Bid Bingo Review

Bid Bingo is a mobile-friendly site where 75 and 90-ball bingo games can be enjoyed all around the clock. There’s slots too plus a handful of other casino games, ensuring that there’s always something to do at the site, even if it’s just finding a means of killing some time until your next bingo game starts.

Why Bid Bingo by the way? Well, they had to name it something, and with the rate at which owners Cassava Enterprises are releasing bingo websites, they were running out of words in the dictionary. Bid Bingo it is.

The site, decked out in tasteful reds and purples, has a vague European city feel to it, solely on account of the graphic at the bottom of the page showing silhouettes of the Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Colosseum and other famous landmarks. The remainder of the site’s imagery comprises a handful of hot air balloons; thematically, you can make of that what you will. There’s a £20 bonus when you deposit your first tenner and a slew of other promotions that provide an incentive to sign up at Bid Bingo and then keep coming back.

About Bid Bingo

Bid Bingo is operated by Cassava Enterprises Ltd, a Gibraltar company who have more bingo sites to their name than there are grains of sand. While no one’s disputing their commitment to bingo, it would be nice to see them apply more care to their existing sites rather than continuung to develop new sites at an alarming rate. “Our best in class CMs will have laughing your socks off and you'll be bathing in loyalty points in no time” runs the About page.

What does that mean exactly? It means nothing. The only inference you can draw from this is that the site’s operators can’t even be bothered proofing the text that appears on their homepage, text that has been there since 2015 when the site was founded. While that in itself doesn’t detract from the playing experience, it’s indicative of a culture where bingo sites are rush-released with scant regard for their quality. Bid Bingo may be a secure site, but it’s also a shoddy one.

Banking at Bid

There isn’t a banking page detailing the payment options that are available at Bid Bingo. Thankfully there’s a workaround because all Cassava Enterprises sites use identical payment methods, and judging by the logos scrolling across the homepage footer, Bid Bingo is no different. This means that credit and debit card will be your best bet; Visa, MasterCard and Maestro are all supported, and you can deposit funds securely via the website or by calling a freephone number.

For those who aren’t a fan of credit or debit cards, be it for privacy reasons or whatever, there are some alternative options available. See if you prefer Neteller, Paysafecard, Entropay or PayPal. There’s always bank transfer as a last resort. It’s slower, but just as effective. There’s a 48-hour wait before withdrawal requests are processed and the minimum withdrawal amount is £30.

Bid Bingo Promotions

To kickstart your time with Bid Bingo, there’s a 400% bingo bonus to be claimed. Deposit a minimum of £10 to claim this offer. The maximum amount of bonus cash that can be claimed in this way is £120, a sum which is subject to a 4x wagering requirement before it can be withdrawn. In addition, you’ll be granted 15 free tickets to selected bingo games and 25 free spins of the Fluffy Favourites slot. Thereafter, there are weekly and monthly promotions to be claimed.

The regular promotions to be enjoyed at Bid Bingo are the same as those in operation at all Cassava Enterprises sites. On the 15th of every month, there’s £1,000 to be won in the Grab a Grand jackpot game. Thanks to Sure Win and Sure Win 2, there’s guaranteed money to be claimed on the 1st and 15th of each month. Happy Hour, held every Monday between 4pm and 6pm, includes a 100% reload bonus with every deposit. Then there’s Spin-Tastic, a bingo promotion that dishes out free spins.

Bingo Comes in Threes

Bid Bingo offers players three varieties of the classic lottery-style game. There’s perennial British favourite 90-ball bingo, which takes place on a 3x9 grid. Players can win by securing a 1-line, 2-line or full house win. Then there’s 75-ball bingo, the North American variant, which takes place on a 5x5 grid. In this, players can cover predetermined shapes or patterns to win. Finally there’s High 5 Bingo, in which lines can be completed vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

Over and above the actual game types, the value of each game can vary greatly. At the bottom of the scale, there are free games, typically for the benefit of players who’ve just made a deposit. The prizes in these are paltry, but since they’re free to enter, they’re worth a go nonetheless, for the fun of it more than anything.

For those seeking a more substantial prize, try one of the coverall or progressive jackpot games. The top prizes with these can run into the hundreds or thousands of pounds. Whatever type of bingo you’re into, you shouldn’t have to wait long to get involved: there are games large and small scheduled night and day at Bid Bingo.

Games Lobby

The bingo lobby at Bid Bingo is complemented by a similarly inviting games lobby where slots take centre stage. Some of the most popular slots currently available at British online casinos can be enjoyed at Bid Bingo. These include Gonzo’s Quest, Bruce Lee 2, Roland Rat and Irish Luck. Of course, ‘popular’ isn’t always synonymous with good: not all of these games are classics, as anyone who’s played Irish Luck will attest, but for the most part there’s a good selection of games that will provide many hours of happy playing.

There’s a few branded games to be found too, of which the Guns N Roses slot is probably the best of the bunch, thanks to its stomping soundtrack and vivid graphics. There are some instant win games available too including scratch cards. If you’re in a hurry, these allow you to have a quick flutter on the side while you wait for your bingo game to start, and the jackpots on offer are not to be scorned.

Bid Bingo is… Functional!

Bid Bingo is a competent but uninspiring bingo site. It’s functional and there’s nothing wrong with the bingo games or the slots. It’s a lacklustre site though, one which deserves more care but which won’t get it. On the one hand, there’s not a lot wrong with this site, whose promotions, like its customer support, payment options and range of games are perfectly acceptable.

On the other hand there isn’t a single reason why you should sign up to play here ahead of any other site that’s vying for your deposit money. Bid Bingo is OK, but why settle for OK when you could find a site to play at that will make you feel excited or playful or any of the other positive emotions that can come from playing bingo?