Independent Bingo Sites

You may also want to check out the rather wonderful Relax Gaming bingo product which powers just two sites in the UK:

Bingo Software Alternatives

Everyone who plays online bingo must surely have heard of Virtue Fusion, Dragonfish, Pragmatic Play  and Gamesys – but what about the less widely used bingo products out there?

• Tombola
• InTouch
• B-Live
• Parlay
• Leapfrog
• Gaming Realms
• Mr Q
• New Platforms In Development?

Tombola

Not only do Tombola have their own bingo product available on desktop, Apple and Android apps, they also have their own unique instant win games in the Tombola Arcade which can be played with the same wallet and login as bingo.

Intouch

The Intouch bingo platform powered mFortune and a couple of others.  It was designed for (and worked exceptionally well on) mobile phones but only offered 90 ball bingo (in multiple rooms).  All of the Intouch sites closed in September 2023 when the operating licence was surrendered but as the game development studio Slot Factory is now owned by the Skywind Group it’s possible that the bingo software might be back at other sites in the future.

B-live

B-live was the bingo software of BingoCams and was available across all devices.  This unique platform gave players the opportunity to join the bingo rooms via webcam (though many chose not to) for an enhanced community experience.  It was finally retired in early 2023.

Parlay

Parlay are based in Burlington, Ontario and largely concentrate on developing social bingo games such as Bingo Lands, and real money bingo for the First Nations (indigenous peoples) who are the only ones allowed to run real money gaming sites for Canadian players on Canadian soil.

Parlay used to power a lot of UK bingo sites but this changed abruptly in 2014 when a UK licence was first required.  After they obtained a licence, a handful of bingo sites ran on the Parlay platform but this was short lived and now there are none.

Leapfrog

Leapfrog was a desktop only, download only bingo platform that by 2021 was well and truly past its sell by date.  It powered three UK facing sites and also included a number of (equally outdated) proprietary slot and casino games.  All three Leapfrog sites were managed by Stride Gaming who also operated the Daub Alderney powered bingo sites such as Kitty Bingo.

The Daub sites moved to other platforms in 2020 so the writing was well and truly on the wall for the Leapfrog software.  Sure enough, it was retired in Spring 2021 and the three site names were recycled for Dragonfish slots only sites.

Gaming Realms

Gaming Realms did have a fully featured bingo platform called Grizzly (launched at Spin Genie back in 2015) but it never reached a critical mass of players and was quietly dropped a few months later.  After that there was the multiplayer version of their exclusive Slingo game, Slingo Boom, which was available at all Bear Group sites from Summer 2017.  It was basically 75 ball bingo on steroids; neither the software nor the sites are still around (they closed or moved to the Skill On Net platform).

Mr Q

Mr Q is a standalone site that is powered by proprietary software; it’s never really attained enough liquidity to be a serious alternative for bingo but has become a go-to site for No Wagering Slots.

New Platforms In Development?

The most recent product to come to the UK bingo market was Pragmatic Play and it’s gained a huge amount of traction, replacing several older products.  Another slots provider, Yggdrasil, had a bingo product under development but nothing has been heard of this for more than two years and we believe it has been indefinitely shelved.  The End2End bingo product which is live at a number of Latin American sites may possibly make an appearance at UK sites in 2024, and there’s also a live bingo product from LiveG24 that could be in the pipeline.

Last updated: October 10, 2023

Sue Dawson

Head of Content

Sue Dawson has been writing about (and playing) online bingo and slots since 2013, putting her unique spin on everything.  She has written pieces for iGaming industry news sites, appeared on panels at industry events and on podcasts, helped to judge industry awards and is a member of industry think tank Ampersand Plus.

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