TVG Illinois Bonus: $300 Free Bet
At TVG Illinois, new customers get bonus worth up to a maximum of $300. A player simply needs to register for a new account using the promo code “RISKFREE300” and then make the initial deposit to their account, place first single horse win-type bet up to $300 on any race. You’ll get it back as wagering credit if your horse doesn’t win.
TVG Illinois Signup Bonus Code 2021
| TVG Illinois | Signup Promo Offer |
| Bonus Code | RISKFREE300 |
| TVG Free Bet Bonus | $300 on horse bet at TVG.com |
| Special rules | 3.75% on all wagers above 5.000 USD |
To claim the entire $300 bonus, a new player would be required to make a first deposit.
Promo code for TVG in Illinois is RISKFREE300.
2021 Promotions For TVG Illinois
Forget about Chandler, Ross and Rachel, it’s your friends who can provide endless entertainment for you at TVG. When friends sign up with TVG for new accounts using a player’s unique invite link, they activate the TVG refer a friend promotion.
All they need to do is make a first deposit of at least $10 to their new account and you’ll get a $25 bonus delivered to your account within seven days. And this process can be repeated again and again as each new friend joins up at TVG.
With the TVG Money Back Special, if a player’s first single horse win wager on selected races finishes second or third, they will refund the amount of the bet up to a maximum of $10.
Play the TVG Super 5 and you’ll be just five races away from taking home a $5,000 prize. It’s free and easy to play. Just make one selection in the five contest races. If you hit all five, you’ll share in a $5,000 prize pool. Hit four of five and you’ll still take home a piece of a $1,000 pool.
TVG also offers regular recurring promotions for individual tracks that are part of their simulcast network.
Enroll in the TVG Wager Rewards program and earn Wager Rewards Points for each dollar wagered. Then redeem those Wager Rewards Points for cash back.
TVG Illinois Horse Betting Review
Originally launched in 1999, the TVG (Television Games) Network provides online horse racing wagering in Illinois. The company is already well-connected in the online sports betting world. TVG is owned by Flutter Entertainment, also the owners of FanDuel, one of the most prevalent sites among the leading US mobile sports betting apps.
TVG account holders are able to place wagers online via TVG.com, or by landline or mobile phone. Illinois is among 32 states in which TVG is operating.
TVG Illinois offers racing from 105 tracks across 30 US states. There’s also racing from 24 tracks in Canada, one in Austria, 10 in Australia, 50 in Germany, nine in Denmark, 18 in Finland, 76 in France, 70 in Great Britain, two in Hong Kong, 16 in India, 26 in Ireland, five in Japan, one in the United Arab Emirates, 14 in Norway, one in Argentina, 53 in New Zealand, one in Saudi Arabia, 14 in South Africa, one in Singapore, 45 in Sweden and four in South Korea.
TVG Bet Types
The bet types are TVG Illinois begin with the basic straight bets of win, place and show. There are also combination straight bets of across the board (win/place/show) and win/place or place/show.
Exotic straight bets offered include exacta, trifecta and superfecta. Exotic multiple bets featured are Daily Double, Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 6 and Pick All. For exotic combination bets, choose from among boxes, keys, wheels and partial wheels.
For new players, TVG Illinois provides a handy horse racing 101 and a horse racing guide that are both accessible on their web page.
TVG Illinois State Specific Rules
The state of Illinois collects a 0.38 percent surcharge on winning wagers. This is charged on the raw price, which is the raw split of the pool, rounded to an appropriate amount. The amount the state takes is rounded up, so if the raw price of the win pool is $5.50, you would receive $5.30 or $5.35.
As of July 9th, 2017 the Illinois personal income tax rate is 4.95 percent. Any wager which results in proceeds of more than $5,000 is subject to reporting and withholding if the amount of such proceeds is at least 300 times as large as the amount wagered.
Payment Methods
Free deposit options at TVG include ACH echeck, GreenDot MoneyPak, PayNearMe and money orders. PayPal, the TVG Prepaid Card and debit and credit cards come with a $5 processing fee. Wire transfers incur a $15 fee.
Withdrawals can be made via ACH echeck and wire transfer.
TVG Illinois Mobile App
TVG’s mobile betting app is available for both iOS and Android devices.
TVG Illinois FAQ
There are five different types of race categories in horse racing. They are maiden (for horses that have never won a race), maiden claiming (for horses that are for sale and have never won), claiming (all horses in the race are for sale), allowance (horses are not for sale) and stakes (top level elite racing).
This is a wager placed earlier than wagering is typically available, usually a day or two before a race. Payouts are based on the post-time odds. Generally, this type of wagering is only available on select races.
An inquiry will often cause a delay in a payout from a race. Something has happened during the race that requires a review by track officials, usually, that one horse or jockey has unfairly impeded another.
A graded race is a stakes race that is assigned a grade (I, II, or III) by the American Graded Stakes Committee based on the relative strength of the race as compared to all other races.