Bingo Extra Review

Bingo Extra is a new-school website on an old-school tip. It harks back to the cartoons of the 1950s, when men were men and women were women. Its retro shtick is quite endearing though, and gives the site a nostalgic vibe that’s hard to resist. As for the name, Bingo Extra is reminiscent of a newspaper from the same period – though stylistically, the site includes an exclamation mark for emphasis: Bingo Extra!

Bingo Extra makes a big deal of its bingo or slots bonus, promotions which new players are eligible for. Video slots are an integral part of the site, enjoying equal status alongside the various bingo games that operate all hours of the night and day. Any time you log in, you shouldn’t have to wait long before the next game starts. A collection of table games and scratch cards complete the range of games to be sampled at Bingo Extra.

About Bingo Extra

By its own admission, Bingo Extra is about “the good old days – when life was simple and you got a lot more bang for your buck”. That time was the 1950s, and the world – specifically America – was a very different place. A better place some would say, but that’s by the by. No matter how much people may pine for the 50s, that golden era ain’t coming back, but there is one reason to be cheerful: you can revisit it for periods of time by playing at Bingo Extra. Sort of.

The site’s operators are proud of the range of bingo games they offer, including 90-ball, 75-ball, 5-line and free games, plus numerous rooms where the action unfolds. Security is also paramount, and Bingo Extra are at pains to stress the measures they take to safeguard their customers’ data. P128 SSL encryption is used and the site’s operators promise not to share customer data with any third parties.

WorldPay are the company who handle payments for Bingo Extra, who hold a license issued by the UK Gambling Commission, in addition to being regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission.

How to Deposit

When it comes to deposits and withdrawals, your primary options are debit cards. If you happen to have a Maestro, MasterCard or Visa handy, you’ll be just fine; with debit card, the minimum deposit amount is £10 and funds should clear instantly. There are other options though: Bingo Extra accepts Neteller, PayPal, Paysafecard and bank transfer. Withdrawals take 72 hours to be processed. After that, funds should show up in your account with 3-5 working days.

Promotions

There’s a bonus cash to be claimed with your first deposit at Bingo Extra. There are 2 promotions to choose from: a bingo bonus when you deposit the required amount. And then there’s also slots bonus which will double whatever you deposit. 

Once you’ve made your first deposit, you’ll be eligible to access all of the bingo rooms on the site and to purchase tickets for the weekly and monthly pre-buy games.

The seasonal promotions at Bingo Extra are pretty special, with £50k worth of prizes doled out over a 4-week period. The other way to win is by getting involved in the Bingo Lotto Progressive Jackpot, which commences at £5,000. If no one wins it, it just keeps growing, but if you do win it, you pocket 80% of the pot and 20% goes to everyone else. Operating on all 90-ballgames from 8am - 1am, the progressive pot is an ample incentive to put in some bingo time each day.

Plenty of Bingo Options

Head on over to the bingo lobby of the site and you’ll find all manner of games poised to start, with a countdown allowing you to determine whether you’ve still time to snap up a ticket. 90-ball and 75-ball bingo are the main games available, with memorable names such as Candy Store, Weekly Shop, Extra Surprise and Jukebox. Tickets are normally between 5p and 10p and the prize can be anything from a few quid to several thousand pounds. The £10K game costs 20p to enter, but given that the top prize is – yep – £10,000, it seems a small price to pay.

Players can access the bingo lobby on desktop, tablet and mobile and jump between rooms as the mood takes them while chatting with their fellow players using the live chat facility. Many of the rooms are classified as pre-buy rooms. This simply means that you need to purchase your tickets before you enter the room and get involved. These include Win-Win Wednesday and Weekly Shop, whose top prize is a £100 Asda voucher.

Check out the Slots

Slots are a huge part of the Bingo Extra experience, and while not obligatory, it would be a shame not to check them out during your time on the site. They’re a colourful and charismatic bunch, featuring larger than life anthropomorphic creatures such as in Flowers and Cutie Fruits. Some of the games look pretty dismal – try The Lost Slot of Riches for size – but others such as Bugs Party are much more fun.

Unusually, the slots at Bingo Extra have been sorted thematically. Choose from magic and myth, animals and nature, pirates and treasure or movie and adventure. One of the best things about Bingo Extra in fact is the way its slots have been arranged. In addition to themes, they can be filtered according to number of paylines and features. If you’re only interested in playing slots with a bonus round, there’s a filter for that. If you only want to play slots with tumbling reels, ditto.

Other Games

There’s not a huge selection of scratch games to be found at Bingo Extra, but in fairness, half a dozen titles should be enough. Games like The 100,000 Pyramid, 6 Appeal and 7 Sins are simplistic, but no less fun for their lack of complexity. Match symbols to win money. That’s pretty much all there is to it. There’s a similar number of card and table games including a couple of roulette options, a few versions of poker and blackjack.

Rating

Bingo Extra is a very good site to play at, on account of both its bingo and its slots. Thanks to its distinctive theme and strong graphics, it has no trouble in standing out from the glut of other bingo sites that are clamouring for the same share of the British bingo market. There’s a wide range of convenient payment options and the promotions, for new players especially, are good.

Whatever type of bingo game you prefer, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll find it at Bingo Extra. While 75-ball and 90-ball games are the only types available, within those two categories there are games of all kinds, with prizes great and small. The other features of the site are just as impressive, from scratch cards to table games.