About Sun Bingo
Sun Bingo is the official online bingo site of The Sun Newspaper and was born from the popularity of the bingo game first introduced on paper cards issued with the paper - which is still going strong today.
Sun Bingo is a household name and will be familiar from its TV ads. The welcome bonus is a good one and it has straightforward and simple wagering requirements.
The brand swapped to Playtech software (Virtue Fusion) in August 2016, but the good news is that the brand identity remained intact. The site design or logo did not change at all immediately following the changeover so players were in no doubt that they were still in good hands.
When the transfer of Sun Bingo to the Playtech platform took place there were some features missing. Cash Cubes and the Deal or No Deal Bingo games were not present at the relaunch, but this was addressed in October 2016 when all three were added to the revamped site.
At the same time other enhancements were made:
- Bingo Multi-Room option – the ability to launch and play in more than one bingo room at a time.
- Bingo Chat Emoticons are now be available in chat.
- 1tg heartbeat sound - when you get to 1tg you will hear the heartbeat sound to build the excitement.
Sun Bingo offers simple bingo fun at great value prices.
Awards
Sun Bingo opened for the first time in 2006 and since then has gone from strength to strength - remaining popular enough to win two awards in the WhichBingo Awards 2014 - Best TV Advert and Best Chat Team, having previously scooped the Site of the Year award.
New player offer
There is a 300% welcome bonus on a £10 first deposit.*
The first deposit bonus is made up of a £20 bingo bonus and a £10 slots bonus. The bonus will remain in the account for 7 days before being retrieved if not used.
New players at Sun Bingo can also take advantage of its 'Learner Room' for a full 7 days following registration. The room opens from 11am to 1pm and again from 6pm to 8pm. Play free bingo, meet the CMs and lots of other newbies.
*18+. New players only. Wagering requirements apply. See website for full T&C.
Games available
Most rooms are dedicated to 90 ball bingo, but there is a good offering of 75 ball and 80 ball bingo also available.
- 90 ball bingo
- 75 ball bingo
- 80 ball bingo
- Cash Cubes
- Winning Headlines Bingo 36 ball
- Rainbow Riches Bingo
- Bouncy Balls Bingo
- Deal or No Deal Bingo - 90 and 75 ball
- Slots
- Casino games
- Scratchcards
Bingo games
The bingo lobby is very comprehensive and easy to move around and gives access back to the Home page should you need it and the Welcome page shows the most popular bingo and slots games of the moment. This area also gives access to Games, Scratchcards, Session Bingo and the Daily Free Games.
Once you opt to play bingo you get even more options. The tabs guide you to All, Exclusive, 90, 75/80, Specials, All Winners, Breakfast Club and Free Bingo.
The range of exclusive rooms for just Sun Bingo players is amongst the biggest we have seen - these rooms are Showboat, Cabaret, Candy, Romance, Fashion, Jazz, Free and Breakfast Club.
The All Winners tab are the daily and weekly specials for winners of selected games in the 90 ball rooms to play for bigger and better jackpots for free thanks to the tickets they are awarded as well as their cash prize winnings.
Winning Headlines Bingo - In September 2017 Sun Bingo got its own 36 ball game - Winning Headlines Bingo. In this game you can purchase one ticket for a price of your choosing from 10p to £2 and the prize available varies with the price of the ticket chosen. Each ticket features a sequence of 12 numbers and symbols relating to the popular Winning Headlines slot game such as Bizarre and TVBiz and these take the place of some of the numbers. It's straight through for the full house on these games.
Many of the 90 ball games have special features:
1TG and 2TG games - Get a share of a prize pot if you have either 1tg or 2tg bingo tickets when house is called. More chances to win in every game.
Roll on Bingo - Creates up to 20 more winners. Once the house has been won the game keeps playing until all Roll On prizes have been won. Number of extra prizes stated at start of game.
Superbooks - Play for free or buy tickets to trade up the prizes.
Last Chance Saloon - A free scratch card that is given to all players that purchased 6 tickets or more and didn't win a prize in the game.
