Charity Bingo Review

You can probably guess what Charity Bingo is all about: the ability to play bingo and other games coupled with that feel-good sensation that comes from knowing some of your money is going to good causes. If you care about ethical causes then Charity Bingo should appeal to you. Aside from the fact that the site gives a portion of its proceeds to charity, there is the fact that it is an attractive, well-designed and well spec’d site to play at.

The homepage is dominated by a spinning bonus wheel which is used to illustrate the sums that can be won after you've made your first deposit. This bonus wheel is a feature which crops up at many of the bingo sites operated by Jumpman Gaming Limited. Visiting the site on desktop, particularly on a Chrome browser, you may find that this element doesn't load automatically because it is Flash-based.

About Charity Bingo

Charity Bingo doesn't just pay lip service to putting money towards good causes. For every £20 you deposit on the site, £1 will go to its designated charity of the month. This seems like a pretty good deal for all concerned. The site is licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission and Charity Bingo claims to have already given over £5,000 to charities such as the British Heart Foundation, Whizz Kids and Scope.

Charity Bingo was launched in 2012 and has been going strong ever since. The servers that power the site are securely hosted in Guernsey where Jumpman Gaming are based. If you need to get hold of customer support while using the site, you can do so by calling a British phone number, via email or by live chat. Alternatively, you can check out the information provided in the FAQ.

Slim Banking Choice

When it comes to making your first deposit at Charity Bingo, you aren’t exactly spoilt for choice. Jumpman Gaming aren’t fond of giving players too many options, electing to stick with credit and debit card only. Choose from Visa Debit, Maestro, Visa Electron, MasterCard or Solo. The minimum deposit amount is £5 with your first deposit and £10 with all subsequent deposits. As for withdrawals, the minimum amount is £30. Withdrawals take 48 hours to be processed after which it will take 7 to 14 days for funds to reappear on your card.

Bonus Cash Amounts

Sign up at Charity Bingo and you can claim £20 in free bonus cash when you deposit £10. In addition you will get the opportunity to spin the wheel to win up to £2,500 in bonus cash. The reality is that you’re unlikely to be awarded more than about £5, but you never know. Every time you make a subsequent deposit of £10 or more you’ll get to spin the wheel and see if you win anything on top.

Refer a friend to Charity Bingo and you'll be awarded 5,000 loyalty points when they deposit their first £5. Other promotions to be aware of include the obligatory Monday Madness which operates between 4pm and 7pm on Monday when the value of the one-line and full house jackpots switch value. The greatest deal of all at Charity Bingo is the one that doesn't directly benefit yourself. This is of course the 5% given to designated causes, with the site updating the charity it chooses to support every month.

Bingo Tickets

90 and 75-ball bingo are the two types of games championed at Charity Bingo. In terms of gameplay, there isn’t much between the two although 90-ball bingo has more ways to win. You can win while playing 90-ball bingo with one line, two lines or full house. With 75-ball bingo there is just one way to win. The action takes place on a 9 by 3 grid when you're playing 90-ball and on a 5 by 5 grid when you're playing 75-ball bingo.

Tickets for the bingo games that are hosted at Charity Bingo range in price from 1p to £1 depending on the value of the jackpot. You should never have to wait long for the next bingo game to start. Purchase multiple tickets for a single game if you like and be sure to try out the wide variety of games that are on offer at the site including jackpot games, progressive jackpot games, night games, tournament, chat games and more.

Be a Winner

There is a winners’ page at Charity Bingo which is worth checking out to get an indication of the sort of sums that can be pocketed playing at the site. Play your cards right – or rather your bingo tickets right – and it could be your name added to this list. The maximum amount won on the site while playing bingo is £500, for this is the amount that the largest Charity Bingo jackpot is capped at. With the instant win games however there is a greater amount to be won , with the top win standing at over £14,000. However, this winning username is bandied about at all the sites operated by Jumpman Gaming Limited and it is almost certain that this individual and all the others on the list didn’t win these prizes playing at Charity Bingo.

Other Games

Charity Bingo would appear to have a selection of mini games too. There might even be some slots to play, although this information is unclear and it seems that you cannot find out for sure without first signing in to the site. Based on the games that can be played at other Jumpman Gaming sites, it seems likely that you'll find a selection of scratch cards, mini games and other games that can be played for free or for real money. They’re hardly the most exciting games you're likely to encounter on the web, but for the purposes of providing some respite from bingo they’ll suffice. All of these games should work on mobile as well as on tablet or desktop.

Charity Conclusion

Charity Bingo is a worthy site with a winning slogan slogan that reads, “You play, we'll pay”. The concept is a simple one, but it has been well executed here and there can be no complaints with the amount that is given to charity every time you deposit £20. The £1 donation that Jumpman Gaming send to charitable causes will quickly stack up as players join the site and spread the word.

There is a reasonable casino bonus, not least if you spin the wheel and it proves to be kind to you, and there's plenty of variety in the bingo games to be played. It is hard to assess the quality of the mini games that are on offer and it be nice if there was more information about this. It would also be nice if there were more deposit options aside from simply credit and debit card. These complaints aside, there is very little that is wrong which Charity Bingo, a simple site with a concept that anyone can get with.