UK bingo rooms experiences

[blueday]

In this thread, I'm going to sign up to as many UK bingo rooms as I can and do a small write up on each one.  Don't expect one every day as it would be impossible but I'll do one as often as I can.

So here goes and I hope you enjoy.

I just signed up to 32Red Bingo room and the first thing I noticed when the site loaded is how bright and busy the site looks.  This is on the Microgaming platform so you are guaranteed some good slots too.

The "Friendship" bingo room is open 24/7 so if you're having trouble sleeping, this is the place to play.

As they are offering £10 free bingo bucks to new customers, I thought this would be a great opportunity to try the site out.  I filled in the form and created my alias which you may be able to spot in the picture below.   In order to get your free £10, you must click the "play" button.  Once you have clicked the play button, the free money kicks in and a popup screen tells you they are giving you the sign up bonus.  I clicked OK (I wasn't going to say no!) and the money was in the account immediately.

The playing area is the busiest thing I've ever seen in a bingo room.  You can see the prizes for the current game and the jackpot prizepool too at the top left hand side of the screen.  There is the usual chat area with all the bingo speak that you normally find.  Bottom left tells you your balance clearly so you know exactly how much you have (or don't have as the case may be!).  

Top right are the bingo numbers being called and underneath that you can see the cards that you have purchased with a special box for your "Best Card" which I thought was rather a nice touch.  You can also see around the card some small round buttons with different patterns on them.  These are theme patterns and you can change the background to your bingo cards should you so choose.

Underneath your tickets at bottom right you can see the games options with Video slots, table games, jackpot games, mini games and so on at the click of a button.

You have the option to change the colour of your dauber, the shape of your dauber and other usual settings you find in a good bingo room.

I found it easy to purchase the tickets and also to pre-buy tickets.

Overall for simplicity, I would say that this is a pretty good site for playing bingo.  They offer a nice deposit bonus of 100% and re-deposit bonuses of 25%.  Also on offer are casino bonuses, monthly sweepstakes, specials and so much more.  Check it out for yourself for all the great offers they have.

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[Imagin.ation]

Oh thank you Blue excellent idea, i myself always want to know how the ones that i cannot sign up at are.

This is going to be a great thread and very useful!!!

[MommyMachine]

Thanks Miss Blue!

I look forward to reading about your experiences

[lipstick_xoxos]

OH what a great idea...........just love it blue.....thanks!!

[blueday]

No - thank you Lips.  It was you that gave me the idea.

Thanks x

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[blueday]

Being as Sun Bingo has just been introduced on the forum, I thought this would be a great opportunity to sign up and deposit and check it out.  Their homepage is bright and gives you a lot of information to start with...like the free car they are giving away  .

I registered my details and created my alias.  The thing I didn't like when signing up is that you have to provide your credit/debit card details.  You can choose to either deposit at that point or just register your card. I'm not happy to do that until I want to make a deposit so I just clicked elsewhere to have a nose around first which it let me do.

You have to verify your email address and when you click the link in the email, it tells you that you are not logged in.  When you do login, it confirms that your email address is verified.  

The first thing you will see in the lobby is the amazing number of rooms they have.  Each coloured button you see is a different room.  If you look at the tabs at the top of the screenshot below, you can see under the 90 ball tab (current tab), there is also "bargain".  These are the 1p ad 2p games.  You can also see "Free".  I've yet to check that out - I did go in the room and have a look but it was closed so I need to find out the times for that.  Across the top tabs, you can see 75/80 ball.  There are a few more rooms under that tab and the instant win tab is full of scratch cards.  

The tab that intrigued me the most was the "SNAP" tab. You can see in the screenshot below what you need to do and the cost is a very cheap 2p.  I've not tried it out but I certainly will have a play on that later on.  

I made a deposit of £10 and received 100% bonus for free.  You do have an option NOT to claim the bonus if you prefer not to and you can select bonus or not when you submit your card details (which I thought was a great feature - easy to use too).  So I have my £20 to play with and if I spend £5 in one day, I will be entered into the raffle to win a car!  

To the games!

I entered the Candy Club lollipop 90 ball room (I prefer these as you have 3 chances of winning).  Simple on the eye and easy to navigate, I really liked the layout.  I liked the look of the Jackpot payout even more though.  £25,000 if you bingo in 35 numbers or less.  You can see the jackpot payout at top left of the screenshot below.  Underneath that, it's nice and clear what the game will pay for 1 line, 2 lines and the full house.  Underneath are the balls that have been called together with the current number being called just to the right of the prize payout.  Slap bang in the middle - there are my cards and OMG I had 1TG!   I didn't win but it was quite exciting for my first game.  Over to the right is the chat area.  You can see top right the drop downs for chat rooms / player list / quickies.  I had a look at quickies but it was empty - I guess it shows me slots and the like in there.  Talking of slots, they have the X Factor slot, deal or no deal and many more.  I will be checking those out later!  Finally, the chat area for usual bingo speak.

