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Site rating: 5 / 10

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First Impressions & Ease Of Sign up

Blackpool Bingo is another Bingo site that utilises a download Bingo programme rather than allowing you to play in your browser. It's the same software as Ruby Bingo - and installs fine with no nasty surprises or hidden running services.

The site itself is a bit bland, the fonts look more American than UK - the artwork is on the bland side and reminds me more of them old style seaside postcards than a flash and slick website. That said, given the Blackpool connection, that might be just the audience they are going for.

The FAQs are nicely laid out and easy to find - I initially thought I'd be clicking back and fore between the questions - which is something I don't like, as I've mentioned in other reviews. However, clicking the link to the FAQ you want to examine doesn't take you to a separate page, but shows the information below. That's quite a neat way of getting all the questions and content on one page, whilst keeping the navigation simple - so that get's a thumbs up.

You launch the Bingo programme separately, and the first time you do so you go through the sign up process in the application. It all works fine, and before too long your into the games and able to buy tickets.

Sign-Up Bonuses

Your first deposit get's you a massive 150% bonus on your first deposit. Subsequent deposits will net you a further 25% bonus. You have to play through your initial deposit before the bonus money is available to play the games and buy tickets - as with other sites. However, the first stumbling block reared it's head - the minimum deposit you can make is £20 - which seems a little large for a first go. Personally, I don't mind staking a tenner to try a place out, but £20 is a bit much in my opinion - I'd be horrified if I had to spend that much at a normal Bingo hall.

Ease Of Use

The game itself is very easy to get into - it shares the same engine as Ruby Bingo, the Playtech software. Like Ruby it has a few superficial flaws, such as a lack of a claim button and calling the full house 3 lines in the calls to action. The graphics and animation are nice and there's a few settings you can play with.

It's easy to see how close you're getting to a win as you get visual alerts on the tickets, and you can zoom across the row of six tickets you have. All the cashier options are within the main game window - and it's nice and easy to get to the bits you want.

Now, so far so good, but things don't stay that way. My first impression on playing was that the games were good value, it worked out cheap for a strip of 6. Like Ruby Bingo, you buy strips rather than individual tickets - this is not something I'm was ecstatic about, but it wouldn't bother most people.

However, on many of the games you needed to buy a number of strips and couldn't just choose 1 strip. At times buying games became confusing. The value of the games wasn't great but it was Ok.

Community Spirit

The chat rooms were a bit on the quiet side, so I soon felt at home as I was welcomed and quickly made a part of the proceedings. The range of chatroom games was nice, and I'd soon got the hang of them and was enjoying them as much as the normal game.

Prize Money

At times the prize money was quite low - but, this was because the Bingo was quiet - at times barely climbing into double figures. Now, I've mentioned before I enjoy this kind of game. I'd always take a one in fifteen chance of winning a fiver than a 1 in 200 chance of winning a £100. I also like that this gives you longer games to play and more likelihood of at least getting a decent sweat. I was lucky, the quiet numbers gave me one of my luckiest nights ever - I won quite a few games and ended up well up on the night and took away some money which I received via cheque.

Peak time evenings, the games were around £1.50 line, £2.50 two lines and the house £6. It's worth looking out for one of their special promotional events, as the one evening I played, there were 6 x free £100 jackpot games, and I've seen them do another similar night since. Prize money and players were well up for those events.

Security

Like Ruby Bingo, all the important stuff happens in the programme you download and install. You log in through the programme and do all your banking through the actual programme website, without going anywhere near the actual website. The software updates its self as required, and passwords are not emailed to you with user names. The automatic user name they give you is a bit of a pain, but once you've logged in, the software remembers it for you. All in all, it feels as secure as it needs to be.

Overall Feel At BlackpoolBingo.com

There's a lot to commend Blackpool Bingo, and a few downsides that detract from it's overall feel. Despite the fact it has one of the biggest sign-up bonuses, the fact you must deposit a minimum of £20 is a drag for cheapskates like me. Also, the ticketing and value of the games doesn't feel like it's the best it could be, there's a lot of room for improvement.

There are also a lot of positives to the site, for one, thanks to the lower numbers of players, I had an exciting time playing and ended up getting my initial stake, and more back. That meant lots of bonus play with the excellent sign up bonus. Their free events are good as well, and it looks like they'll be working hard to get the number of players up. If you don't mind the price of game to prize money ratios, it's a good place to play. Overall rating - 5/10 (July 18th 2006)

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