Slots and casino games
New slot games were added in October 2016 to enhance the lobby further:
Haunted Hallows, Frooty Licious, Irish Luck, Game Set Cash and Jewel Mine were added to the slot list in October 2016.
An special slot game available is The Sun Winning Headlines. The winning reels relate to items found in The Sun newspaper as well as the normal slot game symbols. These include Dream Team, Bizarre, TV Biz and Hols from £9.50 - all instantly familiar features to Sun readers.
Withdrawal and wagering
- Minimum withdrawal: £10
- Processing time: 48 hours
- Bingo wagering requirement: 3x bonus
- Games wagering requirement: 30x bonus
Wagering requirements differ depending on the games you choose to play. See website T&Cs for further details as requirements may have changed since the time of writing.
A £10 deposit must have been made prior to requesting a first withdrawal.
Photo id, proof of address and copy of card may be requested.
Help and support
- Live Help
- Tel: 0800 458 4667
- Email:support@sunbingo.co.uk
Promotions
Whether it's giving away thousands of pounds every week or a car a day for a whole month, Sun Bingo comes up with the biggest and best offers and usually all that is required is to play your favourite games to earn prize draw entries.
Second deposit bonus - 50% bingo bonus on your 2nd deposit worth up to £30 bonus.
Third deposit bonus - another 50% bingo bonus, this time worth up to £50 in bonus.
Minimum £10 deposits to qualify for these bonuses.
£10 Free Bonus August 2017
Opt in before 6th August 2017 and enter code BONUS to receive a £1 daily bingo bonus from 7th to 11th August and 14th to 18th August making a total of £10 in bonuses up for grabs.
You can opt-in during the promotion, but you will only get the remaining days of bonus, it will not be backdated.
Each £1 bonus will be available for 24 hours. 3x wagering on the bonus funds.
100 Club - Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 8pm and 9pm there is a prize pot of over £3000 to be won. That means a guaranteed £100 prize for 1 line, 2 lines and the full house in every game. Play in the Candy Room to enjoy these spectacular games.
Weekly Winners Night - Play for a share of £30,000 every Sunday in the Cash Cave Room and enjoy bingo games with loads of different features, including Last Chance Saloon, Roll On and 1 & 2TG. The Winners Night enhanced schedule operates between 5pm and 11pm every Sunday (except the last weekend of the month, when the £500k Weekend runs).
Session Bingo - Players can take advantage of the discounted Session Bingo offer which results in a total saving of over £30 a day if players buy into each of the four sessions - 10am to 11am; 3pm to 4pm; 7pm to 8pm and 11pm to midnight. Play them all or choose just one, it's great value.
Mystic Meg was the resident astrologer at The Sun newspaper for many years and she has her own place on SunBingo.co.uk. The Mystic Meg 'Wheel of Destiny' is a free daily game that offers the chance of cash prizes and free slot spins. Every depositing player that has spent £1 in real money in the day gets to play the free scratch game.
Guinness World Records set at Blackpool Tower
Saturday 3rd June 2017 saw Sun Bingo attempt to break two bingo world records:
The biggest bingo balls
The biggest bingo ticket
Full bingo games had to be played with this giant items to fulfil the requirements of the records, so Sun Bingo have called in reinforcements in the shape of 400 of their online bingo players.
The event took place in Blackpool on the seafront and in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom and it was a fun day for everyone taking part:
12pm Record 1 – game with the biggest balls
1pm Lunch in the Blackpool Tower ballroom
2pm Sun Bingo Having A Ball Show and record 2 – biggest card
4pm Live music from The Fizz and Boyzlife
6:30pm Afterparty at Madame Tussauds
Rustie Lee and Chico were in attendance and leading events on the day, together with Having a Ball host Chris Hopkins.
World Record 1 – Biggest Physical Bingo Balls
1 metre squared bingo balls - Numbers randomly generated - 12 members playing on A3 size bingo cards
World Record 2 – Biggest Physical Bingo Card
4 x 4 meter card - Chico marking the card and members playing along on standard tickets.
Congratulations to Sun Bingo on being a record breaker.
All promotions will come with specific terms and conditions so be sure to check at the site before taking part.
