News

We've been bringing you news flashes from the world of bingo and slots summer 2017. New games, special promotions and other stuff you really need to know! News postings tend to go out of date quite quickly but in case you're interested in the old postings, all of them are collected here.

Latest bingo news

Safer Gambling Week 2026

What Is Safer Gambling Week? Here at Best New Bingo Sites we are pleased to support Safer Gambling Week 2026. Safer Gambling Week is an annual cross-industry initiative to promote safer gambling both on and offline in the United Kingdom and Ireland, coordinated by the Betting & Gaming Council with the support of partners across [...]

By Sue Dawson

12th Nov 2026
Paddy Power Dumps Playtech Bingo

What’s happened to the bingo at Paddy Power? Paddy Power Bingo has run on the Playtech (formerly Virtue Fusion) bingo platform for more than 15 years, but today (9th November 2026) it moved to the tombola bingo platform, a fantastic if idiosyncratic piece of bingo software that was previously only available at tombola itself (where [...]

By Sue Dawson

9th Nov 2026
HUGE Playtech Bingo Blizzard Promotion

What Is Bingo Blizzard? Starting today (2nd November 2026) we have Bingo Blizzard, a brilliant new 3 month long bingo promotion from Playtech with a massive £675,000 to be won in three mega events in the dedicated Bingo Championship Room. Bingo Blizzard £75K Event – 9pm-10pm on 28th November 2026 Bingo Blizzard £100K Event – [...]

By Sue Dawson

2nd Nov 2026
All Star Hotel 2026 at Sun Bingo

The All Star Hotel promotion is BACK at Sun Bingo! This incredibly popular promotion with its money-can’t buy prizes runs until the first week of November 2026. What You Can Win The prize (or should we say prizes, as there are lots of them) is a pair of tickets to the All Star Hotel event [...]

By Sue Dawson

19th Oct 2026
Playtech Bingo Arrives At Jumpman

For the last few years, the bingo rooms at Jumpman sites have been powered by Pragmatic Play. Earlier this year, the surprise announcement came that Pragmatic would not be continuing with the bingo product. Several of the bingo rooms closed during August and Jumpman removed the remaining ones at the beginning of September. The bingo [...]

By Sue Dawson

5th Oct 2026
99 Royale - A Multiplayer Slots Revolution

99 Royale – What Is It? 99 Royale is a revolutionary new concept in slot games which originating studio g.games have been working on for the last five years. Finally, it’s live – so what’s so special about it? 99 Royale is not itself a slot game – it’s a suite of slot games which [...]

By Sue Dawson

25th Sep 2026
Skill On Net Add More Progressive Jackpots

Skill on Net casinos were already well known for their great selection of progressive jackpots, and last week it got even better with the addition of three Games Global jackpots. Newly Added Jackpots at Skill on Net Mega Moolah Perhaps the best known progressive jackpot in the world, until a few years ago Mega Moolah [...]

By Sue Dawson

4th Aug 2026
Casinos and Bingo Sites Go World Cup Crazy

UK casino and bingo sites are having to be quite innovative with their World Cup promotions this time round. Why? Because one of the changes that was made to marketing rules earlier this year was to ban mixed product promotions. That means no rewarding sports betting with free spins and no rewarding slot play with [...]

By Sue Dawson

25th Jun 2026
It's National Bingo Week Again!

What is National Bingo Week? National Bingo Week 2026 is an expansion of National Bingo Day and runs from 22nd – 28th June. National Bingo Day is a fairly recent addition to the UK calendar; the British bingo industry imported the idea from the USA (where there’s a national day for pretty well everything) in [...]

By Sue Dawson

22nd Jun 2026
Retirement Looms For Pragmatic Play Bingo

In a shock announcement last week, Pragmatic Play confirmed that they are winding down their bingo product (and their sportsbook and virtual sports offering) in order to concentrate on slots and live casino. The withdrawal will take place over the next few months and operators currently using these products will be supported through the migration [...]

By Sue Dawson

8th Jun 2026
Major Upgrades At Jumpman Sites

The Jumpman Gaming platform powers more than 100 UK facing bingo and slots sites. Jumpman have recently made some significant improvements to the player experience, with the result that these sites are suddenly looking like a much better proposition for players than ever before. Wagering Requirements Player Rewards General Usability New Jumpman Welcome Offers More [...]

By Sue Dawson

30th Mar 2026
Dragonfish Bingo Gets A Big Upgrade

The Dragonfish bingo software has recently had a major upgrade. It LOOKS very much the same as it did before but the user interface is massively improved. Here’s what’s changed: Pre Buy Unselect Tickets Button 75 Ball Pattern Display Exclusive Slot Games Our Verdict Where To Play Pre Buy First, the big news; at last, [...]

By Sue Dawson

9th Mar 2026