Bet on Cricket for Free: Sign Up Offers and Free Bets Explained
It’s been a good year for cricket so far. The Indian Premier League, won by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the first time since the tournament started 18 years ago, was a huge success and pulled in over 1 billion combined viewers, while the UK’s ongoing The Hundred 2025 is also getting a lot of attention (some even speculate it could become a multibillion-dollar product, just like the IPL). Simply put, all eyes are on cricket at the moment, and there are plenty of bets being placed, too.
Cricket betting has always been a huge industry, but its growth over the past few years has been incredible. The IPL in particular gets most of the bets, with GR8 Tech even calling it “the biggest betting event of the year”. Entain also reports that IPL betting makes up around 25% of its total cricket bets, receiving wagers from the UK, US, South Africa, and even Canada. People just love cricket betting, especially on the IPL.
If you’re also a fan of betting on cricket, the good news is that it’s never been easier to do. Plus, so many of today’s sportsbooks have special sign up offers where you can, in effect, claim free bets. These free bets can then be placed directly on the cricket, saving you money and (potentially) allowing you to rack up some wins with little risk involved, whether you’re betting on match results or player runs.
So, want to get your hands on some free cricket bets using sign up offers? Here’s a breakdown of what you need to do.
↳ Create an account with a sportsbook
↳ Claim the free bet offer or make the required minimum deposit to receive free bet funds
↳ Use your free bets on any qualifying cricket match or tournament
Free bets are a big trend in sports betting at the moment. You can read more on bettingtools.com about this, where they give a complete breakdown of the free bets you can currently get from the likes of bet365, 888sport, and Ladbrokes. Any cricket fan above the legal betting age can take advantage of these free bets by creating an account, making the minimum required deposit, and then having the money rewarded to their account. In a nutshell, you sign up and receive free bets in return, which is something cricket fans have been doing for years now.
For example, let’s say you join bet365. Their main offer at the moment is bet £10 and get £30 back in free bets. With your extra £30, you could then use this to bet on the Indian Premier League or any other type of cricket going on at the time. It really is that simple, with punters getting freedom of choice for the most part.
The reason why so many sign up offers include free bets is because it allows sportsbooks to attract as many new account holders as possible. If you’re a fan of cricket betting, you’re much more likely to sign up with a betting site with a free bet offer than one without one, right? It’s a no-brainer, which is why all of the leading sportsbooks on the market are currently trying to outdo each other with the best free bet offers possible. And of course, this benefits the fans, as it means there are constant floods of free bet offers hitting the market. It’s even common for some cricket followers to create multiple accounts across different sportsbooks just so that they can keep getting free bets.
The only slight catch with some sign up offers and free bets is that they come with specific terms and conditions that you have to follow. For instance, two of the most common ones are:
● You have to place a qualifying bet at minimum odds (e.g. 1/5 or higher)
● The free bets expire after 7 days
This is why it’s absolutely essential that you read the terms and conditions first. If there’s a big IPL cricket match coming up in a few weeks and you’re planning to use free bets on it, don’t activate your free bets too early and cause them to expire before the match arrives. You get the idea.
Every free bet offer from any sportsbook always has terms and conditions attached to it, so always read them in full to avoid any confusion.
When it comes to actually using your free cricket bets, there are countless different betting markets available. Entertain’s Global Sportsbook recently revealed that 40% of its IPL bets are on match outcomes, 15% go on next over runs, 12% on team runs, and 8% on player runs, showing which markets are currently the most popular. Outside of these popular betting markets, you can also use your free cricket bets on smaller markets like most sixes, top wicket-taker, player of the match, and plenty more. Again, it’s down to you how you use your free bets, but those are just some of the markets you might want to consider. Good luck!