Social media
In the Promotions section there are a number of tabs to help you get to where you want to be and among the options for Daily and Chat promos there are direct links to the social media pages run by Sun Bingo. We do know they take this side of the business very seriously and regards it as vital to good customer relations.
Facebook: Never miss a big game, what is going on with the Having a Ball team, plus quizzes and surveys which could bag you some very nice bonus or real physical prizes. Over 14,000 people have 'liked' the page so it must have something going for it. If you miss an episode of Having a Ball in the chat rooms, you can always catch up with the highlights on the Facebook page.
Twitter: Quizzes, bonus giveaways and soap updates and surveys on this active Twitter page.
YouTube: All the Sun Bingo TV adverts and all the best bits from Having a Ball are here. Plus if you want to know more about the chat hosts from the site Rustie Lee has interviews with most of them on this page and she has also been to see some if the bigger winners too.
Sun Bingo on mobile and tablet
You can access Sun Bingo via any mobile device on the relevant mobile browser. The games are fully optimised for mobile play.
The layout of the mobile version of the site is much better for newer users than the app version. The home screen looks similar to the desktop version, it’s simple, very well laid out and easy to understand. You can also access the bingo lobby and slots lobby directly from the homepage, which makes navigating the site even faster.
The menu is located at the top left hand side of the screen and lists contents for all the sections of the site, such as ‘Bingo’, ‘Slots’, ‘Promotions’ and ‘Community’.
The mobile version of Sun Bingo has all the same games as the desktop version, such as Deal or no Deal Bingo, Cash Cubes Bingo and Rainbow Riches Bingo.
The layout of the games are simplistic and easy to understand, which makes Sun Bingo on mobile even more straightforward to use.
Overall the mobile version of the site is great, however in our opinion the app version is not as enjoyable an experience when compared to the mobile browser version. We would certainly advise new players to use the browser version and then use the app version once you know which games your prefer to play.
The sliding navigation bar at the top of the screen of the bingo games lobby isn’t clear that you can access/filter different game types from here.
The Sun Bingo app loads fast and had no crashes during our testing time.
Google Play - There is presently no app available from the Google Play.
Android - Sun Bingo provides an alternative way of downloading an app to your android phone. Simply go to Sun Bingo on your mobile. Go to ‘promotions’ and then ‘mobile’ in the menu and tap on 'download now' under the Android section. You will have to remove particular security settings on your phone to allow the app to download correctly onto your phone.
Company Information
- Website
- www.sunbingo.co.uk
- Software
- Playtech Bingo
- Owner
- News Group Newspapers Limited
- Licence
- UK Gambling Commission & Alderney GCC
- Launched
- January 2007
- Payment Types
- Help & Support
- Live Help
- Tel: 0800 458 4667
- Email:support@sunbingo.co.uk
- WhichBingo Awards
Based on 53 reviews
User Rating:
Sun bingo is like all the other gamesys sites....greedy! The slots pay out peanuts, but what's more laughable is when you play the demo slots the payouts are fantastic! The same names win over and over and over. Gamesys sites are well known for it! Save your money, you will never get a decent win and if you do, they will take it back and more!!User Rating:
This site is no way random! I have never seen such repeat winners on a site like the Sun bingo! the ''free'' newbie room is the worst for it - they could be 70 players, you all have 6 tickets yet for the whole 2 hour sessions you will see the same constant 4-5 names win over and over again.
A lot of players in the freebie room have 0tg on there names. i questioned it and was told its a ''popular'' name. yeah right so its a fluke that all the winners randomly have 0tg on there usernames!
The bingo session is great value for money though, but once again same winners a lot of winners in there have ''MO'' on there usernames to me its like it picks usernames this site is no way random generated.
Aside from that the site's easy to use, withdrawls are fast and they dont mess about with withdrawls and ID etc, its simple and straight forward (so thats a plus).
The moneys great. It can be decent money and you do get value for your money, tickets from 1p-25p. Slots can be dire and there own branded slots can be the pits and the bonus rounds can pay out poorly.
