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 News postings tend to go out of date quite quickly but in case you're interested in the old postings, all of them are collected here.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

Gala Bingo Has Left Virtue Fusion

It’s been a long time coming, and some people thought it would never happen, but Gala Bingo has finally moved all of its 20+ bingo rooms off the Virtue Fusion network, replacing the Playtech bingo product with Entain‘s proprietary bingo software. This move has been brewing ever since the autumn of 2018 when Foxy Bingo [...]

By Sue Dawson

22nd Jul 2021
Nevada, A Playing Card Bingo Game At Tombola

Those incredibly busy game developers at Tombola have been at it again! Over the last few years they’ve come up with more new bingo games than the whole of the rest of the industry put together – Blocks, Potion, Morph, The Machine, Hex, Paper and now Nevada! Nevada is a playing card based bingo game. [...]

By Sue Dawson

21st Jun 2021
Q&A With Broadway Gaming

Broadway Gaming have been in the bingo business for many years and it was at one of their sites, Butlers Bingo, that the largest ever win at an online bingo site was recorded back in 2012 (the £5.9 million win was on a progressive jackpot slot rather than on a bingo game). After the Microgaming [...]

By Sue Dawson

4th Jun 2021
Paddy's Full House Hot Tub Prize Draw

At Paddy Power Bingo until 13th June, there’s an amazing prize draw with an fabulous top prize of a Lay-Z Spa Vegas Airjet Hot Tub with space for up to 6 people. After opting in, players collect one entry to the draw for each £10 of play on the brand new and exclusive slot game Paddy’s [...]

By Sue Dawson

2nd Jun 2021
Gonzo's Treasure Hunt, A New Live Game

What Is Gonzo’s Treasure Hunt? The conquistador Gonzo is one of the best known and most loved slot game characters ever. He first burst on to the scene more than ten years ago in NetEnt’s perenially popular game Gonzo’s Quest. This iconic game was one of the first to introduce the Avalanche feature (after each [...]

By Sue Dawson

21st May 2021
Merge, A New Free Daily Game At Tombola

Hot out of the oven this week at Tombola is the new free daily game Merge. It replaces the bingo style game 4Free, which had been in operation for less than a year and like all Tombola free games it can be played twice a day, once at Tombola Bingo and once at Tombola Arcade. [...]

By Sue Dawson

18th May 2021
Best New Bingo Sites Joins Casino Talks at Great.com

I’m super excited to say that Best New Bingo Sites has been featured in the Casino Talks series of interviews at Great.com. This international initiative brings together entrepreneurs, editors-in-chief like me and other iGaming industry people from all over the world to talk about how they got into the business and why they love what [...]

By Sue Dawson

14th May 2021
New Loyalty Shop at Costa Bingo

On 4th May, the new Costa Shop was launched at Costa Bingo, giving a new range of options for players wanting to redeem Diamonds from the long-standing loyalty scheme. Previously at Costa, you couldn’t redeem any Diamonds unless you had reached the second tier of the loyalty scheme which requires £50 or more of lifetime deposits, [...]

By Sue Dawson

7th May 2021
Deposit With Trustly & Collect A Reward

Trustly Open Banking is a relatively new deposit method that scores highly for convenience. It’s recently been added as a deposit option for UK players at VIPs Casino, and until 29th May 2021 there’s a special offer for both new and existing players when they deposit using it. What Is Trustly? Optimised for use on [...]

By Sue Dawson

30th Apr 2021
Q&A With Mecca Bingo

Mecca Bingo celebrates an astonishing 60 years in the business this year (obviously not all of them online!). Anthony Conroy, a director at Rank Interactive, joined us for a Q&A session to reflect on this iconic bingo brand’s amazing history and plans for the future. Q: Nice to meet you, Anthony! Please tell us a [...]

By Sue Dawson

16th Apr 2021
Win More Often With Spirit Twister Bingo

What is Spirit Twister Bingo? Spirit Twister Bingo is a new bingo game at some but not all Virtue Fusion bingo sites. It takes the equal chance element from the Mecca Bingo exclusive BOB and the prize multiplier element from the Paddy Power exclusive Deal Or No Deal Multiplier Bingo and combines them with regular [...]

By Sue Dawson

6th Apr 2021
Starburst Gets The Slingo Treatment

How To Play Slingo Starburst Slingo Starburst, which is currently exclusive to Coral Bingo and other Entain bingo sites, is the latest in the series of Slingo games themed on well known slot games which began back in 2018 with the release of Slingo Rainbow Riches. Slingo Rainbow Riches was revolutionary when it first came [...]

By Sue Dawson

19th Mar 2021