Consider the following when looking at new online bingo sites to join. We have given effort to answer these questions in our in depth bingo site reviews section.
1) Security Certified: to ensure your credit card details and personal information are safe check that the bingo site is security certified. Ensure that the site uses 128bit incription behind multiple firewalls. The two top certificates are Thawte and Veri Sign.
2) Customer Support: some online bingo sites will have only email support while others will have 24/7 chat and telephone support. Similarly we should mention that just because the site offers only email support does not necessarily mean that the service in not up to standard as we found that some email support response times were quite quick and instant chat support in some instances were slow. Telephone support may be available in certain countries and at certain times of the day.
3) Jackpot sizes: what are average payouts per game for the site? Those online bingo sites belonging to a network will usually but not always have average larger jackpots, however where progressive jackpots are offered these sites will payout the highest but less frequently.
4) Software Quality: Each online bingo site may have licensed software or may have developed their own proprietary software. Our editorial ratings in numbered order are: 1. BingoTek 2. Leap Frog (impressive 3d software) 3. Globalcom/electrocade 4. Playtech 5. Chartwell.
5) Quality of Chatrooms: are theonline bingo sites chatroom(s) busy, friendly, and well monitored? Keep a look out for chatrooms where moderators give away prizes and host games and promotions.
6) Currencies Used: sites will usually operate in 1 or 2 base currencies but will exchange your deposit at current banking exchange rates.
7) Variety of Games: 75-ball bingo, 90-ball bingo, or both? Also, sites may offer strictly bingo games while many will in addition offer casino related games like roulette, scratch and win, slot machines etc.
8) Loyalty Programs: This is separate from redeposit bonuses and can take the form of increased redeposit bonuses the more you play among other offers.
9) Software Downloads Required: The other option is browser viewing using Java or Flash technology requiring no software downloading. The advantage of no downloads is speed and ease of use, however, the sites requiring software downloads will usually have better quality of game play with better design and more game play options. keep a look out for BingoTek software which is now available as a browser based option. High quality software but requires high bandwidth.
10) Accepting Players from your jurisdiction: New legislation in the US has resulted in many bingo site companies withdrawing from the US market. Some online bingo sites still operate in the US where you can find our list of these sites in our directory. Also, read our section on US gambling laws.
11) Licensing Jurisdiction: Is the online bingo site licensed from a properly regulated jurisdiction?
12) Date established: An indication of reliability is the length of time the site owners have been established. However, some newer sites are operated by long established operators to keep this in perspective.
13) Brand Identity: If the online bingo sites operators have a reputation to protect because they operate in other industries this is also an indication of greater reliability.
14) Withdrawal Restrictions: Should you win or simply want a refund of your money, how is this restricted and what charges may apply? Many gambling sites place restrictions on with drawing your money and/or winnings such as a certain amount of game play required before you are permitted. We recommend that you are comfortable with these withdrawal terms.
15) Awards: Independent awards as verification of quality for example, Site of the year etc.
16) Deposit and no-deposit bonuses upon registration:These vary greatly from site to site but, again watch out for restrictions on withdrawing money and winnings derived from bonuses.
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