in more new customers to the site.

A parlay bonus is given out to customers that have multiple legs on their wagers. Some sportsbooks give a parlay bonus for wagers with two legs, while others only apply the bonus to parlays with 3 selections or more.

The bonus amount usually increases as you add more legs to your parlay. On bet365 for example, a 2-leg parlay qualifies for a 5% bonus, while a 14-leg parlay gets a maximum 70% bonus.

A parlay bonus may be a same game parlay (SGP) bonus or a multi-game bonus.

Bet365 and Draftkings are amongst the top parlay bonus sportsbooks in the US.

When a sportsbook offers parlay insurance, it means that you will get a bonus if your parlay doesn't win.

On some sportsbooks, you only get this bonus if your parlay loses by just one leg, while other bookies give parlay insurance regardless of the number of legs that cost you the bet.

Depending on the sportsbook, a parlay insurance may be a same-game insurance or a multi-game insurance

Odds Boosts are odds that are offered at a price above the regular market value. They give the customer the opportunity to play with bigger odds, and potentially win more money, without having to take too many risks.

Some sportsbooks are quite generous with their odds boosts, with FanDuel and BetRivers particular standing out with their daily boosted odds offers.

Cash out gives you the option to end your bet before the selections on the wager are over.

If your wager is not going according to plan, perhaps your team is losing at half time, you could end your bet and salvage what is left of your stake.

On the other hand, if your bet is winning, you could also choose to end the bet, and claim whatever profit you are being offered by the sportsbook.

Cashing out these types of bets gives you guaranteed profit and takes away the risk of losing the bet at the end of the game.

Some sportsbooks also have the option of partial cash out, which allows you to cash out a fraction of your wager, and leave the rest to run till the end of the bet.

Early payout offers are not very prevalent in the US, with Bet365 being by far the best site for this class of promos. They are the masters of the early payout.

With the early payout offer, your bets are settled as won if your team leads by a certain margin.

Bet365 have early payout offers for NFL, NBA and NHL games.

For the NBA, you'll have an early payout if the team you have backed goes ahead by 20 points, for a hockey match, the margin is 3 goals, and for the MLB, your selection will be marked as a winner if your team goes ahead by 5 runs.

Even if the other team miraculously turns the game around and wins, you will still receive your payout.

From Caesars to Betrivers, DraftKings to BetMGM, reward programs are available on many US sportsbooks.

When you join a betting site with a nice reward program, you will earn points for every wager you place.

These points accumulate over time, and can be redeemed in the form of bonus bets, cash prizes or other rewards.

Lots of American sportsbooks have basketball bonuses, from basketball parlay bonuses to NBA odds boosts.

FanDuel has a nice First Basket Insurance, bet365's NBA early payout is super nice, while ClutchBet's ClutchClash is particularly interesting.

For the best NBA promotions, check out FanDuel, UniBet and ClutchBet.

As you would expect, NBA betting promotions become more prevalent during the play-offs as we build towards the end of the season.

Other peak periods for basketball betting bonuses include the all-star weekend and March Madness.

Hockey also gets lots of love from US sportsbooks, with many bookies having NHL betting promos. Amongst the most popular types of hockey offers are parlay bonuses and odds boosts.

Bet365 ups the ante in with the amazing Hockey Early Payout, which is available for not just NHL games, but for other top international hockey competitions.

From BetRivers' MLB Weekly Bet and Get to Unibet's MLB Sunday Grand Slam, there are many exciting betting promotions for MLB fans.

MLB betting promos are available all through the regular season, with the frequency increasing as we move into the postseason, before they peak with the World Series.

Unibet are particularly strong with MLB promotions, offering a parlay bet and get, profit boost and Sunday Grand Slam, while FanDuel, BetRivers, Bet365 and DraftKings aren't shabby at all with their MLB offers.

While soccer may not be at the level of the NFL or the NBA in the United States, the popularity is growing very quickly all the time.

With players like Lionel Messi now playing in MLS, and American players featuring for top European clubs, soccer is on the rapid rise in the US, and so is soccer betting.

Americans bet on a wide variety of soccer competitions, including the English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, and of course Major League Soccer.

As a result, soccer betting offers are also on the increase, with US sportsbooks offering promos ranging from parlay bonuses to odds boosts.

The United States hosts some of the biggest tennis competitions in the world, none bigger than the US Open.

Unsurprisingly, there is always a plethora of tennis betting bonuses to claim when the US Open comes around.

Of course, tennis betting offers in the US are not limited to the US Open. They are available all through the year with Betrivers tennis parlay insurance and the bet365 tennis parlay boosts being amongst the most rewarding year-round offers.

With three of Golf's four majors staged in the United States, and the PGA Tour based in the country, golf betting offers abound on American sportsbooks.

Golf promotions peak during the majors, but there are offers available throughout the PGA Tour season.

From golf odds boosts to each-way challenge, there's plenty of excitement to be had, and bonuses to be claimed by golf betting lovers.

From FanDuel Racings Win-Bet Insurance to Caesars Deposit Match bonus, horse racing betting buffs have plenty of bonuses to choose from.

Horse Racing betting offers increase sharply during the Triple Crown season, with the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes commanding plenty of offers from US racebooks.

No Sweat Bet is a synonym for second chance bets. It's a term mostly used by FanDuel and DraftKings to describe offers that return a customer's stake as free bets if the original wager loses.

"Bonus Bets" is the general term that describes all "free" bets that are awarded to customers.

The term covers all types of free bet bonuses, including second chance bets and no sweat bets, that are awarded to customers after they might have met stipulated wagering conditions.

In fact, almost all bonuses given out by American sportsbooks are bonus bets, including sign up bonuses, referral bonuses and parlay bonuses.

Bonus bets cannot be withdrawn, but are only used to place wagers on the sportsbook. With bonus bets, you get to bet without spending your own cash.

Hence, it is important to always be on the lookout for a sportsbook that regularly gives out bonus bets so that you can save some money!