DraftKings $200 promo tied to Friday NFL, college picks
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- DraftKings is offering new users $200 in bonus bets after a $5+ wager, paid within 21 days, timed to Friday's 10-game NFL preseason slate and the opening of college football's Week 0.
- Matt Severance (SportsLine) recommended the Jets (+3) over the Giants in the preseason matchup, noting the Jets had won four straight in the series until a 31-12 loss last year, with rookie Cade Klubnik leading the backup QB battle.
- Severance also backed the Dolphins (+4.5) over the Falcons, calling it potentially Miami's last winnable game given their early-season schedule, and flagging a "homecoming" for Tua Tagovailoa starting for Atlanta against his former team.
- Micah Roberts (SportsLine) picked the UNC vs. TCU total Under 46.5 for Saturday's noon ET Dublin kickoff, where Bill Belichick makes his college coaching debut in Bobby Petrino's new UNC offense.
- Combining the three picks into a single DraftKings parlay yields +621 odds (risk $100 to profit $621), per the article.
- The 2026 college football season opens Saturday with an eight-game Week 0 slate anchored by UNC vs. TCU from Dublin at noon ET.
Why it matters: DraftKings users can convert a $5 wager into $200 in bonus bets before Friday's slate, with a three-leg parlay yielding +621 odds. The picks are packaged with the SportsLine Projection Model — which has simulated every game 10,000 times per the article — turning a promo code pitch into a picks roundup for the NFL preseason finale and college football's Week 0 opener.
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