FREE BETS from USA online sportsbooks, casinos & poker rooms
Bovada
No.1 recommended		 $1750 FREE! Bovada is the new name for USA-facing Bodog. Sports: 50% first deposit bonus for a maximum free of $250. Casino: 100% bonus on first chips purchase for a maximum free of $500. Poker: You get 100% match bonus up to $1000 in the poker room. Only accepts Americans but not from these states: Maryland, New York & Washington (BetOnline, listed below, takes all US customers). Click for Bovada
BetOnline $900 FREE BETS: Sports & Poker: 15%-25% extra on all deposit amounts. That is your first deposit and any reloads after that. It is 15% for credit card funding and 25% if you use another method. Casino: 100% bonus for slots and 25% on reloads. Read their promo section as you must input codes to ensure you get these offers. All USA players & other nations can join too.
Go to BetOnline
5Dimes Sportsbook $525 AVAILABLE: Sports & General: 20%-50% first deposit bonus dependent on deposit method up to a maximum bonus of $200 (see 5Dimes website for details). Casino: 50% first deposit bonus up to $125. Click for 5Dimes
JustBet $500+ OFFERS: Sports & Casino: 50% bonus on first deposit in the sportsbook plus the same on your reloads. 10% on first deposit in the casino plus the same when you re-deposit. Also other promotions at various times. See JustBet website for details and terms. Maryland residents excluded.
Click for JustBet

USA Sportsbooks Free Bets & Bonuses

We have listed the sportsbooks' free bets and bonuses that are available for USA players in the table above. What follows is a bit more detail about the types that you may encounter. Different online betting companies have different ways of structuring their offers. Here is a guide to what it all means:

Match Bonus of Deposit: This is the most frequently offered type of bonus. The amount of your first deposit of money into your new betting account is equalled. That assumes the match is 100% of your deposit. Sometimes it might be as low as 10% or even as high as 110% or more. It often changes according the method you used to deposit. This way firms can give an incentive if you use a deposit method they prefer. This means if you deposit $50 then they will give you an extra fifty bucks. You do need to see what terms are applied to this free money on their promotions page. Except in the case of no-deposit bonuses (which are very rare and described below), you will need to bet with the free money before you can withdraw any of the winnings. There is a often a requirement to turn it over a few times. Without that sort of condition they would really just be giving money away, so it is understandably that the sportsbook or casino wants to see you play with it first.

Match Bonus of Bet: This is similar except the extra money they give to you is equal or at least linked to the size of your first wager. This type of bonus is common in Europe but less so with the USA sportsbooks' free bets.

No-Deposit Bonus: This a mythical beast indeed. If any firm is actually offering this to the American market then it will be listed in the table above, which is constantly updated. But do not count on it because a no-deposit bonus is where a new player is given money just for joining up and before he or she has funded their account. When they are around they are usually for a tiny sum, maybe five or ten bucks. This is because the only stipulation is that you use it as a free bet and then you can keep any winnings. It is the best value bonus for the customer and so it follows the worst for the sportsbook.

Chasing around after the latest offers can drive you nuts, so just treat them as a bit of a sweetener on the deal. It should not be the priority. Joining a trusted bookie is the most important thing. Fortunately we only list the good firms, so if you want to check on the USA sportsbooks free bets, just keep returning here and checking the table above.