bet365 Sportsbook is offering new users one of two promotions for any this week and beyond.
Use bet365 bonus code NYPNEWS to sign up in nine U.S. states, and you’ll get your choice of welcome bonus.
All new users will either get $150 in bonus bets guaranteed or a $2,000 first bet safety net.
The $150 in bonus bets requires a $10 deposit and $5 wager on any line that’s -500 or longer (meaning -150 or +110 are OK but -650 is not). The $2,000 first bet safety net acts as first bet insurance, refunding users up to $2,000 in bonus bets if their first bet on the platform loses.
Let’s run through some examples from this week for both offers.
This offer functions as an “insurance” bet. Sportsbooks call it different things, like a no sweat bet or a first bet on the house, but they all work pretty much the same.
If your first bet loses, you’ll be refunded in bonus bets equal to what you lost, up to $2,000. So if you deposit $500 and put it all on the 76ers at +400 against the Cavs on Monday night, here’s what can happen:
bet365’s bonus bets are favorable in that you can split them up in any increments you’d like. They do now expire in seven days, and they work like most other sportsbooks. Any profit you keep, but you don’t keep the bonus bet itself, and they’re not withdrawable.
So let’s say the Sixers lose and you have zero cash in your account but $500 in bonus bets. You take $100 in bonus bets and put it on Ryan Blaney to win the Daytona 500 at +900.
This offer should really be called “deposit $10, bet $5, and get $150” just to make sure you hit the minimum deposit requirement.
Nevertheless, it’s quite straightforward. Just make a $5+ bet on anything that’s -500 or longer, and you’ll get $150 in bonus bets to use on anything — -500 in this case means -400 or -110 are OK, but -550 is not.
The bonus bets expire in seven days, and can be split up into any increment. So you can make a $150 bet and use them in one fell swoop, or you can make 150, $1 bets. And everything in between.
So say you make a $5 bet on the Pacers -9.5 to unlock your bonus bets on Monday night. Then Tuesday, you place a $20 bonus bet wager on Oklahoma to beat Baylor at +180.
It’s easy to get started at bet365.
- Download the bet365 app (you can also sign-up on desktop, but the app is usually better about geo-locating you)
- Enter all your real info — name, address, SSN, etc. Make sure it matches the info on your photo ID to give yourself the best chance at getting verified right away.
- Use bet365 bonus code NYPNEWS at checkout.
- Once you finish signing up, you’ll pick your offer from a landing screen
- If you pick the first bet insurance, make a first bet up to $2,000. If you pick the bet/get, deposit $10 and make a $5 bet on anything to get the $150.
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