Half a dozen affiliate pages will still sell a “PointsBet bonus code” worth “up to $2,000” to an American reader in September 2026. None of them work. PointsBet sold its entire US sportsbook, iGaming, and retail betting business to Fanatics Betting and Gaming in a deal that closed state by state and finished in Illinois in April 2024, and it hasn’t taken a US signup since. The codes that actually do something today belong to a different market entirely.

Is a US PointsBet Bonus Code Legit? No — Here’s Why

A bonus code is only as real as the signup page behind it. There is no PointsBet US app to download, no US account to create, and no cashier to type a code into — Fanatics bought all of that along with a licence to the underlying Banach Technology platform, and every existing US PointsBet account converted automatically into a Fanatics account. A page still advertising “PointsBet promo code WELCOME — $2,000 in bonus bets” to a US visitor is either quoting a pre-2024 offer that expired with the sale, or templating PointsBet the same way it templates every other operator without checking whether the business still exists there.

The short version: No PointsBet bonus code works in the US. The only two that work anywhere are WELCOMEDM and WELCOME, and both are Ontario/Alberta-only.

The Two Codes That Actually Work: Ontario and Alberta

PointsBet Canada gives new players a choice of one welcome offer at registration, entered as a code:

  • WELCOMEDM — a 100% Sportsbook Deposit Match up to $250 on the first deposit. The match pays out as Deposit Match tokens for cash sportsbook bets, and a 4x playthrough applies before that money converts to something withdrawable.
  • WELCOME — a $50 Bonus Bet immediately, plus a Pay Back token each day for the first ten days that refunds a loss, as Bonus Bets, on one eligible parlay of three legs or more with combined odds over -200 — up to $100 in total Pay Back value across the ten days.

Players pick one; PointsBet doesn’t allow stacking both on the same account. Both are Ontario- and Alberta-only, tied to PointsBet’s AGCO-regulated Canadian licence.

Where a US Search Should Actually Go

Anyone typing “PointsBet bonus code” from a US address almost certainly wants what PointsBet used to offer — a licensed US sportsbook sign-up bonus. That product exists now under Fanatics Sportsbook, which bought PointsBet’s entire American business, kept the same underlying platform, and runs its own current promo codes on roughly 20 states’ worth of a rollout. A US PointsBet code search is really a Fanatics code search wearing an old brand name.

What About Australia?

PointsBet’s other live market, Australia — still its largest by revenue — doesn’t run a typed bonus-code promotion the way the Canadian operation does. Australian wagering advertising rules restrict how inducement offers can be presented, so PointsBet Australia’s promotions surface inside the app and account rather than as a code entered at signup. There’s no equivalent string to look up.

Confirm any bonus code directly on pointsbet.ca before relying on a third-party listing, since terms and minimums can change. Treat any welcome offer as entertainment spending, never income. 19+ in Ontario and Alberta; 1-800-GAMBLER for help.