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The Bovada Mobile Sportsbook offers a vast range of markets to play on, from top-tier tournaments such as the MLB and Horse-racing, down to college football, basketball, and baseball. Bovada is currently one of the leading bookmakers for punters who want to bet on the fight between Mayweather and McGregor. With our mobile-friendly casino, you can play mobile casino games when you’re on the go. Simply log on to bovada.lv from your smartphone or tablet, and the mobile-optimized version of our casino will appear on your screen.
If you’re reading this on a computer but also want the app, we recommend signing up on your computer first, then going to Bovada.lv/mobile from your mobile device. Login to your account and you will be redirected to the betting app appropriate for your device. Although you can signup & deposit from a mobile device, this process is faster.
Bovada.lv Review & Special Features
Bovada is our #1 ranked online/mobile sportsbook for U.S. customers.
- Website: Bovada
- USA welcome
- Est. 1994 (as Bodog)
- 50% / $250 Sportsbook Bonus
- 100% up to $500 Casino Bonus
- 100% up to $3000 Poker Bonus
- Mobile Sports Betting, Casino, and Poker available on iOS and Android.
- Live Sports Betting & Live Dealer Casino
- Visa, Mastercard, Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin SV (BSV), Zelle, Union Pay
- Fun Promotions (Huge March Madness Promos)
- Sports, Casino, and Poker Bonus Codes are embedded in our links. No codes needed.
Bovada Sportsbook
Bovada.lv offers a mobile sportsbook available for Apple iPhone, iPad, Android, Samsung, and all internet enabled mobile devices. If they don’t have an app specific for your device, you can use the generic app which works well on any type of smartphone or tablet. The mobile casino (free and real money games) recently opened for business as well, but mobile poker is not yet available. For more information about the mobile casino, games, and bonuses, please scroll down this page.
Formerly known as Bodog (rebranded as Bovada for U.S. customers), Bovada was established in 1994, making them one of the oldest online sportsbooks. They accept Visa credit & debit cards – a deposit option that generally takes 2-4 minutes to complete. Other deposit options are available as well, but Visa is the easiest. Also, they seem to have the highest deposit success-rate of all U.S. sportsbooks, giving handicappers another good reason to bet here.
Bovada has a reputation for being one of the few online sportsbooks that bettors can always trust. Like every U.S. online sportsbook, Bovada has occasional issues with deposits & withdrawals – but not because they’re trying to stop you from depositing or because they want to keep your money. They may have to jump through a few hoops, but they always get customers paid.
They offer betting for all of the most popular US sports, plus all major international sports. They have a great live betting platform, possibly the best available for U.S. residents. In recent months, Bovada has been adding more & more games for live betting, and more bets per game as well.
For the most common types of bets, the vig at Bovada is standard for the industry. For example, a bet on an NFL or NBA point spread will have a 10% vig, like almost everywhere else. The same can be said for NFL or NBA over/under (game total) bets. So, for most bets that people want to make, the vig is right where it should be. Bovada also offers dime lines for MLB, and a few other sports as well.
With that said, the vig on money lines & prop bets at Bovada is typically higher than other sites. Although the best money lines can be found here from time to time, that’s not usually the case – so we encourage bettors to shop around.
Bovada also posts many of their lines very late. For example, NFL, NCAA, NBA point spreads are posted early, but money lines and over/under odds usually don’t get posted until 24-48 hours before game time. Although late value can be found at Bovada, this makes it more difficult (or impossible) to find early value.
Sports Betting Apps
The Bovada mobile sportsbook is very easy to use, possibly the cleanest design of any mobile betting apps. Text and buttons are large & easy to use, and placing a bet takes a matter of seconds. There are no flashing banners, confusing navigation, or anything else to distract us. When betting from a mobile device (especially on a phone), this is exactly what we’re asking for.
There is literally nothing else to explain, as the betting apps are so well designed that anyone can use them without prior information.
Sports Betting, Casino, and Poker Bonus Codes
When using any of our links to Bovada, whether it be the sportsbook, casino, or poker room, you are automatically eligible for all of the bonuses listed below, without the need to input bonus codes during the deposit process. Here are the current Bovada bonuses being offered:
Sportsbook Bonus
50% up to $250. Bonus money available 30 minutes after deposit is processed. This is a new player bonus, only available on first deposits. 5x rollover on sports and horse racing.
