Guide To Online Sports Betting Promotions

A deposit match bonus is a percentage match on your first real money top-up to your betting account. It can usually only be claimed once, at the point you make your very first cash deposit. There'll usually also be a minimum amount you have to pay in yourself in order to qualify for the offer, but usually this is as low as £10. Some online bookies will match your deposit value 100% - effectively giving you double the money in your bankroll. Others can take their deposit bonuses even higher, sometimes tripling or quadrupling the amount you've invested.

A deposit free bonus, or no deposit bonus as it's also often called, is when a bookmaker rewards you just for registering for an account. The offer on the table will be available as soon as your new account is confirmed, usually by a link sent to you via email. You won't have to deposit any of your own money to claim this offer, which is why some online gamblers regard these bonuses as risk free. However, their value is usually lower than a deposit match bonus - and they normally have a few T&Cs attached too. So it's worth reading the small print with these ones.

This is the promotion most commonly associated with UK online sportsbooks. With this offer, you usually have to be a new depositing member to qualify. The bet can take on a value of between £5 to around £25. Though a £10 or £15 free bet is most likely. You'll be able to use your free bet at the bookies, usually after wagering your own real money bet(s) of equal value. Another condition of this type of promo is that you normally only get to keep the winnings generated by the free bet, and not the value of the stake itself.

A risk free bet is a specific type of free bet you'll find at bookies online in Britain. In this scenario you'll have to make a bet funded by your own bankroll. If you win the bet, you'll get to keep your stake and the profit, just as you would do with a run of the mill sports bet. However, if you don't win, the amount of the risk free bet offer will be credited to you, in essence covering you for the stake you made and lost.

One other common bonus bookmakers like to run online is centred on high-interest sports tournaments and heats. Say, for example, a big boxing fight is coming up. A betting site might offer a free bet bonus specifically on this event. Likewise where popular UK sports tournaments are involved, such as the British Premier League, it's not uncommon for bookies to advertise free accumulator bets to use against these matches. This type of linked promotion is usually open to all account holders, regardless of status.