All in all - I would say this is a great site and I do know they have loads of promos all the time so I'm hoping for great things for this site.

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[lipstick_xoxos]

Hiya Blue,

I love the names of the rooms. How cute is that! Appears to be a very unique site. So tempting and oh so teasing for the US players who would maybe give an eye tooth to play!

Lips

[blueday]

Cute indeed Lips.  It's a nice site and there is plenty going on.  I'm going to have to try the SNAP and see what it's all about.  Oh and I spent a fiver so I have a raffle ticket for the free car.

I found out about the free bingo.  Just go into the free bingo room and it gives you a link.  Type the link in your browser and there is a "free" button once the page loads.  Just click the "play now" and it sends you off to the free room.  The game is at 7pm - I don't know how many free games there are either.  You then get an email saying that you have tickets for the free game.

I know it's such a bummer that you guys can't play.  It really REALLY p's me off.

One day soon I hope.

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[MommyMachine]

I too hope I can  play one day, that looks like a fun site, thanks Blue.

[blueday]

Today I'm going to talk about Costa Bingo (NO USA).

This is a pretty good site and I've played here a few times.  The first great thing about this site is the deposit bonus you get when you sign up.  Min deposit is a low £5 and you get 200% added immediately to your first deposit.

The above picture is the lobby and you can see all the adverts at the top but beneath that are the tabs for all the different rooms and games.  The picture you see shows the "FREE" bingo games available to you each and every day.  The main one is the left hand one which you can enter for 24 hours after you have made your first deposit.  £20 jackpots are up for grabs for new depositors only every 15 minutes.  Next to that room there are 4 further FREE bingo rooms with different smaller payouts - these are open all day.  Finally, on the end is the re-deposit free bingo room. Once you make a second or subsequent deposits, you will have access to that room for 24 hours from the time you made your further deposit.  Prizes in that room are £15 every 30 minutes and runs all day.

The two screenshots below show the Jackpot rooms available and 5p cards rooms available.  There are as many 10p card rooms available too.

As you can see, it's very colourful and easy to navigate and of course, there are plenty of rooms to choose from.

Finally, the bingo room itself. 

Down the left hand side you can see how long it is until the next game and this is also where you buy your tickets.  You can either select them individually or quick buy by selecting the number of strips that you want.

Your cards are in the middle and your best card will always be top left with the number of numbers you have to go before you win!  On the right is the chat with the nice "shortcut" buttons at the bottom with smileys and 3TG / 2TG etc. Nice if you're feeling lazy and don't want to type, you can just click the buttons.  At the top of the chat area there is a drop down list where you can select the room you would prefer to be in.  With certain special games, a roomie win will add 10% of the prize to your win so best to stick to the correct room.  You never know!  You also have the options to change your chat colour, text size or just clear the chat in its entirety. 

This is an easy to navigate site, lots going on, lots of free games and good fun too with the chat games.

Definitely worth a visit and definitely worth a deposit as there is plenty to offer you as a depositor.

One final word on the tabs - you may be able to see the last tab in the first picture above called "Costa del Prizes".  Once you have made your deposit, be it your first or a subsequent deposit, go in that tab for the next 7 days and you are guaranteed free Costa points or even free cash. 

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[blueday]

I've just signed up to Party Bingo (NO USA). 

My first impression of this site was that it was easy to navigate.  I registered and there was no need to validate my email address.  It also logged me in once I'd registered which made it nice and simple to start browsing around.  I had the option to deposit immediately but chose not to at this moment in time - I thought I would have a look around first and see what's going on.

I had a quick look at the promotions available.  The first thing that hit me was the "deposit £10 and get £20 free" which sounds like a great deal.  100% extra on the PartyPoints you collect on Sundays when you play certain slots, check the site for the slots that are valid for this promotion each week.  In the Bingo Fiesta Room at Party you can play two-part bingo. That means wins on 1 line and Full House.  There is also a bingo rewards club.  The more tickets you buy the more rewards you will receive.  If you are top of the 5 levels of rewards, you can expect to receive a dedicated email address of a member of the partybingo support team, you can expect a personal call to see how you are doing, daily free cards,  weekly bonuses and depending on your level, you’ll receive a special deposit bonus offer.  If you’re in the upper reward levels, you’ll receive a great bonus or even a physical gift on your birthday and finally you will receive a seasons greetings card with a special deposit cash bonus at Christmas time.