Aside from the repeat same winners Sun Bingo is ok i guess.User Rating:
Shocking site for repeat winners. I stupidly spent nearly £100 on 40 bingo games in a row. Pre-bought (24 tickets at £2.40 each game) and didnt even come close to a win and must of had about 6 1tgs in the whole 40 games. I saw the same 7 names winning and never again! This site does not look random at all - it picks winners imo and I don't care what anybody says.
Also spend 30 on slots or 10 on bingo and get a cash prize the next day. In the last 3 days having spent a fortune I've had 32p, 56p and 55p back!!! Whats the point lol? Also they used to give out cash bonuses a lot, now they have dried up they and you dont get them anymore and they dont do many deposit bonuses anymore.
I will never put a penny back on this site again id rather play at a fairer site.
id love to see sun reply to some of these reviews but you know they wont.User Rating:
Been a member os Sun Bingo for a number years now..i had stopped playing for a while as was not winning. Looked at my emails the last time I won any thing worth taking out was feb 2013 - the date now is November 14th 2015.
I joined all the sister sites an played a fair amount on all them. On jpj I won a nice amount back in early 2013. Since then any thing I deposit I don't win on any except for Starspins. Now I wont win on there till payed that back either.
Seems once you joined them all u win a little on 1 an lose on others,,,yet they say its down to luck yes may be but 2 an half years since winning on sun bingo is a lot bad luck. Don't dare question why not wining, does not go down well.
I am in navy have loads friends I could ask to join an I get bonus ,,I wouldn't dare as them as I seen how it works. I used to love the site would put it at top of others, but now its in the bottom. Am not saying don't try it am just saying if your not lucky find some where better amlookinggd,User Rating:
I've been a member of Sun Bingo now for about 16 months and I have played at lots of sites, but i do think this is the best so far.
I have had just 'one' win in bingo and that was when i won Max tickets in a chat game and not counting the wins i had in the Learner room during the first 7 days, which i think is a great feature of the site for new players.
Yes i agree its frustrating to see the same names winning in bingo, but to be fair, i think some max a lot. i've seen one player win 1000.00, 250.00, plus a few other lesser amounts in a matter of days. That same player was complaining about never winning a week or so later despite them maxing every game. It's just luck.
Your odds of winning if you max are bound to be better than if you play just a few tickets like i do, but money isn't going to last long maxing every game and you would need to win quite often just to recoup your losses.
I personally love the site. I think the hosts are lovely and most of the players are friendly and welcoming too. You have to accept that it's a gambling site and like all gambling sites, there will always be more losers than winners. How could they pay the hosts, technicians support staff etc if we all won ? They would go bankrupt.
I only wager what i can afford to lose, and yes sometimes i do lose a lot before i get a win and yes i get frustrated, but i also get the occasional nice win in slots which is good. For a minimum 1p stake X 50 lines spin on peggle slots i won 135.00 so i don't agree you have to bet high to win decent money, just the higher the stake the bigger the payout, but also the bigger the losses in between wins. You can't have it all ways. It's personal choice how much you wager and the hosts are always encouraging players to set limits and not to wager more than they can afford to lose. On the other hand I've played on sites where the hosts encourage you to buy max tickets in bingo, "buy more...win more roomies", but the Sun hosts will tell you, you only need to buy one ticket if your lucks in to win.
Sun bingo is by far the more generous with it's promotions, free games, prize pick, chat games etc and it's also better at paying out when you are lucky enough to withdraw. Some sites impose stupid wagering t&cs and do their best to block a withdrawal or leave it pending for ages, but i haven't had any problems with this site.Unless things change, i wouldn't play anywhere else.Sun Bingo username: sarah4awin
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Sun bingo IS THE best site i have played on. My main go to site used to be tombola, that was until i found that sun bingo has more games and a better pay out. Just today i was seeing other members winning £1,300, yep that much from just a bonus round, it beats the top prizes on tombola arcade (max 500 and its practically impossible to win).
Sun bingo offer chat games, this is issued as real money, not bingo bonuses.Every hour in chat "mr tickles" comes out and gives a random roomie a CASH bonus, yes, we actually get paid for talking to the lovely chat hosts.
