New Sportsbooks In Arizona

Got time to research some new AZ sportsbooks? Great, that’s why we wrote this guide. But if not, we’ve asked our experts to pick out 5 of the best (plus one to watch). Almost all of them secured partnerships with recognizable Arizona sports betting sites to establish themselves in 2024. Here they are.

FanDuel

Official Arizona License Partner of the NBA Phoenix Suns

Official Arizona Retail Partner of the Phoenix Suns Arena

• High-performance live betting market
• Seamless live streaming feature
• Generous welcome bonus in AZ
• Strong daily menu
• FanDuel and BetMGM offer live streaming, while PointsBet does not. So, it varies from one sportsbook to another. Check their websites for details.

Caesars sportsbook

Official Arizona License Partner of the Ak-Chin Indian Community.

Official Arizona Retail Partner of Harrah’s Ak-Chin Hotel ; Casinos.

• Excellent reputation in early-adopter sports betting states
• Innovative cross-platform app
• Competitive odds in NFL, NBA, and MLB betting
• Exclusive daily promotions

DraftKings

Official Arizona License Partner of the PGA Tour.

Official Arizona Retail Partner of the TPC Scottsdale.

• Consistently high performer across all major US sports markets
• Excellent customer support and how-to guides
• Good iOS and Android apps
• Several instant withdrawal methods
• Great daily wager menu

BetMGM

Official Arizona License Partner of the Gila River Indian Community.

Official Arizona Retail Partner of the Gila River Hotel ; Casinos.

• Strong backing from one of the biggest names in betting
• Fast online verification process means you can be betting in minutes
• Extensive payout options

Unibet

No official Arizona licensing partnerships announced.

• Highest performing World Series futures
• Home of the Points Betting point spread bet
• Creator of the Name Your Bet program
• Good sign up offers
• Extensive daily betting menu

Bally Bet

Official Arizona License Partner of the WNBA.

Official Arizona Retail Partner of the Phoenix Mercury.

• Competitive betting lines
• Innovative mobile betting apps in AZ, on iOS and Android

Bally Bet brokered the first ever online sports betting deal for a women’s professional sports team. That’s impressive. So too is its app and website. While there’s limited market depth from the brand right now, sources promise big things are coming for Bally Bet.

Since Bally Bet also owns Bet.Works—the tech leader responsible for most sportsbook software—they’ve got full in-house control, more versatility, and we suspect they’ll get new features out quicker than the competition.

This is the fun part. We all like bonus stuff—and a sports betting bonus in AZ is a bit like bonus stuff. They represent value in sports betting. In this section, we’re exploring the different bonus types, and when you might want to use them.

New bonus bets

What they look like:

Let’s say Sportsbook A has a $50 bonus bet offer.

You’ve put $50 in your sportsbook account. You bet it on the Suns -5.5 to beat the LA Clippers—and you win. Congratulations. That’s a happy ending. Plus the sportsbook just applied a $50 bonus bet credit to your account. Let’s say you lose the wager. You’ll lose your original $50 wager, but you’ll still have the $50 bonus bet available.

When to use them:

• To try your hand on a new betting line
• To boost your potential payout on a confident bet

What to watch for:

• Check how much time you’ve got to use the bonus bet. It might be within 30 days of the original wager.
• You don’t keep the stake when you play a bonus bet. With the above example, at -110 odds you’d come away with a total of $45.40—not $95.40.

New deposit bonuses

What they look like:

Sportsbook B offers you a 25% deposit bonus up to $100. You deposit $100, and they drop an extra $25 into your account. So far, so good.

When to use them:

• Deposit bonuses are good to use to boost your betting picks
• A lot more lenient than a bonus bet, you can use part of the amount at a time.

What to watch for:

• You’ll often have to activate the deposit bonus and play it through within 30 days.
• Some new online sportsbooks in AZ will restrict you from using your deposit bonus on odds favorites.
• A deposit bonus—like most bonus types—is not cash. You can’t withdraw it unless you’ve played it through at least once (also known as turning it over).

New deposit matches

What they look like:

A variation on the deposit bonus, sportsbook C is offering to match your deposit up to a certain amount. Let’s say they’re matching your deposit up to $100—so you deposit $100.

New mobile bonuses

What they look like:

These can be pretty varied, and are designed to drive the core of a sportsbook’s user base to mobile betting. They can include daily rewards, odds boosts, first mobile deposit matches in AZ, etc.

Choosing a new bonus: 5 tricks to remember

There are a few tricks Arizona sports bettors will want to know before you lock in an offer. Avoid bumbling the benefits by keeping these in mind:

1. Bonuses have limits and qualifiers. Most new Arizona sportsbooks only match a deposit up to a certain amount. The offer may claim a $1,000 deposit credit—but how much do you need to deposit in order to secure that? At the same time, check the minimum deposit you’ll need to make to qualify.
2. Always check the fine print. The terms and conditions for every bonus, offer, or Arizona sports betting promos should be easy to find. Some of the most reputable AZ sites even list the key terms right below the offer. Make sure you understand the bonus before you try to lock it in.
3. Check the expiry date. Often, a credit or bonus bet will have a 30 day shelf-life. That means you need to have used the bonus bet within 30 days. Sometimes, it also means you need to have played the amount through before you can claim it as cash winnings.
4. Bonuses aren’t free cash. Very seldom will you find a bonus with no strings attached. Rather than seeing bonuses and offers as bonus money—and be disappointed—see them as a “free with purchase” offer.
5. Know how you roll. Qualifying bets are part and parcel of bonuses. If a bonus involves qualifying bets (Also known as: you do this, and we’ll give you this) make sure you like the kinds of lines and odds you’ll need to wager on.

Understand play-through.

When we’re talking about bonuses, play-throughs deserve a little section of their own.

Play-throughs—also known as rollovers—are often one of the terms of a deposit match, deposit bonus, or bonus bet. Effectively, a rollover is the number of times you need to wager the deposit amount + bonus in order to withdraw it from your account.

Example: Let’s say you deposit $250 to your sportsbook account. You’ve scored a deal where you get a 50% bonus—but the Ts and Cs state you’re subject to a 5 x rollover. You’ll need to wager your $250 + the 50% deposit of $125 (a total of $375) 5 times before you can withdraw the bonus amount.

Options at your new sportsbooks in Arizona are the key to boosting your bankroll. You can leverage your stable of new betting sites to your advantage easily, just by comparing their betting odds in AZ.

Lines aren’t always the same across the board. New oddsmakers offer different odds based on how they’ve handicapped a game, and with a little virtual legwork, you can use that to your advantage. Even a slight margin can equate to big earnings in the long term.

Example:

Let’s say you’re betting $110 on the Arizona Cardinals +6.5 -110 at sportsbook A. Then you notice sportsbook B is offering +7 -105. At sportsbook A, your $110 will get you $100. At sportsbook B, that same stake will get you $104.76.

For recreational AZ bettors, $4.76 might not mean much—but across 10 winning bets that’s close to $50. Over the course of a year—and depending on how much sports betting you’ve got time for—you could be raking in a tidy side profit. And it’s all through line shopping.