Bingo Bonuses

How to get the most out of bingo

1. New Player or Welcome Bonus
2. No Deposit Bonus
3. Cashing out bonus money
4. Monthly Bingo Bonuses
5. BB's or Bingo Bucks Chat Room Bonuses
6. Loyalty/Reward Points
7. Referral Bonus
8. Playing casino games with bonus money
9. Ready to Play?

Online bingo websites spend loads of cash on advertising and marketing to attract your attention and make sure that you sign up to their site.

The bait used to tempt you to sign up to their bingo site is usually in the form of bonuses and promotions. There are lots of different bingo bonuses and rewards on offer, below is a rundown on some of the most common, how they work and how to get the most out of the money on offer.

Make sure that you choose a bingo site that’ll make you the most money from your first deposit and take time to shop about for the best bonus.

Before reading this section there are two very important terms you must know.

Cash Balance
Also referred to as Balance. This is the money that you have deposited and won. In effect, this is real cash that you can withdraw. Almost all bingo sites make you play your cash balance before you eat into the Bonus Balance.

Bonus Balance
This is your ‘free’ bonus money that you are given when you join, win chat games etc.

Here are some common scenarios that you may encounter when dealing with bonus money.

• Most sites will not let you cash out your bonus, only the winnings from your cash balance and bonus balance can be cashed out.


• If you are able to cash out bonus money, sites require you to wager the bonus money a certain amount of times before cashing out winnings that result from purchases of bingo cards with bonus money.


• Most bingo sites that offer a ‘no deposit bonus’ require you to enter your debit card details to prove you are who you say you are and to help stop fraud.


• Some sites will remove the bonus money entirely if you make a withdrawal.

Always check the terms and conditions and wagering requirements.

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New Player or Welcome Bonus

Every bingo site offers a bonus to all new members; this is often called the ‘welcome bonus’. This style of bonus is very straight forward. Basically, the site will match your first deposit pound for pound, doubling your money up to a predefined amount.

So if a site offers ‘£200 Free’ it actually means that it will match your first deposit up to £200. So for example you deposit £100 you get an extra £100 giving you £200 to play with (£100 Cash and £100 Bonus). It’s pretty obvious, but to get the most out of this new player/welcome bonus you should try to deposit the maximum amount allowed on your first bonus.

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No Deposit Bonus

Some sites offer you a bonus without requiring you to make a deposit. This ‘no deposit bonus’ is usually from £1 - £5. But there are two small catches. They require you to enter your debit card details to prove you are who you say you are - don’t worry they won’t take any money from your account! They also require you to make a deposit before you can withdraw any of the winnings you’ve made from the free bonus.

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Cashing out Bonus Money

Unfortunately most bingo sites won’t let you simply withdraw your bonus winnings, only the winnings which are in your Cash Balance can be withdrawn. Check the terms and conditions of the individual sites.

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Monthly Bingo Bonuses

So the online bingo website has got you to sign up and given you a bonus to get you started? Now it is their priority to keep you happy and keep you playing with them.

To encourage your loyalty, many online bingo websites offer their players a ‘monthly match bonus’. This basically means that every month they will match the amount of money you deposit during that month. Whilst the amount is not as generous as the welcome bonus, it’s usually around £5 - £20 and works in much the same way as the Welcome Bonus.

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BB’s or Bingo Bucks Chat Room Bonuses

Every day, bingo sites giveaway bags of BB’s, otherwise known as Bingo Bucks, during chat games. BB’s are treated as bonus money and will be added to your Bonus Balance which you can then use to buy more bingo cards.

To maximise your chances of bagging lots of lovely BB’s, a good tip is to make friends with the sites CM’s (Chat Managers). The CM’s are the queens (and Kings) of chat and hold the strings to the BB purse. If the chat room is busy, and there are no chat games being played at the time, the CM’s will often take requests to play your favourite chat game to win BB cash. If you don’t ask, you don’t get!

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Loyalty/Reward Points

It pays to play bingo online and be a frequent player at a handful of your chosen sites. All the best online bingo websites offer their players a loyalty/reward points programme. In much the same way as Nectar Points work, the more you play the more points you get. You are usually awarded points for every single penny you play with. These points can then be exchanged for cash bonuses or sometimes gifts.

As always, terms and conditions vary from site to site. Check out the Bingo Times guides and reviews for more details and always read the individual online bingo websites terms and conditions before you commit.

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Referral Bonus

The Referral Bonus can provide you with a bit of extra bonus money if you have some friends that want to try out online bingo. Simply use the promotion code or unique URL the bingo site gives you and pass it around your friends and family to earn extra bonus money. Your referred players will still receive a welcome bonus, so everyone’s a winner!

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Playing casino games with bonus money

Most bingo sites that offer casino games don’t let you use bonus money on their casino games. However, some sites like Bingos have something called a ‘bonus exchange’ which lets you exchange your bonus money for real money which you can use to play the casino games. The exchange rate is usually between 10-20%.

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Ready to play?

Below is our choice of the best places to play online bingo as a beginner. At these online bingo websites you will be up and running as quickly as possible with their friendly CM's and be well on your way to becoming a bingo expert in no time!