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 News postings tend to go out of date quite quickly but in case you're interested in the old postings, all of them are collected here.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

Stake Limits Coming On Slots And Slingo

Last week, maximum stake limits for online slot games were announced, to come into force in September this year. The announcement came from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (which has responsibility for gambling), i.e. directly from the UK government rather from the regulator (the UK Gambling Commission). The plan requires secondary legislation which [...]

By Sue Dawson

29th Feb 2024
Escalator Jackpots at Dragonfish

Dragonfish Escalator Jackpots – How They Work Escalator jackpot promotions are amongst the most popular of all bingo promotions and it’s not hard to see why; bingo games become much more exciting when there is a substantial jackpot that is guaranteed to drop within a specified time frame. UK bingo players are used to this [...]

By Sue Dawson

25th Jan 2024
Q&A with 4ThePlayer

At Best New Bingo Sites we’re always interested in hearing about the latest innovations in slot games. I caught up with Henry McLean, the co-founder and commercial and marketing director at 4ThePlayer for an inside angle from one of the industry’s leading challenger brand game suppliers. Q: How did you first get started in slot [...]

By Sue Dawson

22nd Dec 2023
Megadozer by Big Time Gaming - A New Slot Game Feature

Bonanza Falls & Megadozer Big Time Gaming are behind one of the most popular slot games of the last few years and arguably of all time – Bonanza. The original Bonanza game marked the first appearance of the insanely popular Megaways game feature, which is so loved by players that it has appeared in hundreds [...]

By Sue Dawson

8th Dec 2023
2023 Christmas Bingo & Slot Promotions

Christmas is traditionally the time of year when UK bingo and slot sites really push the boat out with promotions and we’re delighted to report that 2023 is no exception! Special Bingo Games 11th December – Festive Bingoton Ballroom from 7pm – 10pm at Paddy Power Bingo. To gain entry to this free bingo room, [...]

By Sue Dawson

5th Dec 2023
Relax Gaming Bingo Gets An Update

Relax Gaming Bingo – What Is It? Relax Gaming’s bingo product has been around since 2015 but is not well known amongst UK players as it powers just two UK facing sites, Unibet and bingo.com. Thanks to participation from players in the Nordic countries where it is much more popular, it has plenty of liquidity [...]

By Sue Dawson

22nd Nov 2023
Vegas Ball Bonanza - A New Bingo Style Live Game

What Is Vegas Ball Bonanza? Vegas Ball Bonanza is a new live casino game show from Pragmatic Play that owes a great deal to 30 ball bingo. It’s played on 3×3 cards which conform to the usual 30 ball number placement rules with only numbers 1-10 allowed in column 1, only numbers 11-20 allowed in [...]

By Sue Dawson

6th Nov 2023
If You Have A Bonus At Dragonfish, Use It Now!

Last week, many Dragonfish bingo sites and Dragonfish casinos sent an email out to players giving advance warning of a change to their general terms and conditions, to take effect from November 7th 2023. You’ve probably never read the terms and conditions in full, especially now that the significant terms and conditions of any promotion [...]

By Sue Dawson

30th Oct 2023
MrQ Best For Slot Games? - Here's Why!

The wonderful MrQ have put a new behind-the-scenes initiative in place that makes them arguably the best place for UK players to play slot games. To understand just what it is they’ve done that’s so great, we first need to look at the increasingly problematic issue of slot game Return To Player. Slot Game Return [...]

By Sue Dawson

18th Oct 2023
bingo40 is new at tombola

There’s one UK bingo site that is streets ahead of all the others in terms of the number of different sorts of bingo you can play, and that is tombola. And now, just a couple of months after launching the unique bingo game Wordsearch, they have done it again with bingo40! You’re probably thinking that [...]

By Sue Dawson

29th Sep 2023
Wordsearch, a new bingo game at tombola

What is Wordsearch? Wordsearch is a new bingo game that was launched at tombola bingo on 10th July 2023. Following in the footsteps of other tombola exclusive bingo games such as Morph, Wordsearch has NO numbers and no balls. Instead, it’s based on a wildly popular word puzzle in which players must spot the hidden [...]

By Sue Dawson

21st Jul 2023
Summer Specials Week at tombola

Coming up at tombola there’s an extra special lineup of promotions for Summer Specials Week. The promotions are running on site and on tombola social media accounts and there’s more than £200,000 of prizes altogether. Here’s what’s happening: Summer Specials – On site promotions Date Time Where Name of Promotion Details 26th June 9pm-10pm bingo90 [...]

By Sue Dawson

23rd Jun 2023