The 2025/26 NFL season is finally here, and after the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, kicked things off with a win on Thursday night, we have a week jam-packed with NFL action to look forward to.
All eyes will naturally be on the Kansas City Chiefs as Travis Kelce takes to the field for the first time since proposing to Taylor Swift. The American singer is expected to dominate NFL coverage once again this season.
To celebrate the start of the new season, why not take advantage of one of the betting welcome offers below?
NFL Week 1: Top free bets from Parimatch, BetMGM and Sky Bet
| Bookmaker | Offer details | Claim here |
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Bet £10 Get £40 | Get the Parimatch offer >> |
| 18+ New customers only. Opt in and bet £10+ on any sports market (odds 2.00+) within 7 days of registration. No cash out. Get £40 in selected sports free bets. Free bets expire in 7 days. Scroll down for T&Cs. GambleAware.org | Please gamble responsibly | ||
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Bet £10 Get £40 | Get the BetMGM offer >> |
| New customers only. 7 days to place qualifying bet of £10 at 1/1 (2.0) to receive 4 x £10 Free Bets: 1 x £10 football, 1 x £10 horse racing & 2 x £10 Bet Builders. Free Bets cannot be used on e-sports and non UK/IE horse racing. 7 day expiry. Exclusions apply. Stake not returned. 18+. Full T&Cs apply. | ||
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£50 in BuildABets | Get the Sky Bet offer >> |
| New customers only. NFL BuildABet only. Odds of 1/1 or greater. 5 x £10 Bet tokens. Free Bet stakes not included in returns. Free Bets for NFL BuildABets only. Free Bets are non withdrawable. Free Bets expire after 30 days. Eligibility restrictions and further T&Cs apply. | ||
Parimatch US sports offer
Parimatch have a new welcome offer for September 2025 to mark the beginning of the NFL season and the looming start day of the new NBA season.
The offer results in all qualifying customers gaining £40 in free bets to spend on basketball, American football, MMA and US horse racing.
To be eligible for these free bets, you must be a new customer and make a £10 bet on any sports market, with odds of 2.00 or longer, within seven days of signing up.
Once the qualifying £10 bet has settled, you will be awarded the free bets and then given seven days to use them.
It would be advised to take this offer up before the NFL games start this Sunday. A £10 free accumulator to kick start the new season, on top of £30 of free bets for other sports, isn't something anyone is going to complain about.
BetMGM bet £10 get £40
BetMGM's current welcome offer could be another one to take advantage of for the opening weekend of the new NFL season. They are offering new customers £40 in free bets when they sign up and make a qualifying bet worth £10 within seven days of opening an account on the platform.
To be eligible for the free bets, the £10 qualifying bet must also be placed on a market with odds of 2.00 or longer. Once settled, the following free bets will be credited to your account:
- £10 on a football bet
- £10 on a horse racing bet
- 2x £10 bet builders
While half of these free bets will be ineligible on NFL markets, the two bet builders lend themselves to the opening weekend, due to the sheer volume of games taking place on Sunday.
Sky Bet £50 build a Bets
Sky Bet have an NFL-specific welcome offer in play this weekend for new customers. Everyone who qualifies for this offer is entitled to £50 of free bet builders to be used only on NFL matches.
To qualify for the offer, you must be a new Sky Bet customer and wager £10 on an NFL bet builder. Once this bet has settled, five £10 free bet builders will be credited to your account. All of these bet builder tokens will only be eligible for the NFL.
To ensure these free bets last you a couple of weeks, Sky Bet are giving all qualifying customers 30 days to use them before they expire. This is better than the typical seven-day period that a lot of other bookmakers use.
Andy is tipster who has been calling Golf tournaments for several years across many different platforms. He has covered all tournaments from the Asian Tour to the Masters. He's also a keen football fan and is an expert on European football.
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