Casino Bonus
100% up to $3000. This bonus is broken into three deposits of 100% up to $1000 each. Keep this in mind if you’re planning to deposit more than $1000. For example, if you’re planning on depositing $2500 – make one deposit of $1000, another for $1000 more, then a third deposit for the remaining $500. If you make a single deposit for $2500 you will only earn bonus based on the first $1000. With that said, you would still be eligible for two more deposit bonuses, each for 100% up to $1000.
25x rollover requirement. All games except live dealer and craps apply to rollover. Rollover contribution is determined by game. Slots and specialty games contribute at a rate of 100%. Tables games contribute at a rate of 20%. Video poker contributes at 10%. Blackjack, roulette, and baccarat contribute at 5%.
Rates of contribution are determined by the house edge of each game, which is essentially standard for the industry.
Once again, craps and live dealer games do not apply to rollover contribution.
Poker Bonus
100% up to $500. The Bovada poker bonus code is embedded in all of our links, but you may want to write down code PWB500 and use it during the deposit process just to make sure.
The poker bonus is issued in $5 increments as you earn it (150 Rewards Points per $5). Players have 30 days to clear as much of the eligible bonus as they can.
Bovada.lv Mobile Casino App (Free and Real Money)
The Bovada mobile casino is now open! Sorry to get so excited, but it’s been a long time coming, and Bovada is one of the few USA friendly online casinos we’re willing to deposit real money. They opened the mobile casino in late March of 2013, starting with 7 of the most popular games.
These include blackjack, roulette, and 5 slot games. The slot games are Mr. Vegas, SlotFather, Safari Sam, Three Wishes, and Lucky Seven. They’re claiming they will be adding new games on a very frequent basis. When they do, we’ll update this list.
To get players started, the Bovada mobile casino is offering new players two bonuses of up to $3000.00 total. There is a bonus for slots players, and another for blackjack & roulette players (although you can get both, if you play both). The slots bonus is 100% up to $500, and is available for each of your first four deposits. For blackjack & roulette, the bonus is 100% up to $250, and can also be used four times. To get the mobile casino bonuses, follow these directions:
To Play Slots:
1/ Write down this slots bonus code: SLOTS500
2/ Using your mobile device, go to the Bovada Mobile Casino.
3/ Enter the bonus code when requested during the deposit process.
To Play Blackjack and/or Roulette:
1/ Write down the table games bonus code: GAMES250
2/ Using your mobile device, go to the Bovada Mobile Casino.
3/ Enter the bonus code when requested during the deposit process.
Mobile Poker Games
The Bovada mobile poker room works within your iOS or Android browser, with no app necessary. We play poker here on a weekly basis, and aside from not knowing your opponents names, we love it here.
The benefit of playing in your browser vs within an app is that it requires no memory usage from your device. On a computer it’s not a big deal, but on a 32 GB phone it is. We rarely run into connection problems, and when we do it’s usually on our side. Summed up – if your internet connection is decent, Bovada Poker will perform well on your smartphone.
Poker Games Selection
Of course the most popular game is Texas Hold’em, but Bovada also offers Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo – exclusively in cash games. They do not offer any Stud, Razz, or mixed games.
Zone Poker
Zone Poker is a cash game for those of us with ADHD. After being dealt your hole cards, as soon as you hit Fold Now you are moved to another table and dealt another hand. It doesn’t matter when you fold, it can be pre-flop, or any other time during the hand, and this will happen.
If you hit Check/Fold, as soon as someone bets, the same will happen. If nobody bets, the hand will continue until you fold or the hand is completed, whichever comes first.
Zone poker allows players to see far more hands than they would in a regular cash game. Because of this, it’s also a lot more fun – and potentially more profitable for good players. However, if you’re a bad player, you’ll just lose your money faster.
People who are new to Zone Poker often think the best strategy is to get extremely tight and wait for monster starting hands, folding pre-flop a lot more often. The problem with this strategy is that you will be on the blind more often too, and if you aren’t seeing many flops it’s harder to beat the rake – let alone make a profit.
Our suggestion for winning at Zone Poker is to open up your range and see lots of cheap flops (pre-flop opens of 3x or less) with starting hands that offer big potential. Hands like 6, 8 suited, when they hit, are more likely to win you a big pot in Zone Poker than in a regular cash game.
The reason for this is that the style of Zone Poker encourages both, disbelief and bad play. People get into a mode of playing fast, fast, fast, which means they’re often spending less time thinking about the correct play. Decisions tend to be more emotional, and many players are steaming from previous hands.
