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The start of the NFL season means the start of sportsbook bonus season for sports fans around the country. The first month of football is the absolute best time of the year to find a sportsbook bonus, and our team is ready to track every available promotion. Find the current NFL week 1 bonus offers, ranked from best to worst, in the table below.
Looking back at the top-performing sportsbook promotions from the 2022 NFL season, FanDuel, DraftKings, PointsBet, and BetMGM all dominated our rankings with bet, get offers. All four offers included up to $200 in free bets with a qualifying wager (typically between $5 and $20). As we prepare to enter the 2022 NFL season, these promotions are once again at the top of our rankings.
The current DraftKings Sportsbook offer - bet $5, get $200 free - is currently our #1 rated sportsbook bonus for week 1. This promotion pays out eight (8) free $25 wagers to all new players that place a $5 bet with DraftKings Sportsbook.
Following closely behind DraftKings is the 'bet $5, get $150' offer from FanDuel. While the bonus offers available at FanDuel and DraftKings at the end of last season required you to win your first bet in order to get the free bets, these week 1 offers payout whether your first bet wins or loses.
Bettors in Colorado, Arizona, and Iowa can get $250 free at BetFred Sportsbook with a qualifying $50 wager. While this is the largest odds boost promo available, it does require a significantly larger first bet. Nevertheless, we think BetFred is an app worth trying this football season if you live in a market where it is available.
Sportsbooks Still Offering Risk Free Bets
Several big-name sportsbooks are still offering the risk-free bet promotions we saw throughout most of the summer. This includes PointsBet, Caesars, and BetMGM. Caesars has confirmed that its offer will not change from the current $1,250 risk-free bet prior to the start of the NFL season.
We do expect new bonus offers from PointsBet and BetMGM prior to the start of week 1 games, bookmark this page or follow us on Twitter, to be the first to know when these offers are announced.
PointsBet currently has our top-rated risk-free offer for NFL Week 1, with the highest total bonus ($2,000), and the highest total number of risk-free bets (2).
A Great Time for Kansas Bettors
AS great as all of these offers are, nothing beats the current registration offers available in Kansas. New Kansas players can currently register at any of these three sportsbooks for free bets that are paid in addition to the current welcome bonus offer:
$100 in Free Bets at FanDuel - FanDuel was the first sportsbook to announce a registration bonus in Kansas. New players can stack the $100 registration bonus with the current bet $5, get $150 deposit bonus offer.
$100 in Free Bets at DraftKings - New Kansas players are eligible to receive $100 in free bets for pre-registering and another $200 in free bets as a deposit bonus.
$200 in Free Bets at BetMGM - The team at BetMGM announced a massive $200 free bet offer in Kansas last week, and this offer is in addition to the current $1,000 risk-free promotion!
Track the latest Kansas sports betting news and launch updates in real-time with EatWatchBet. Our team is always the first to add new registration bonuses and will update our Kansas subscribers as soon as the official launch happens. The current projection is a go-live date of September 1st, 2022, just in time for week 1 of the NFL season!
Chris Lollis is a sports betting expert that has covered the industry for more than a decade. Over that time he has covered everything from the repeal of PASPA to the state-by-state legislative changes. Chris serves as the Head of Content at EatWatchBet, and is responsible for tracking latest news and updates from every U.S. sportsbook.
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