How We Review

At Best New Bingo Sites, we aim to review bingo sites and online casinos much more thoroughly than other affiliate sites do, looking at all of these areas to ensure we can give you an authentic picture of what the site’s going to be like to play at:

• Getting Started
• Games & Other Products
• Navigation & Usability
• Promotions
• Payments
• Trust & Security

Getting Started

We look at the welcome offer, and not just the size of it either – we read the terms and conditions so you don’t have to, and highlight any minus points.

• Do you to need to play your deposit through on specified games to qualify?
• Are any deposit methods excluded?
• Is the offer valid on specified games only?
• Is a code needed to claim the offer?
• What are the wagering requirements?
• How long have you got to claim the offer and complete the wagering?
• Are there limits on what you can win and if so what are they?

We also look at the account opening process.

• Are there any blockers such as badly designed forms?
• Is email or SMS validation required?
• How do they verify your account?
• How likely are you to have to send docs in and if so, at what stage?

Games & Other Products

Slots

• Approximate total number of games
• Do they work with many games providers or just a few?
• How’s the Return To Player on slot games with “RTP Ranges”
• What progressive jackpots are there (if any)?
• How good are they at adding new games?

Casino

• How big is the range of casino games?
• Is there a live casino and if so who provides it?
• Do they have game shows or just traditional casino games?

Bingo

• Which bingo software provider do they use?
• Approximately how many bingo rooms do they have?
• What types of bingo do they offer?
• How busy are the bingo rooms and what is the prize money like?
• Is there hosted chat?
• How far in advance can you buy tickets?
• Is there any free or penny bingo?

Other Games

• Slingo?
• Instant Win?
• Crash Games?
• Video Bingo?

Sports Betting

• Range of markets
• Bet builders?
• Acca?
• In Play betting?

Other products

These can include esports, virtual sports, poker and lottery betting.

Navigation & Usability

• What is the site like to use on different devices?
• Does the lobby look the same after login or is it different? If different, how?
• How much information about the games is available in the lobby? (Provider? Features? RTP?)
• How easy is it to find games you want to play? (game categorisation, filters, search, ability to save favourites)
• Is there a mobile app? If so is there biometric login so ypu don’t have to remember the password?

Promotions

• Do they have promotions for all their product areas or focus on just one?
• Are there any free extras like slot tournaments, free daily games etc?
• What sort of redeposit offers do they have?
• What about other types of promotion such as prize draws?
• Are the promotions networked or exclusive?
• How do they let you know about promotions? Is it just on the promotions page or do they send you special offers?
• Are the promotions always the same or do they change them regularly?
• Is there a loyalty or player rewards scheme?

Payments

• What deposit methods do they accept?
• Are there any fees for depositing or withdrawing?
• What are the withdrawal times like?
• Which payment methods (if any) are barred from promotions?

Trust & Safety

Licence & Reputation

• Who owns this brand and how long have they been in the business?
• Is it a white label, a house owned skin, or on its own independent UK Gambling Commission licence?
• Has the UK Gambling Commission applied any sanctions?

Player Protection

• Does this site just have the mandated safer gambling tools or are there extras?
• How easy is it to find and use the safer gambling tools?

Funds protection

• How safe is your money?  We check whether player funds have medium protection, high protection or are not protected

Support

• What are the customer support options and how long do they take to reply?