If you hit post-flop and feel strongly about your hand, don’t be shy about over-betting. Opponents tend to overvalue their hands in Zone Poker, plus overbets also tend to encourage disbelief (if you actually had a big hand why would you bet so big?). In many cases, if your opponent is willing to call a bet of 1/2 the pot, they’ll also be willing to call a full pot sized bet – so get paid when you have a monster. And if they weren’t willing to call to your full-pot sized bet, they wouldn’t have called a 1/2 pot sized bet either. So, you have to go for it when you make your big hands. You’ll generally get paid off more often than you would in a regular cash game, so you should be using the stye of the game to your benefit.
Another important tip for playing Zone Poker is to keep your wits about you. Don’t let the fast pace of the game disrupt your rational thinking. Don’t let previous hands affect your decision making now. If you do a better job of this than your opponents, you already have an edge in the game.
Sit-n-Go Tournaments
The Bovada poker room offers all of the typical single table (2, 6 and 9 handed) and multi table sit-n-go tournaments. They have a wide variety of buy-ins and blind structures, and the most popular SNG’s are busy all day & night, making it easy to find a game.
Beginner Tournaments: Beginner tournaments are 6 handed, have buy-ins that range from $4.40 to $35, and pay out the top 3 players. The difference here versus a typical 6 handed SNG is that 3 places are paid instead of 2. For example, a $4 + $.40 ($4.40) pays $12 for first, $7.20 for second, and $4.80 for third. So if you make 3rd place you will get your money back plus $.40, but you’re really shooting for first or second place.
Players start with 1500 chips and blind levels are 10 minutes each. Blinds are 10/20, 15/30, 25/50, 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 150/300 + 30 ante, 200/400 + 40 ante, 250/500 + 50 ante, and so forth.
Bovada also offers a $64 + 6 turbo beginners tournament. These are also 6 handed and pay the top three, but they have 5 minute blind levels.
Double-Up SNG’s: Bovada Poker also offers a lot of double-up sit-n-go tournaments in 6 handed format. For example, a $10 double-up will have 6 players, and the top three make the money – each taking a $20 prize.
Double-ups are very popular on the site, which means that players of all skill levels are playing these. For smart, analytical types of players, this is an easy game to beat in the long-term.
There is a clear difference in the skill level of the average player at the $5 level from the $10 level, but not as significant as it is between the $10 and $20 levels. At the $5 level you will see a lot of novice players, along with nighttime drunks – mixed with some players who are actually ok- albeit very ABC players. At the $10 level you will see fewer of the novices & drunks, replaced mostly by more ABC players. As mentioned, the $20 level brings a distinct difference in the average skill levels – with most players having a much better understanding of the strategy of this game style. This can be good or bad, depending on how well you adjust.
At or above the $20 level, these games become a war of attrition. Nearly every one of these double-ups get into very high blinds relative to stack sizes, with 4, 5, or even all 6 players vying for the top 3 spots. When this happens, any random hand could be the end of it. For example, there are only 9,000 chips on the table. With four players left, the average stack is 2,250. With five players, the average stack is 1,800. And of course with 6 player, the average stack is the same as each player started with, just 1500 chips. So, when the blinds are 200/400, even at a 4 handed table, the average stack is just 5.6 big blinds. When you include the small blind and 4 antes of 40, the pot is 760 before anyone looks at their cards.
Yes, there is a lot of luck that comes into play at this point, but smart position play, well-timed patience, and your table reputation are all critical elements at this stage.
In these tournaments, winning small pots early in the game when the blinds are small don’t matter a whole lot. Winning a pot of 60 chips won’t do you much good when the blinds are 200/400 or higher, so there are only two reasons to play early hands – to win BIG pots, and to develop your table rep. What this means is, you should be folding more hands post-flop than you might in a different type of tournament, and certainly more than you would in a cash game. It means you should be chasing your draws less often – unless the math is well on your side, and if your made hand will translate into a sizable winning pot. If you’re playing against a guy who bluffs a lot or overbets, you should be more inclined to play against him, but more inclined to fold against a tighter player who is less likely to pay you off. Remember, those little pot wins won’t help you much later, so don’t blow off 1/3rd of your stack chasing against the wrong opponents and in the wrong situations. Hold onto your chips for when you can do more damage later in the tournament.
Account & Funds Security
The main reason Bovada gets our #1 ranking for American customers is because this is a book they can trust. There is nothing a sportsbook can do that is more important than keeping our accounts and funds safe, and this is never an issue at Bovada.