Talking about the chat hosts, they are really lovely, you can talk about anything and everything, one of the reasons i come to sun bingo is because of the chat hosts. You can actually hold a conversation without the chat vanishing because there are to many people chatting. There is no moaning and bickering like other sites, this is one of the reasons i moved from tombola, the cattiness in the chat is horrible, the cms and members will gang up on another member because they have said something such as the games a fix. You DO NOT get this here, if you want to enjoy a game, i suggest sun bingo is for you.
Just a week in after joining, i went on and won 570.00 from just a 30p spin.
After having contacted sun bingo customer services via online chat, email, telephone and via facebook, they are very friendly and do help.- Sun Bingo
31/08/2017
Thank you for your review, we appreciate any feedback that we receive. I am pleased to hear that you are enjoying your time playing on Sun Bingo. To celebrate our 1 year anniversary, we are running Everyone’s a Winners from today until the end of October, so be sure to check that out on the Promotions page.
The Sun Bingo Team User Rating:
I only signed up with this site because of their catchy jingle on telly! Thought it might be a bit flash in the pan but it's actually a fab site. Really like all the bingo games and they always have new promos too.- Sun Bingo
31/08/2017
Thank you for your review, we appreciate any feedback that we receive. I am pleased to hear that you are enjoying your time playing on Sun Bingo. To celebrate our 1 year anniversary, we are running Everyone’s a Winners from today until the end of October, so be sure to check that out on the Promotions page.
The Sun Bingo Team User Rating:
I started playing on Sun Bingo quite a few years ago now and stuck with it when the games and bingo changed. Still think it's not quite at the same level as a lot of other sites out there, promotions are a bit boring and not super fun to play in. I rarely log on there now but sometimes like a few games for old times sake.- Sun Bingo
31/08/2017
Thank you for your review, we appreciate any feedback that we receive. I am pleased to hear that you have enjoyed your time playing on Sun Bingo. To celebrate our 1 year anniversary, we are running Everyone’s a Winners from today until the end of October, so be sure to check that out on the Promotions page.
The Sun Bingo Team User Rating:
Sunbingo has been the best bingo app I have found so far, it's easy to use and there's a good range of promotions. The rooms can sometimes be a little busy, but I guess that is just people enjoying it as much as I do :). chat rooms are so friendly and helpful.- Sun Bingo
31/08/2017
Thank you for your review, we appreciate any feedback that we receive. I am pleased to hear that you are enjoying your time playing on Sun Bingo. To celebrate our 1 year anniversary, we are running Everyone’s a Winners from today until the end of October, so be sure to check that out on the Promotions page.
The Sun Bingo Team
Sun Bingo username: debbbbs
User Rating:
I won lot on my last 7 pound on my first deposit I would say 500 pound over two days. Withdrawing was quick and easy. ok I haven't won on my second and third deposit, but i do believe it's about luck.
A good site to be fair, lots of offers - I even won a free hungry house voucher value of ten pounds whoop whoop :) .Sun Bingo username: hiphopme
User Rating:
How bad is this site now..Used to be so good but since take over its shocking, really bad i promise you one the worst now.- Sun Bingo
12/09/2017
Thank you for your review, we appreciate any feedback that we receive. I'm sorry to hear that you haven’t had an enjoyable experience playing on Sun Bingo. If there is anything we can do to get you back on site please don't hesitate to get in touch with Customer Services and they will be more than happy to help. You can email on support@sunbingo.com or call on 08004584667.
The Sun Bingo Team Sun Bingo username: Percyluka
User Rating:
I had been really enjoying playing Sun Bingo up until the point where the game froze and it changed my line bet to more than i wanted to spend - there were other issues with other players as they had been chucked out.
Sun bingo refused to help me as the game was played - it doesnt matter that i spend hundreds and I lost £40 because of an error. I have contacted live chat and email and both refuse to help me.- Sun Bingo
07/09/2017
Thank you for your review, we appreciate any feedback that we receive. I'm sorry to hear that you have had issues with the games on Sun Bingo. Unfortunately, all stakes that are made are selected by yourself. However, should you have any futher games issue in the future please take a screenshot and send this to Customer Service who will be more than happy to help.
