Thought I would post this since I have actually used a couple of these now and see people asking about them all the time.
I am fairly new to this, but even I know that a few years back new players used to get genuinely great signup bonuses, sometimes $100 or more just for registering. These days that is next to impossible to find. Everything is either a tiny amount or wrapped in so many conditions that it is barely worth the effort.
First one I tried was the BetMGM up to $1,000 back offer. The headline sounds incredible until you realise you only get the bonus bets if your first wager loses, and even then it comes as credits you have to bet through. My first bet won, so I got nothing extra at all. Not a scam, just not what the big number made me expect.
Second was the DraftKings $200 bonus bets offer. That one is straightforward, bet $10 and get $200 in bonus bets regardless of the result. No complaints with how simple it was, but the bonus bets come with expiry and you are restricted on what odds you can use them at, so it is not quite the free $200 it looks like.
Now I am looking at the Cloudbet $20 Risk Free Bet with code SUPERSOCCER and honestly this is the one I wish I had started with. The stake is small, the terms are clear, and it is an actual risk free bet rather than a pile of bonus credits with conditions attached. In a market where decent signup offers have basically dried up, this one still feels worth taking.
The free match ticket you can win with it is a nice extra too. Eligible games:
24.10 Chelsea v Tottenham
25.10 Barcelona v Real Madrid
31.10 Chelsea v Man Utd
31.10 Milan v Inter
01.11 Liverpool v Arsenal
For new players, registering with code CLOUDPULSE gives a double signup bonus of $5K plus the $20 Risk Free Bet on top, and they run weekly and monthly cash drops and leaderboards as well.
If I was starting fresh I would go Cloudbet first, then use the bigger book offers once I understood the terms better. Anyone else done it in a different order and found the same thing?