Woolly Bingo Review

Woolly Bingo is new. So new in fact that it carries a banner across the bottom of its logo that reads Brand New Site. You could say that it’s new to ewe. Sheep-based puns are part of the package when you’re playing at Woolly Bingo, which boasts a close-knit community and a reputation that ensures the site’s operators aren’t out to fleece you.

There’s a 200% bonus and 50 free spins when you join, an offer deemed so important that it’s imprinted across the website’s name as it appears in your browser.

Founded in 2016, Woolly Bingo invites players to join it in the ‘wonderfully wooly world of online bingo and slots’. It describes itself as being the UK’s newest bingo site, and while that’s a title that won’t be held for long, it shows just how new of an arrival Woolly Bingo is on the scene.

Its operators aren’t new in the industry though: Cassava Enterprises Limited have been churning out bingo sites at a rate of knots for years, and seem to have been very successful with them, as UK players will attest. Should you require assistance while playing at Woolly Bingo, there’s a freephone customer support number that’s manned 24/7. Email support is also available.

About Woolly Bingo

Woolly Bingo doubles as both a bingo site and an online casino. There’s a load of bingo games held all around the clock but that’s only half the story. Away from the lines of numbers just waiting to be ticked off there are video slots, poker, baccarat and roulette to be savoured. The site, which has a mobile-friendly design, holds a license issued to parent company 888 UK Ltd by the Great Britain Gambling Commission.

Gibraltar is the home of Cassava Enterprises and Virtual Digital Services Limited, the companies who are part of 888 UK Ltd. The 888 group are a major gaming company, with a large customer base and a largely positive reputation within the industry. The games to be found on Woolly Bingo have been independently tested to ensure fair play and honest payouts.

Deposits and Withdrawals

The site is geared towards UK players, who enjoy a wide range of options when it comes to depositing funds. Woolly Bingo accepts credit and debit cards issued by Visa, MasterCard and Maestro. If you’re a UK MasterCard holder, withdrawals will clear quicker – typically in 2-3 days. All withdrawals are subject to a 48-hour waiting period before they’re released however. This is standard practice at bingo sites and online casinos in fairness.

If you’re not keen to use a credit or debit card – or simply don’t have one – there are a few alternative payment options available. PayPal, Neteller, Paysafecard and Entropay are all accepted, and there’s no fee levied by Woolly Bingo for making a deposit or withdrawal. You can also use bank transfer. When it comes to making a withdrawal, the minimum amount accepted is £30.

Opening Offer

The opening offer that Woolly Bingo extends to new players comprises 50 free spins and a 200% bonus. The maximum amount of bonus cash that can be claimed in this manner is £500. This is a pleasing sum, given that many bingo sites – including the majority owned by Cassava Enterprises – limit players to a maximum of £60 in bonus cash with their maiden deposit. The bonus cash you receive can be put towards the various bingo games to be found on the site.

The promotions at Woolly Bingo have been helpfully sorted into categories. Take a look through the All, Bingo, Member, Games and Past Promotions tabs to see what’s on offer. These include Free Spins Bingo, where there’s up to 100 spins to be won. Games take place from Sunday to Thursday starting at 9pm. Other bingo promotions include Happy Hour, which supplies 100% reload bonuses between 4pm and 6pm on Mondays, and Wacky Wings which operates from 6pm - 11pm and includes free spins and £50 fixed pots to be won.

Bingo Choice

Woolly Bingo is fully optimised for tablet and mobile and so are many of its games. Wherever you like to play bingo – in the kitchen; on the sofa; on the bus – you can do so thanks to the site’s mobile-friendly layout and games that are designed to work in HTML5.

The bingo games that are available are 75-ball and 90-ball bingo. This can be surmised because these are the games that all Cassava Enterprises sites feature.

Strangely, there isn’t actually a bingo lobby you can access at the site; presumably it’s only possible to view the list of available games upon signing in. This makes it hard to rate the quality and cost of tickets for these. Clicking on the FAQ doesn’t supply any useful information either as it simply leads to a Help page. These omissions can only be put down to Woolly Bingo’s newness and will hopefully be rectified soon.

Not So Sly Slots!

The bingo games might be hiding out of sight, but the slots aren’t so sly. Head to the Games section and you’ll find dozens of slots including some extremely alluring titles. These include Gonzo’s Quest and Starburst, some of the most popular 5-reel slots currently doing the rounds. There are branded games too including Ghostbusters, South Park and The Big Lebowski. And then there’s OMG! Kittens, which is as ridiculous and fluffy as it sounds.

There are progressive jackpot games too at Woolly Bingo, each bearing a major jackpot that runs into thousands of pounds. Try the hedonistic lifestyle of Mega Fortune, the night terror-inducing A Nightmare on Elm Street or the simple thrills of Piggy Payout among others.

Casino Games

While Woolly Bingo doesn’t qualify as an outright casino, it’s got a modest selection of casino games in its arsenal. Place your bets and spin the wheel in American Roulette, pray for the perfect pair in Deal or No Deal Tens or Better and see how you fare in Baccarat. There’s also European Roulette to play, which lacks the double-0 of its American counterpart, plus Oasis Poker and Deuces Wild.

Wooly Rating

Woolly Bingo is a very capable website that forms a welcome addition to what’s becoming a very crowded market. There are a couple of kinks still to be ironed out in the site, but so long as its operator fixes these, there’s no reason why Woolly Bingo can’t compete with the best of them.

While not a dramatic departure from existing Cassava Enterprises sites, there are a few subtle differences in terms of slots and casino games that help to differentiate it.

The lack of a clearly marked bingo page on what is essentially a bingo site is a mystery, and one that doesn’t help to sell Woolly Bingo’s games to prospective players. That aside, everything else about the site warrants praise: the amusing theme, the diverse promotions, the convenient payment methods and the excellent customer support. Make like a sheep and follow the flock to the fluffiest new bingo site on the web.