The 100th NFL season is set for kickoff on Thursday night when the Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers. Sporstbooks know that it’s a popular time for NJ sports bettors to get back into the swing of things, so they sweeten the pot to win your business with NFL free bets.
With so many online betting options for residents of New Jersey competing for players, a number of the books are offering up big incentives and contests to join.
NFL Free Bets & Big Prizes
These are three excellent promos that stood out to us, that you should take advantage of:
Win A Million With PlaySugarHouse Thursday Streaker Contest
How good are you at predicting the winner of NFL games? Those who have the skill or luck might want to join PlaySugarHouse’s Thursday Night Football contest because there’s a million dollars on the line.
How it works is once you’ve opened an account at PlaySugarHouse.com and deposited some funds, all you have to do is place a $25 pre-game bet on the spread for Thursday Night Football. If you get 17 winners in a row, you’ll win $1,000,000. Keep in mind that there is no Thursday game in Week 17 but they are including the three Thanksgiving Thursday contests.
If you feel like it’s a lot of pressure to hit 17 in a row, don’t worry: you’ll cash in if your streak doesn’t run that long. As little as three in a row gets you a $25 prize. Here’s the breakdown:
-3 game streak: $25 in Bonus Money
-4 game streak: $50 in Bonus Money
-5 game streak: $100 in Bonus Money
-6 game streak: $150 in Bonus Money
-7 game streak: $250 in Bonus Money
-8 game streak: $500 gift card to game tickets or $500 in Bonus Money
-9 game streak: $500 gift card to game tickets AND $500 in Bonus Money
-10 game streak: $500 gift card to game tickets AND $2,000 in Bonus Money
-11 game streak: $5,000 in Cash Value
-12 game streak: $10,000 in Cash Value
-13 game streak: $25,000 in Cash Value
-14 game streak: $50,000 in Cash Value
-15 game streak: $100,000 in Cash Value
-16 game streak: $250,000 in Cash Value
-17 game streak: $1,000,000 in Cash Value
Keep in mind that if you lose, you can still restart a new streak.
Hard Rock Launches $500,000 Pro Football Pick’em Challenge
The Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City is putting up a half a million on the line for the person who is most accurate with their NFL betting picks this season. Each week, players who are participating makes seven picks from the schedule of games that week. The player with the best record at the end of the season wins the loot.
NFL Free Bets at FanDuel Sportsbook
The sweet part with this contest is that there are weekly winners too. If you’re in the top spot each week, you’ll collect $10,000. That means you can win big even if you only had one good week. Beyond that, 600 players will win a $25 free play at random.
ResortsCasino.com Launches $40,000 Pick’Em Contest
Resorts Casino has just launched a NFL free bets pick’em contest, which will offer up $40,000 in total prizes throughout the year. It’s similar to the famous Super Contest in Las Vegas but the difference here is there’s no entry fee and you don’t have to fly to Nevada.
This version splits up the money two ways: a pot for weekly winners and a pot of gold at the end of the season. At the end of the year, the first-place finisher will collect $10,000 while second will win $3,000 and third place will win $2,000.
The players who finishes at the top of the leaderboard each week will also pick up $1000 into their ResortsCasino.com account. Similar to the Hard Rock contest, random players will also be selected for a prize each week. ResortsCasino will choose one participant at random each week and hand them $500 in free slop play or table match at the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.
With the 2019 NFL season kicking off on Thursday night, join one of these contests (or all of them) and shoot your shot at the thousands of dollars that are on the line!