Moving onto the site, there is a list of the bingo rooms (which is a small list compared to other bingo rooms).  See the picture below:

Once you select the room you wish to play in, you are automatically redirected to another screen.  See the screenshot below:

Just above the Lilac Lounge you can see the Slots and Games Tab.  There are a huge amount of slots on this site and below is just one screen of them.  There is another page of slots too!

....and the games....

As you can see there is a lot more than bingo going on at this site. 

Next, I went into one of the bingo rooms to see what it was like. 

As you can see from the above picture, it looks pretty easy to navigate.  At the top left, you can see it's the "Lilac Lounge" and just underneath that, the jackpot prize of £12,500+ if you bingo in 37 balls or less.  Under that, the prizes for the game plus the "deposit" button and some of the slots.  Left side and not quite central is the chat room and top right, the numbers that would have been called in the game.  Below that is where you can purchase your tickets.

This is a bright and easy to navigate site and I'm very tempted to deposit on here.  There was just one other thing I'd like to mention (which I've never seen before) and that is the "Instant Bingo" room which you can see at the bottom of the room selection piccy (2nd picture down above).  I had to see what that was all about and the way I understand it is this, you can go in that instant bingo room and play on your own and depending on when you call bingo depends on your prize.

Check out the picture below:

What a great site this is - it has everything you need to have a great time.

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[blueday]

Today was the turn of Utopia Bingo (USA MIGHT BE OK  ).

I noted there was a free $10 on the Utopia Bingo Review so I registered.  Nice and easy sign up and I get an email straight away with a link for the free $10.  Just click the link and the money is in your account immediately.

The first thing I noticed about this bingo room is that it is a very "simple" design which means it's also easy on the eye and you can find your way around easily.  The next thing I noticed was the flags at the bottom of the page which were UK and the 4 Scandinavian flags.  Click the flag for your country and the site is translated into that language.

So I have my 10 bucks (cash - not BBZ) and decided to pick the 10c room (which was the cheapest).  The screenshot below is the bingo room and you can see the strips of cards in sets of 3.  Each strip is 10c.  The other thing you will notice is, on the left hand side is the chat area.  There was only me and one other player.

My first impression of this site was "it's a bit boring" but once I'd started playing, I actually enjoyed the simplicity of it.  The prizes are paid on 1 line, 2 lines, 3 lines and so on up to a full house.  The difference in each round is the lines must be either vertical or horizontal.

One snazzy feature I thought was pretty cool - if you look at the chat box in the picture above, at the top there are 3 little buttons, the right hand button shows you the status of all other bingo rooms without taking you out of the current room you are in.  Check out the screenshot below:

Despite the simplicity of this site and the lack of "glitz and glamour" that you find on other sites, I really liked it.  The chat is in Scandinavian so Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish members will enjoy this site.

Here is a sample of what's going on at this bingo site:

Super Hours! (Deposits)
9-10 am: 100% 4-5 pm: 100% 8-9 pm 100%
All other times you always get 10% extra!

Thursday
2pm-3pm 1001 XL
2pm-3pm Kærlighed XL
6pm-9pm Hidden row winnings in VariantBingo 5, now and then during three hours
7pm-8pm  Double chat game winnings in 1001
4pm-11pm Play and chat with Frida in 1001
4pm-11pm Play and chat with Ole in VariantBingo 5
6pm-9pm Play and chat with Niina in 101 Suomi

Friday
2pm-3pm 1001 XL
2pm-3pm Kærlighed XL
7pm-8pm  Super side winnings in 1001
4pm-11pm Play and chat with Frida in 1001-5
4pm-11pm Play and chat with Ole in 1001

I would recommend this site for the ease of getting around, the free money and the different bingo games they have which I've not seen anywhere else.

blue

[Imagin.ation]

Ooops Blue! I just now looked at this and i made a post too about them, although it is no usa i signed up and still was able to enjoy everything you described here, the games are unique to other bingo sites, i think timing has alot to do with it, i've logged into some sites found it almost deserted, then later come back and its full of people.
I was wondering if you have had a chnace to play any as it's been called "Variant Bingo"?

[lipstick_xoxos]

Thanks blue! I did play on a free chip here and they are really are unique bingo rooms! Not only that there was a ton of rooms to choose from.

Lips

[blueday]

Ooops Blue! I just now looked at this and i made a post too about them, although it is no usa i signed up and still was able to enjoy everything you described here, the games are unique to other bingo sites, i think timing has alot to do with it, i've logged into some sites found it almost deserted, then later come back and its full of people.
I was wondering if you have had a chnace to play any as it's been called "Variant Bingo"?

Hey Imagin,

No - I didn't get chance yesterday but I will have a go in a short while and let you know what it's like.

It's nice to know USA can get this free chip though - thanks Imagin and Lips for letting me know.  I think I'll change the "No usa" bit.

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