Ohio Sports Betting Launch: Claim over $1,000 in free bets and risk-free offers to bankroll your New Year’s Day wagers

Ohio Sports Betting Launch: The state of Ohio will officially launch sports betting on Sunday, January 1st and The Liberty Line has every major sportsbook promotional offer listed below for residents of the Buckeye State to take advantage of on New Year’s Day.
Ohio Sports Betting Launch
There’s certainly no shortage of games to bet on immediately in the Buckeye State and luckily for Ohio residents, all of your first bets can be done completely risk-free, while also claiming hundreds of dollars in free bets thanks to every sportsbook’s “welcome offers” that we will list for you below, along with links to sign up.
There are a total of 14 games slated for New Year’s Day and another NFL game the following night on Monday Night Football. Outside of the NFL, New Year’s Day has college basketball, NBA, NHL, and soccer action as well. The following day, each of those sports continues, with the addition of four high-profile college football bowl games.
All spreads are available now for the Ohio Sports Betting Launch on every sportsbook app and residents of Ohio can go through the pre-registration process immediately to ensure they are locked in for all of the risk-free and free bets offers available.
DraftKings Sportsbook
Ohio Welcome Offer: Bet $5, Get $200 Instantly
- Must be physically located in OH. (“each an “Eligible State” or, collectively, the “Eligible States”).
- Must be 21+ years of age or older
- First-time time DraftKings Sportsbook customers only
- Make a deposit of $5+ into your Sportsbook account
- Place a wager of $5+ on any market.
- You will receive $200 in bonus bets instantly, in addition to any cash winnings from your original wager once it settles
- Your first placed wager of $5+ will be your qualifying wager
- Bonus paid as eight (8) $25 Bonus Bets
- First-time depositors only who have not already redeemed $200 in free bets via OH pre-launch offer
Cleveland Browns To Score A Point
- Cleveland Browns vs Washington Commanders on Sunday, 1/1 at 1:00 PM EST
- Following Opt-In, you’ll be issued with one (1) single-use Odds Boost to use on ‘Cleveland Browns’ Over 0.5 in the Cleveland Browns vs Washington Commanders game (located under ‘DK Specials’)
- Boosted Odds: +100
- Max $50 bet
- One qualifying bet per user
- Boost expires on 1/1 at 1:00 PM EST
- You must select the boost in your betslip before placing the bet to apply the boosted price
- Excludes live bets, parlays, same-game parlays, free bets, profit boosts, cash-out bets, and voided bets
- Must be 21+, unless otherwise stated, and located in OH
FanDuel Sportsbook
Ohio Welcome Offer: Bet $5, Get $200 in Bonus Bets
- Who: Ohio New Users Only
- When: 1/1/23 @ 12:01 AM ET – 1/29/22 @ 11:59 PM ET
- Max Bet: $5
- States: Ohio Only
- Sports: All sports/markets
- Term: Bet $5, Get $200 in bonus bets regardless of if your bet wins or loses. (Any market)
How to Claim: To claim, new users need to register, make a first-time deposit, and then simply place their first real-money wager on FanDuel Sportsbook on any live sport market during the timeframe of the offer. All winning bets will be fulfilled within 72 hours if they win. Users who earned the $100 pre reg offer will also be eligible for the bet $5, get $200 offer.
Platform: In app only, deposit required
For Desktop users, there will be a post-registration interstitial that pops up instructing users to download the app to claim their offer. For users on mobile web, they will be instructed as usual to download the app to deposit, which will then trigger the market
Ohio Welcome Offer: Get $100 in Free Bets by Registering on FanDuel TODAY
Sign up for a FanDuel Sportsbook account and secure $100 in free bets for the launch on New Year’s Day. When you login to your FanDuel account on New Year’s Day, that bonus will immediately become available for you to use. That $100 works as free wagers and can be used across any sports with any bet types. There are no limitations.
PointsBet Sportsbook
Ohio Welcome Offer: $200 in Free Bets + Five $100 Risk-Free Bets
PointsBet Sportsbook is offering a two-part welcome package for all new sign-ups. Pre-register using this link and you’ll automatically take home $200 in free bets to start. You’ll also be given five $100 risk-free bet opportunities to ease into the action.
- Sign up for PointsBet Ohio by clicking on this link.
- Make your first deposit with the site.
- Receive a $50 free bet right out of the gate, with another to follow every 7 days until the entire $200 has been fully paid out.
After receiving your first free bet, the risk-free window will officially open. For each of your first five days playing with PointsBet Sportsbook Ohio, your first cash bet up to $100 will be covered in the event of a loss. If things don’t work out, PointsBet will fuel your account with a free bet equal to your lost stake. This process can be repeated once per day during the first five days of account creation.
BetMGM Sportsbook
$200 Pre-Launch Bonus From BetMGM Ohio
BetMGM is offering all first-time users $200 in free bets when they pre-register in Ohio. All you need to do is sign up using the links provided and once launch day arrives this weekend, you’ll log in to your account and be automatically gifted four separate $50 free bets. You have 7 days to make use of them before they expire.
Ohio Welcome Offer: Bet $10 Win $200 Offer: NFL, NBA and NHL
Place a $10 wager on any NFL, NBA, or NHL game on New Year’s Day and immediately receive $200 in free bets to bankroll the rest of your wagers on New Years Day.
Ohio Welcome Offer: First Bet Insurance up to $1000 paid in Site Credit
Your first bet is completely risk-free on BetMGM. You can bet up $1000 and if your bet doesn’t hit, you will be refunded in site credit to try again on your next wager.