Get ready for the 2025 NFL season with our guide to sportsbook promos. Learn how to maximize sign-up bonuses, odds boosts, and more — just in time for 2025 NFL season.
NFL training camps are here. The long wait for football Sundays is almost over. The 2025 season opener is about six weeks away. Fans are scouting rosters and prepping for fantasy drafts. In addition to prepping for your traditional or IDP Fantasy Football league, there’s another play we should take note of. Sportsbooks and DFS providers will flood the market with a bundle of promos. Lets prep further for the start of what will be a glorious football season.
Sportsbook Promos We Like
We should all value promos in the same way we value great IDP trade calculator tools. Getting you to engage with a specific gaming platform is how sportsbook promos work. If any platform wants to give us FREE cash, you can count us in! For such reasons you should always aim to take advantage of Sign-up Bonuses & Odds Boost wagers.
Sign-Up Bonuses are incentives you should take note of. Most books offer a bonus for new accounts or deposits if the account has been inactive for an extended period of time. Deposit matches, free bets, or risk-free first bets will typically accompany a sign-up bonus. Always read the fine print of any promotion being offered. Some promotions will require you to bet a bulk of your deposit before being able to withdraw funds.
Odds Boost Wagers will be my favorite type of promotion. I find a ton of value in playing the New York Giants OVER 5.5 wins in 2025. On average, an odds boost promotion will offer additional odds between 10% – 25%. So if my platform is offering me odds at +125, the $100 wager I make will give me odds at 156.25 with a 25% boost.
I mean yes.. that is what gambling is.. the point is the boost odds have an expected profit of $4 on a $25 wager in the long run.. that is what EV betting is I’m not handicapping the games
— shAAkkyy (@shAAkkyy21) March 17, 2023
Sportsbook Promos We Hate
As the saying goes… different strokes for different folks! I simply do not see enough value with promotions that are in line with Parlay Insurance and VIP Programs. I would rather invest strategically in a good re-draft IDP rankings tool.
Parlay Insurance – These types of offers can also be referred to as “cashback” incentives. They are typically associated with wagers in-line with “Reverses” or “Parlays”. They are promotions in which part of your wager is refunded if one leg of your parlay loses. It will still require you to correctly predict part of your wager. If you are being asked to join a brand-new platform, my suggestion is to hold out for a better incentive.
VIP Programs – Bet more, earn points. These convert into free bets, hotel stays, or even event tickets. Great for regular bettors who play all season long. However, I have zero loyalty to a single platform. When playing, I am taking more of a Dana White approach. At the end of the day, online sportsbooks can keep their hotel stays, event tickets, food/drink, etc. I am on the platform for an opportunity to WIN cash! If you want me to stay, come to the table with money-laced promotions.
2025 NFL WIN Total Wagers We Love With A SportsBook Promotion
As we look at value based win total wagers, a few additional plays we are targeting if given the opportunity to use a valued sportsbook promotion.
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— 98.5 The Sports Hub (@985TheSportsHub) July 23, 2025
- New England Patriots OVER 7.5 Wins – If a new platform wants to match a $100 wager on the New England Patriots I am interested. The 2025 schedule is one of the easiest. Based on the opponents’ 2024 combined win percentage, their schedule ranks third-easiest in the league.
- Jacksonville Jaguars OVER 7.5 Wins – I definitely want an odds boost if you are going to entice me on division WIN bet or OVER 7.5 win total. This is still the weakest division in the AFC. Also, it would be fantastic to believe in Trevor Lawerance once again.
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