Bingos.co.uk – site review

Introduction

Bingos.co.uk is a UK-based Bingo site owned by NetPlayTV (the people behind SuperCasino.com). This was one of the first Bingo rooms from a respected owner to enter the market, and so all of us at WLD were excited to be the first site to review it.

The main site has been an RNG Bingo room for some years running on the occasionally questionable Parlay software. However, with the launch of the Bingo show on British TV (Sky channel 167 every night at 8pm) Bingos.co.uk has brought live Bingo calling to the internet.

Don’t be confused though by the video calling you might see at the site before 8pm. That is just prerecorded clips of individual number calls triggered by the numbers from the main RNG Bingo software. The real fun starts at 8pm when you can watch the live video stream of the various callers from the show. Its just like having the show on your computer, only much easier to play on!

Just like with NetPlayTV’s SuperCasino, they miss a trick by not having the live caller Bingo running 24-7. It is though the best attempt out there at the moment at bringing the live Bingo experience into your home!

Bingos.co.uk has a huge number of promotions of which all the Bingo promo’s can be used on the Live Caller Bingo games:

• £5 free – NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED: sign-up with Bingos.co.uk today and you can get £5 for just registering your account! You have to enter your card details, but don’t have to deposit any cash. As soon as you’ve registered and entered the card details the £5 will be automatically put into your account. You can spend this £5 in bonus cash in any of the Live Caller Bingo games.
• 100% first deposit bonus up to £250: deposit £10 or more for the 1st time with Bingos.co.uk and you’ll instantly get the same amount put into your account in bonus cash up to £250!
• Last Chance Saloon: purchase at least 1 strip of tickets in a qualifying Bingo game, and if you have not won any of the 3 prizes available in the game you will get a Last Chance Saloon scratch card. Earn anything from £10 to 10p!
• Win a year of free Bingo: everytime you win a Bingo game between 17th and 23rd May you’ll get 10 points. The player with the most points at the end of the week will win a year of free bingo (£365), with the 2 runners up getting a month of free bingo each (£31)!
• Tournament Bingo: in May, visit the Bingo VIP room and take part in the Bingo Tournaments that run twice a day between 9.00-11.00am and 9.00-11.00pm every day. Just choose 3 numbers and if the numbers show up on the caller board, shout out “I am on the busâ€� in the chat room. 1st player to call correctly gets 5 points, 2nd gets 3 points, 3rd gets 2 points. At the end of the tournament the players with the highest number of points win £15 (1st), £10 (2nd) and £5 in bonus cash.
• £10,000 Super Bingo Linx: tickets cost 50p and games run once a month for these mega jackpot games!

WLD is delighted to give Bingos.co.uk a Gold rating. This means that you will find excellent Bingo (after 8pm each night) from a reputable firm and dedicated live caller promotions that will give you excellent value time after time. Best of all, its fun, fun, fun with an active – and sometime crazy – community in the rooms!

NOTE: WLD has produced a rating system just for Bingo sites to reflect the needs of Bingo players.

Sign-up: Platinum
+: Easy and everything works fine.
-: Asks for a lot of information due to UK regulations.

Site use: Gold
+: exciting design, with live Bingo easy to find and plenty of help for new players.
-: live Bingo only available from 8pm.

Deposit: Black
+: every deposit method under the sun with easy to find information!
-: erm…no problems we could find!

Community: Gold
+: Chat Masters active in all rooms.
-: Not enough players in the rooms, not enough activities outside the Bingo rooms.

Promotions: Platinum
+: all major promo’s available for use on live Bingo, lots of ‘2 for 1′ offers, daily promo’s in the rooms and lots of reload deposit bonuses.
-: Chat Master promo’s are re-used frequently, terms & conditions are hidden and are hard to find, if it were not for this, Bingos.co.uk would get an incredible Black rating for promotions!

Bingo Room use: Silver
+: cards are easy to see, good notification when a winner is called.
-: video is small, cannot see all cards if you are a serious player and buy lots.

Withdrawals: Silver
+: easy to request withdrawal from the site, does not require lots of info for a withdrawal under £1,000.
-: only 1 request per day, withdrawals can take 5 to 7 days, have to make a deposit before making a withdrawal.

Customer Service: Gold
+: UK-based, with all major contact methods including Email, Chat, Phone and Post available 8am to midnight, 9am-11pm Sunday. 
-: late night players will only have Chat Hosts to go to for help, Live Chat can be slow in responding.

Brand: Gold
+: UK-based with TV show.
-: without TV advertising, it is not as well known as the big bingo brands.