BETTING BONUS USA

• Low minimum deposit of $5
• Low minimum stake of $0.50
• Five-day bonus helps bonus management

• Maximum bonus amount is quite low
• Not many great promos outside the sign up offer

1. Open a Pointsbet Account
2. Make a deposit of at least $5
3. Place a wager of at least $0.50
4. If your bet settles as a loss, you'll get your stake back as bonus bets
5. Place a wager of at least $0.05 in each of the next four days
6. Get your daily bonus if your wager loses

• Availability: Bonus is available in almost all legal betting states in the US
• Great bonus-to-stake percentage
• Multiple promos for existing customers

• Bonus amount is on the low side
• Validity period of 7 days is quite short

1. Open a DraftKings Account
2. Make a Deposit of at least $5
3. Place a bet of at least $5
4. Get $200 Bonus bets

• Market-leading bonus amount
• Bonus comes with Tier and reward credits
• Reasonable bonus validity period of 14 days
• Loads of promos for existing players

• Bonus bets can only be used once
• Bonus is awarded only if qualifying wager loses

1. Open a Caesars Sportsbook Account
2. Make a Deposit of at least $10
3. Place a bet with $10 or more
4. If your bet settles as a loss, you will receive your stake as bonus bets

• Bonus is awarded regardless of outcome of qualifying bet
• Great bonus percentage
• Wide range of existing customer promotions

• Bonus amount is low
• May take up to three days before bonus bets are credited

1. Sign Up on FanDuel
2. Make a deposit of at least $10
3. Place a minimum wager of $5
4. Get your $150 bonus

• Good bonus amount
• Very good validity period of 30 days
• No minimum odds required for qualifying wager
• Bonus is awarded 24 hours after bet is settled

• Bonus isn't awarded if qualifying bet is won
• Bonus bets can only be used on odds of -200 or higher

1. Open a BetRivers account
2. Make a minimum deposit of $10
3. Place a bet of at least $10 (minimum odds of -200)
4. If your bet settles as a loss, you will receive bonus bets equal in value to your stake (maximum of $500)

• Big Bonus amount
• No minimum odds required to claim bonus
• Bonus bets are credited very quickly

• Bonus is awarded as one bonus bet if your qualifying wager is less than $50
• Bonus is only awarded if qualifying bet loses
• Bonus Validity period of 7 days is low

1. Sign up on BetMGM
2. Make a minimum qualifying deposit of $10
3. Stake at least $10 on your qualifying bet
4. Receive your welcome bonus if your bet settles as a loss

• Fantastic value. $1 gets $200
• Bonus credited within an hour of qualifying wager being settled
• Bonus bets are available for 90 days

• Minimum odds of -500 is admittedly low, but it's still annoying that it's a requirement
• Minimum deposit is $10 (despite minimum stake being just $1)
• Bonus availability is very limited

1. Sign Up on bet365
2. Make a qualifying deposit of at least $10
3. Place a qualifying bet of $1
4. Receive a $200 bonus when the bet is settled (doesn't matter of the bet wins or loses)

• PA Bonus is quite large
• Very strong on parlay bonuses

• Bonus amount is not as good outside PA
• Wagering requirements are quite strict: Before the bonus is releases, bonus amount must be wagered 3 times with minimum odds of -300

1. Open a Unibet account
2. Make a minimum deposit of $10
3. Place a qualifying bet of at least $10
4. If your qualifying bet settles as a loss, you will receive bonus bets equal in value to your stake

• Bonus is awarded whether qualifying bet wins or loses
• Validity period of 10 days is decent

• Maximum bonus amount is small
• Very high Minimum deposit/ wager
• Minimum odds of -120 on qualifying wager

1. Register on WynnBet
2. Make a deposit of at least $100
3. Place a qualifying wager of $100 or more
4. Get your $100 WynnBet bonus

• Instant $111 when first bet is placed
• Total bonus amount is very high
• Bonus is available across five weeks

• Minimum deposit of $50 is on the high side
• Bonus is only available on mobile app

1. Register on BetFred US
2. Make a deposit of at least $50
3. Place a qualifying wager worth $50 or more
4. Receive your $111 bonus

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 Caesars comes in with their $1,250 offer, while BetMGM and ClutchBet (both peaking at $1000, 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 bet365 bonus, with its 200:1 bonus-to-stake ratio. This works out to a bonus percentage of 20,000%. Unfortunately, bet365 is only available in New Jersey, Colorado, Ohio and Virginia for now.

Caesars may have the largest maximum bonus amount ($1,250), but the bonus percentage is only 100%. Your bonus amount is the same as your stake. If you want $1,250, then you must stake $1,250 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.

ClutchBet is a little bit on the high side with their $20 base, while Pointsbet 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.

WynnBet are at the top end of this bar, with their $100 minimum stake, while BetFred are exactly halfway at $50.

ClutchBet have theirs at $20, while there is a small cluster on the $10 mark (BetMGM, Caesars, Unibet). DraftKings and FanDuel customers only need to stake $5, while bet365 goes even lower with a $1 minimum stake. But the best of the lot is Pointsbet, who need only $0.50!

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 WynnBet (-120)

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

Also, some sportsbooks like DraftKings will only give out their bonus if your qualifying wager wins, while others like Pointsbet 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 FanDuel, Bet365 and WynnBet bonuses.

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 ClutchBet's also decent (30 days).

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

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!