Betting Site Sign up Bonuses 2025
Looking for the latest sign up bonuses from betting sites or welcome bonus available from bookmakers? We've got the lowdown on the best deals on offer in May 2025.
Sign Up & Welcome Bonuses
The vast majority of online betting sites offer a welcome bonus when you sign up. Everything from $10 to $3000 might be available depending on the bookmaker you are joining.
The welcome bonuses tend to come in a variety of forms from first deposit matches and first bet matches to no deposit bets and completely free bets to use.
The types of bonuses available include:
Matched Deposit - Used by most bookmakers, they will give you bonuses equal (or 50% or 200% in some instances) to the amount you deposit into your account when joining. For example, deposit $100 and get $100.
Matched Bet - Similar to the matched deposit, but this time the bonus is offered equal to your first bet amount. For example, bet $10, get $10 might be an offer in this category.
No Deposit Bonus - Not as freely available as they once were, this bonus is self-explanatory. You will get a bonus without making any deposit or commitment. For example, some South African bookmakers tend to offer customers a R25 sign up bonus no deposit.
Risk-Free Bet - Another bonus type that isn't widely available, but can be found. If you are offered a risk-free bet, you get to place a bet and if it loses your stake will be returned in bonuses.
It is important to note that the terms and conditions of each offer differs from betting site to betting site with percentages, minimum odds, wagering amount and withdrawal of winnings all varying.
We recommended checking out the terms and conditions of any sign up offer before you proceed in joining a betting site. You can also read our bookmakers reviews for further information on how each offer works.
Free Bets
Free bets are exactly free, they are simply another term for a welcome bonus. They might have previously been called "free bets" but marketing restrictions mean bookmakers don't tend to use the phrase much any more.
You will instead find sign-up bonuses as the terminology used, but those bonuses are in fact free bets based on you deposit or first bet amounts.
The table above shows the current offers available from betting sites including with some of the most generous free bet welcome bonus offers from leading bookmakers.
Promo Codes
Some of the bookmaker bonus offers require a promo code to be inserted to claim them and the good news is that FreeTips has all of the latest promotion codes available.
Sign up codes are usually inserted during the registration process while creating your account and help you get the biggest welcome bonuses on offer.
Some codes, such the Stake.com promo code NEWBONUS, get increased deposit match to 200% and get you a bigger bankroll to start betting with.
You can find the latest codes in the table on this page or in the dedicated promo codes section.