The Sun Bingo Team User Rating:
Beware - they are giving out £50 bonuses and when you have spent the £50 the wagering requirements are still in force, so you need to spend £1,500 before you can win anything, so you might as well throw your money away. As I have won a few times, this is just a way of stopping me winning again, so there is no point having an account. I saw someone else in chat in the same position, shame on you Sun, underhand tactics to stop people winning.- Sun Bingo
31/08/2017
Thank you for your review, we appreciate any feedback that we receive. I'm sorry to hear that you have experienced issues playing on Sun Bingo. With regards to wagering of a bonus, any winnings that you receive while you have an active bonus on your account will go into your Pending Balance until your Wagering Requirement has been met. If you would like these bonuses removed, do not hesitate to get in touch with Customer Services and they will be more than happy to help. You can email on support@sunbingo.com or call on 08004584667.
The Sun Bingo Team Sun Bingo username: Mich328
User Rating:
Given up. Played old site and wins were lots better. Never big but regular and when promotions took place always listed the winners? I took part in slot one recently and no idea who won Just it seems strange to think all the winners it suppose to give and nothing. Asked cm he said no list. Im giving it a wide birth - over a year and can't say been fun.
- Sun Bingo
31/08/2017
Thank you for your review, we appreciate any feedback that we receive. I'm sorry to hear that you haven’t had an enjoyable experience playing on Sun Bingo. If there is anything we can do to get you back on site please don't hesitate to get in touch with Customer Services and they will be more than happy to help. You can email on support@sunbingo.com or call on 08004584667.
The Sun Bingo Team - Hi Mich I been with sun bingo for years used to be fantastic i agree. since the take over wins are pence. terrible .
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Took a 6 month break from Sun Bingo. Did my return to gaming phone call last wk, followed by 2nd call on Friday 12/5/17. Was told would take up to 72hrs, but 120hrs later I'm still waiting. Customer service just say they will email them again. It's an internal dept, have they not heard of walking to their room and checking what's going on?- Sun Bingo
31/08/2017
Thank you for your review, we appreciate any feedback that we receive. I'm sorry to hear that you experienced issues with getting back onto Sun Bingo. We do endeavor to resolve these within 72 hours, however as we do have to send this through to a different team they may be a slight delay. However I hope you managed to log back into the site successfully and are enjoying your time with us.
The Sun Bingo Team
Reviews for Sun Bingo
300% bingo and slots first deposit bonus
New Customer Offer. T&C's Apply. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly.
topmanme
Sun Bingo username: hiphopme
User Rating:
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12/09/2017
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percyluka
Sun Bingo username: Percyluka
User Rating:
Sun bingo refused to help me as the game was played - it doesnt matter that i spend hundreds and I lost £40 because of an error. I have contacted live chat and email and both refuse to help me.
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07/09/2017
The Sun Bingo Team
Yorkshire7
User Rating:
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31/08/2017
The Sun Bingo Team
Mich32815
Sun Bingo username: Mich328
User Rating:
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31/08/2017
The Sun Bingo Team
topmanme
MrsT
Sun Bingo username: sarah4awin
User Rating:
Sun bingo offer chat games, this is issued as real money, not bingo bonuses.Every hour in chat "mr tickles" comes out and gives a random roomie a CASH bonus, yes, we actually get paid for talking to the lovely chat hosts.
Talking about the chat hosts, they are really lovely, you can talk about anything and everything, one of the reasons i come to sun bingo is because of the chat hosts. You can actually hold a conversation without the chat vanishing because there are to many people chatting. There is no moaning and bickering like other sites, this is one of the reasons i moved from tombola, the cattiness in the chat is horrible, the cms and members will gang up on another member because they have said something such as the games a fix. You DO NOT get this here, if you want to enjoy a game, i suggest sun bingo is for you.
Just a week in after joining, i went on and won 570.00 from just a 30p spin.
After having contacted sun bingo customer services via online chat, email, telephone and via facebook, they are very friendly and do help.
Not useful
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31/08/2017
The Sun Bingo Team