Telly Talk Bingo Review

“Where bingo lovers talk telly!” runs the slogan of Telly Talk Bingo. Some people will deem this their idea of Hell: a site where women gather to gossip about soaps and other trashy TV shows while playing bingo all around the clock. For others however this may sound like a fun way to spend an evening. If you fall into the latter category, sign up without delay and get ready to while your life away chatting about all the scintillating programmes you've seen on television this week.

Before you get too carried away, it’s worth noting that your laptop or desktop device will need to be configured to work with Telly Talk Bingo. If it isn't, you’ll be greeted by a pop-up notice informing you that you need to download Flash Player. If this problem persists, try loading the site in a different desktop browser or, you know, you could just go and play somewhere else.

About Telly Talk Bingo

Telly Talk Bingo will be appealing to some and abhorrent to others, but the site itself looks very smart. The green and purple colour scheme works well and all of the relevant information you could reasonably wish for (except for perhaps deposit information) is present and accounted for. There is a 200% first deposit bonus and the prospect of winning up to £2,000 in bingo jackpots. The site is operated by Cassava Enterprises who are based in Gibraltar and registered with the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner. 888 UK Limited are licensed by the Great Britain Gambling Commission to market the site at customers within the UK. Virtual Digital Services Ltd perform the same role for players accessing the site from within the European Union.

Just to throw a few more companies into the mix, Cashcade Ltd are in charge of the marketing for the site. They're based in London and also take care of a few other bingo and casino sites. One final company, just to further sew confusion, is Bridgend Ltd, a subsidiary of Cassava Enterprises. They provide the gaming and banking software that runs on the site. If you need to contact customer services while playing at the site, you can do so via email or by calling a freephone UK number between 10am and 6pm Monday to Friday.

FAQs Help with Banking

As mentioned earlier, there is not a banking page on the site, which doesn't make it particularly easy to work out what the deposit options are. However, in the FAQ you learn that Telly Talk Bingo accepts credit and debit cards in the form of Visa, MasterCard and Maestro. It also accepts Neteller and, judging by the fact that there is a Paysafecard and PayPal logo at the bottom of the page, it seems reasonable to assume that these are also options at your disposal.

The minimum withdrawal amount is £30. It can apparently take up to 8 working days for funds to show up in your account after making a withdrawal – and this is after the 48-hour wait for the request to be processed. Telly Talk Bingo is committed towards promoting responsible gambling and players are invited to set a voluntary self-exclusion limit if they would like to curtail their gambling.

Maximum Bonus of £100

There is a 200% first deposit bonus, just as there is at most Cassava Enterprises sites when you deposit at least £10. The maximum amount available in bonus cash is £100. There is a 40x wagering requirement before this cash can be withdrawn. For the record, it is possible that this is a typo since 40 x seems awfully high for a bingo site and other near identical sites operated by the same company have a 4x or 6x wagering requirement. This is one of the problems with Cassava Enterprises sites; they have been thrown together in such a hurry that they're full of needless errors and typos.

There are other ways to earn a little extra while playing at Telly Talk Bingo. For example, if you refer a friend to the site you will be given £5 in bonus cash when they sign up. There is also a loyalty scheme that awards players with bingo points. These in turn can be exchanged for bingo cards, in other words granting you free games. There are loads of ways to earn bingo points, such as by chatting to the hosts in the chat bingo games.

Bulk Bingo

The two types of bingo games that are available at the site are 75-ball and 90-ball. While some players may feel dismayed that there is not a greater selection of bingo games, it is worth noting that these two account for the bulk of online play within the UK at least. There are three ways to win while playing 90-ball bingo, by scoring one line, two lines or three lines which is known as full house. In the 75-ball game there is just one way to win.

The real way in which the games can be differentiated from one another is by the value of the prizes at stake. At the top of the chain, there are the progressive jackpot games where there are some huge sums of cash to be won but the value of these prizes can roll over until the next game if no player meets the requirements within the designated number of bingo calls. There are also coverall games, where there is a guaranteed jackpot that must be won. Then there are the free games and chat games which cost there nothing or next nothing to win to enter and which are more for fun than anything else.

Instant Win Games

While Telly Talk Bingo is mostly about bingo and television, of course there is a small selection of other games. These are the tried and tested slots that Cassava Enterprises are extremely fond of or at least have obtained an extremely cheap licensing deal for. The quality of these games is pretty dismal for the most part, but players might enjoy certain slots such as the X Factor game.

Other games that can be played on the site are Fluffy Favourites, Shaman’s Dream and Sons of Fortune. There is also a couple of instant win games such as Noughts and Crosses and there is one casino game in the form of roulette.

Telly Addict?

Telly Talk Bingo is an okay site. It is by no means the best bingo site you'll ever encounter, but it looks okay and it performs okay. In fairness, the bingo games are pretty good. It’s just the mini games and slots that are below average. If you're looking to play bingo at a site that is designed for British players, you might as well give Telly Talk Bingo a go, particularly if your second favourite pastime after bingo is watching television and talking about watching television. If that happens to be you, sign up, claim your 200% welcome bonus and get stuck in at this colourful bingo site.