Betfred Bingo Review

You have 14 days to meet the wagering requirement, after which time any remaining bonus will be forfeited.

The 50 bonus spins are on the Playtech slot game Rainbow Ryan and you will be prompted to accept the offer within 24 hours of making your initial £10 bingo wager. They are valid for 7 days and are worth £0.10 each (£5 in total). Winnings are credited to your real money account and there is no wagering requirement.

This is the sort of Welcome Bonus that has something for everyone. Being able to use your bonus on both bingo and slots means you get to check out much more of the site, while the addition of the free spins with no playthrough attached to the winnings has the potential to add some real value to the deal. Overall, we rank this amongst the best new player bonuses we feature.

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Ongoing Specials & VIP Program

Once you have signed up at Betfred Bingo, the benefits keep coming your way. The Loyalty Arcade is the six-tier VIP scheme which gives you a great range of rewards, and the more you play the more you earn. For every £1 you spend on bingo, you get three loyalty points, and as you progress through the Green, Red, Purple, Blue, Orange and VIP levels of membership you earn a variety of bonuses, including cash prizes and bonus bingo games.

Games & Software

Betfred Bingo bingo games all run on Playtech Virtue Fusion software, which offers a first rate playing experience no matter what sort of game you’re playing. There is 90 ball and 75 ball bingo on offer as you would expect, plus lots of other bingo variants as well. You can play in a variety of different rooms, like the Hangout Room, the Girls’ Night In Room, the Game On Room, the Mystery Room, Bonkers Bingo or Extreme Bingo. Ticket prices vary depending on the game and the room, but generally range between 5p and 50p.

As well as the classic versions of the game, you can also play some of the exciting new variations of bingo that are networked across multiple sites and offer huge progressive jackpot prizes. For instance, check out 36 ball Cash Cubes, Rainbow Riches (40 ball), or Lucky Numbers Bingo with a £10,000 prize pool.

There are also a range of scheduled games where you can buy your tickets in advance (as opposed to just joining a room when you log on). These games have set prizes and let you play the game even when you’re not online.

 Slots & Casinos

The side game selection means that when you’re not playing bingo (or even when you are!), you have a great range of choices. You can play different categories of Betfred Bingo slots, like Britain’s Got Talent and Gladiator, as well as progressive jackpot slots and scratch card games.

If you want to go further afield, check out the Casino, Live Casino, Games or Vegas tabs at the top of the page to access even more slots and casino games at other Betfred Bingo casino and gaming sites.

How to Deposit & Cash Out

Depositing

When playing at Betfred Bingo players have a number of payment options available. Along with Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards, you can use PayPal, Neteller, Skrill, PaySafe Card and direct bank transfer. The minimum deposit amount is £5 and funds are instantly credited to your account. There are no fees for using any of these payment methods.

 Cashing out

The processing period after you make a withdrawal request is generally 48 hours (during which time, it can be cancelled). Funds are then released on the next working day, but withdrawals to a credit or debit card, or via wire transfer, will be subject to further bank processing time. The minimum withdrawal amount is £5, except for bank transfer where it is £25.

Banking is one of the few areas where the performance of Betfred Bingo is only average when compared to other sites. The range of payment methods is relatively limited and the withdrawal times are no better than you find elsewhere. 

The Community

Betfred Bingo excels when it comes to creating a bingo community. On the home page, you get to find out more about recent winners (which always gives us hope!), while the images of happy players also help to create an upbeat feeling.

The chat games also have a big part to play in creating an enjoyable playing atmosphere, as they are always fun and engaging. Some of our favourites include Alphabet Chatter (guess the answer when the chat room host gives you a subject and a letter), Teaser (a series of challenging conundrums), and Missing Word (where you have to guess what’s missing from a film, book or song title).

The Facebook page is also one of the best around in the way it engages players. Especially fun are the Facebook games, where you use your chat name to play quizzes and games, and can win bingo bonuses as prizes. Facebook Messenger can also be used to make direct contact with the customer support team.

Take Betfred Bingo with you

If you want to play games on your mobile or tablet, you have a couple of options. For Apple iPhone or iPad users (iOS 9.0+), you can download the free Betfred Bingo app from the App Store (search ‘Betfred Bingo’). If you play on an Android smartphone or tablet (5.1+), the app is available from Google Play. You can also play directly in the browser of your device at betfred.mobi.

The method you choose to play i.e., using an app or at the Betfred Bingo mobile site, will depend on whether you play at other Betfred sites as well. Playing at the mobile site means that it can be a little time consuming to navigate your way to the bingo pages, but you have the added advantage of being able to navigate straight to other Betfred sites e.g., sports betting or casino, relatively easily.

On the other hand, if you play on the Betfred Bingo app, you go straight to bingo every time without having to navigate through a bunch of other pages, but it also means you will have to download a separate app if you want to have a punt on sport or races, for instance.

In our experience, there is no discernible difference in the gaming quality between the two – rather it depends on your playing habits and the levels of convenience you’re after.

Our take on Betfred Bingo

Betfred Bingo is undoubtedly one of the best bingo sites that we feature. In our view, it does just about everything right — from the high quality software, to the range of rooms, to the slots and side games, to the professionalism of the chat room hosts.

Both the desktop site and the Betfred Bingo mobile site look good (although there is a lot here, so they can sometimes be a little confusing to navigate), while the provision of an app means that you have choice as to how you play.

The only area where it could probably step up its game is in its banking provision. We’d like to see some additional payment methods, like Apple Pay or a pay by mobile option, and it would be good if the withdrawal times could be a little quicker (although we could say the same for just about every site here!)

After being so positive, it won’t come as any surprise that our Betfred Bingo review is going to conclude with a 5 stars out of 5 rating.

Have your say!

Have your experiences playing here been as positive as ours, or do you take another view? Let us know in the comments, or you can even write your own Betfred Bingo review, as we love to hear about the playing experiences of our readers.