Betting Offers & Free Bets

Most betting sites have some kind of offer which you can claim when registering. This could be a free bet or bonus, although we’ve also recently been seeing more and more enhanced odds offers – giving you a higher return on your first bet than normal. Many sites will also run regular promotions for their existing customers ranging from weekly or monthly free bets through to price boosts and money back specials on specific events.

This section of the website is dedicated to these offers, starting with a table of the most lucrative sign up bonuses. We’ve sorted the table by the perceived value of the bonus, meaning that the best free bets will be at the top and the quality will decrease as you go down the table.

Bet £10 Get £50 in Bonuses
New customers only. Register (excl. 13/04/24) with WELCOME50. First bet £10+ at Evens (2.0)+ on Sports within 7 days to get Free Bets: £20 In-Play, £20 Acca & 50 x £0.20 (£10) Free Spins on Fishin’ Frenzy within 10 hours of settlement. 7-day expiry. Eligibility & payment exclusions apply. Full T&Cs apply. #ad
Bet £10 & Get £30 in Free Bets
Bet £10 & Get £30 in Free Bets for new customers at bet365.Min deposit requirement. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of bets to value of qualifying deposit. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Time limits and T&Cs apply. Registration required. #ad
For full terms and conditions of the betting offers, visit the promotion page of the bookmakers site. Minimum deposit, wagering and other conditions may apply.

Betting Offers For Existing Customers

You can only claim sign up offers once – when you sign up – so it should be fairly obvious that they’re not a never-ending supply and the well will eventually dry up. However there are a number of promotions which can be claimed by existing customers. And despite what people thing, these do include things like free bets and reload bonuses, you just need to know where to look.

Below you’ll find a series of guides to the different types of promotion on offer along with lists of betting sites and bookmakers who offer them.

free bet clubs

Free Bet Clubs

Free Bet Clubs are opt-in schemes offered by bookmakers that entitle members to a range of free bets and deals, including reload bonuses. Members can opt-in whenever they wish and must bet a certain amount each week in order to get their hands on these free bets and special bonuses.
acca insurance

Acca Insurance

Accumulator Insurance is one of the very best ways to hedge your bets when gambling on a multiple selections. With these offers, you can get your money back in the form of a free bet if one of your selections lets you down.
Price Promise

Price Promise

Price Promise is a guarantee by a bookmaker that they will offer you the very best odds available on the market – beating all of the major competition.
Lucky 15 One Winner and All Correct Bonuses

Lucky 15 Bonuses

Lucky 15 Bonuses offer you a way to make enhanced winnings if a certain amount of selections come in on your Lucky 15 bet. These promotions vary by bookie, but can include One Winner Bonuses (that give you extra when only one selection wins) and All Correct Bonuses (that give you extra when all fifteen selections win). Other Lucky 15 Bonuses enhance your odds if you get 4, 5 or 6 selections correct.
Faller Insurance

Faller Insurance

Faller Insurance is like a safety net for your bet when your horse falls at a fence – offering you your original stake back in full (normally in the form of a free bet).
Non Runner No Bet

Non Runner No Bet

Non Runner No Bet is a promotion that entitles you to your stake back if you place a bet on a horse on the Ante Post market that does not end up running.
Best Odds Guaranteed (BOG)

Best Odds Guaranteed

Best Odds Guaranteed entitles you to the best possible prices on horse and greyhound races if you place your bet early. This means you can put down your wager with time to spare and still ensure that you always receive the highest amount of winnings possible. If the price of your selection goes up after you’ve placed your bet at lower odds, you’ll still get the best price.
Acca Bonus

Accumulator Bonuses

Accumulator Bonuses are available with a select number of major bookmakers for chosen markets. They offer enhanced odds on accumulators containing particular selections, giving you a higher potential return for the same stake.

Betting Offers Terms and Conditions

There’s that old saying in life that if something sounds too good to be true then it usually is, and it’s a notion that can – occasionally – be applied to the world of betting bonuses and welcome offers.

We should stress at this point that that is not always the case, and indeed in the vast majority of instances the bonuses offered by bookmakers really do set you up for a fantastic set of wagering opportunities; whether you are a new customer signing up to an online bookmaker, or an existing player seeking to stretch your bankroll that little bit further.

It is typically new customers that get the best end of the deal, with golden offers promising bonus cash, free bets and a whole heap more.