You play slot games hoping to win money. Ideally, you want to win the jackpot or top prize. If you play for real money, the best way to win is by playing the loosest slots. Take a closer look at what to look for when you're looking for the best slots to play. Use our guide on the loosest slots on Bovada to find games to get you started.What Is a Loose Slot?
What is a “loose” slot? It's a slot game that has a higher slot game RTP than most. Most industry experts define a loose slot as one that has an RTP of more than 96%. Are you not sure what RTP is? It stands for “returned to player.” It's the percentage of funds that are taken in from bets over a period that's returned to players during that time. The phrase “period of time” is important. The RTP doesn't mean that you'll get 96% of your $100 in bets back during your session. It means that over months or years, the slot game usually returns that percentage of the total wagers. Say that dozens of players wager a total of $10,000 on a slot game in six months. With a 96% RTP, $9,600 is returned to players. You might be one of the players to win, but you might not. Odds are in your favor to win something, however. Sticking to loose slots doesn't guarantee that you'll always win cash playing an online slot game, but it increases your odds of winning. That covers the RTP, but there's another factor. You need to look at the slot game variance. Variance covers the range of prizes that a slot game hands out. If there's a video slot where players usually hit smaller payouts, the variance is going to be low. A high variance slot game is one where the range of wins varies from jackpot wins to smaller payouts.Bovada's Loosest Slots
Some casino software providers don't publish their slot game RTPs. Bovada adds them when that information is available, but it's not always there. If it is, you'll find it somewhere in the rules or paytable information.#1 – 5 Times Vegas Slots
Per Bovada, 5 Times Vegas has a slot game RTP of 96%. It's a 3 reel, 3 payline slot with no frills but high payouts. Three x5 symbols pay 1,000 times your bet. The x2, x3, and x5 symbols are also wild multipliers and increase payouts they help form.#2 – Cosmic Quest 2: Mystery Planets
The RTP of Cosmic Quest 2: Mystery Planets isn't published by Rival, but several experts calculate it at over 98%. That makes it one of Bovada's loosest slots. This i-slot has an expanding wild Rocket Ship, a free spins bonus round that doubles winnings, and the Scatterstronaut bonus round where you fly a space ship through a course and win cash.#3 – Golden Buffalo
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Bovada lists Golden Buffalo slots' RTP at 96%. It's not the highest out there, but it just meets the definition of a loose slot. The Wild West, animal-themed slot wows players with stacked wilds, wild multipliers of up to 3125x, and a free spins bonus round.#4 – Gold Rush
Bovada doesn't specify the RTP of Gold Rush slots, but most casinos and experts put it in the 96% to 97% range. This 3 reel, single payline slot game has a money and Gold Rush slot game theme with a top payout of 400x if you wager three credits. The Wild Gold Miner doubles and quadruples payouts when he helps form the win.#5 – Grandma's Attic
Grandma's Attic is a surprisingly fun game with an estimated RTP of just over 96%. Three Skeleton Key scatters triggers an interactive bonus game that has you choosing items in the grandma's attic and winning cash. There's also a free spin bonus round where your winnings are tripled.Bovada Mobile Not Working
#6 – Reel of Fortune
The game show-themed Reel of Fortune slots has a slot game RTP of just over 96%. The reason slot game winners flock to it has more to do with the bonus round than the fact it's one of the loose slots at Bovada. In one bonus round, pick one of the curtains and see what's behind. You want your choice to reveal a money bag. There's also a Plunko bonus round where you drop chips onto the cash board and see where they fall.#7 – Rock On!
Here's another slot game where Bovada doesn't have the RTP published, but several experts put it at just over 98%. It's has a rock and roll theme and incredibly fun bonus rounds. One of them is patterned after the popular video game Rock Band and requires you to hit the notes on the guitar at the right time. The more of the song you play correctly, the more cash you win.#8 – Scary Rich 2
This spooky Halloween slot is estimated to have a slot game RTP averaging around 96%. Werewolf scatters trigger a bonus round with 13 free spins and expanding wilds. Wilds have a special feature, too. If you have two of them, you get a 3x multiplier. Three of them give you a 6x multiplier, and four increases the multiplier to 13x. The top prize in this game is 10,000 coins, which makes it very appealing.Bovada Mobile Betting
#9 – Watch the Birdie
Watch the Birdie is a game for birding enthusiasts. As a result, the bonus round game is all about spotting birds while out in the woods. An expanding wild is this 5 reel slot game's other bonus feature. The animal-themed slot game has an average RTP of 96.2%.