There is a whole library of terms that punters need to know before delving into the world of bookie offers however, and an appreciation of the ‘smallprint’ that some firms use will also help you to decide upon the right betting bonus for your needs.

Different Types of Bonuses

There are a number of carrots that bookmakers dangle in front of punters in order to get them to sign up for a new player account, and understanding the difference between these will help you to your hands on exactly what you want without any unwanted surprises.

Free Bets

This is the industry standard these days, with bookies offering free bets in the traditional manner or SNR: Stake Not Returned.

The process is simple: the bookmaker will reward you with free bets up to a specified amount, and in some cases you will need to make a deposit to access the free stash and in other cases you won’t.

There are terms and conditions to be aware of here, in that any winnings accrued from free bets will need to be ‘played through’ before you can withdraw any cash. For more information on play-through requirements, see the glossary of terms below.

Something else to consider is the need to place your free bet at certain odds. This is typically even money (2.00), and will be specified in the smallprint of the offer. Something a number of punters forget is that this doesn’t need to be a single bet placed at eves; as long as your multiple adds up to 2.00 in most cases that is acceptable.

The actual nature of the free bets offer differs from bookie to bookie, with some offering free bets worth up to a specific value and others offering weekly packages of free bets depending on your deposit size.

Risk Free First Bet

This is essentially a free bet, in principle, although the actual stake will need to come from the funds in your account.

So you could wager £10 on England to beat Brazil, and if they did you would win the full amount based upon the odds offered. Any winnings would need to be ‘played through’ as normal.

Should England draw or lose, your stake will be refunded to your account with no questions asked.

Deposit Bonus

This is perhaps the most popular form of welcome bonus for new punters.

Quite simply, you will be awarded a percentage bonus on your first deposit. So if the offer is a 100% deposit bonus, then the first amount you send to your account will essentially be doubled with free cash. So, deposit £10 and with a 100% bonus you will actually have £20 in your account to play with.

For this type of bookmaker bonus, there are usually limits put into place to ensure that you aren’t bagging thousands of pounds in free cash! Typically, these limits will be a couple of hundred pounds as a maximum.

Enhanced Odds

As the name implies, here punters are handed the chance to place their first bet at enhanced odds as an offer that is exclusive to them.

Typically this will be double or treble the standard price, although bookies with numbers in their names will sometimes offer enhanced odds of the same numerals as in their branding.

Enhanced odds bonuses, as with all of the offers outlined above, are subject to wagering requirements. i.e. the play-through amount we have alluded to already. It really is important to get a handle on what these are, as the extent of the wagering requirements can separate a good bookmaker offer from a bad one.

Find out more in our glossary of the most common terms and conditions to watch out for below.

Betting Offers Terms and Conditions Glossary

So before you take the plunge and take advantage of some of the betting offers listed on this site and elsewhere, have a read of some of the terms below to familiarise yourself with the language that these bookmaker’ sites use:

Wagering Requirements – In an ideal world you would take a deposit bonus, make a load of money off the back of it and ride off into the sunset! Unfortunately, the bookies aren’t daft and know that this is the intention of many of their new customers.

So they have introduced wagering requirements: the number of times you need to ‘play through’ your bonus amount. These are typically displayed as 10x, 20x and similar, and so if your bonus amount was £20 and the wagering requirements are 10x, then you’d need to wager a total of £200 before you can get your mitts on any winnings. It’s cruel, but just part of the betting offers process in most cases.

Minimum Odds – As we’ve already mentioned, many free bet offers are subject to a minimum odds requirement. Each bookie differs on this: some require you to place bets that add up to their minimum odds line (usually evens, or 2.00 in European parlance), and others enforce a rule which states you have a selection of evens or longer on your coupon.

Bet Restrictions – In some instances, you will be told which betting markets you can and can’t use your free bets or bonus funds on. Make sure you are aware of these so that you can maximise your expertise and make the most of your freebies.

Time to Claim/Time to Use – When you sign up for a new player account, be aware that you only have a limited amount of time available in which you can a) claim your free bets, and/or b) use them. They are, quite literally, taken from your account after this period, so act fast! Typically, the timeframe can be anything between a week and 30 days.

Stake Not Returned (SNR) – Normally when you place a winning bet, your stake is returned and the winnings added on top.

But with some free bet offers, the smallprint states that your stake – i.e. the free bet amount – will not be returned along with your winnings.