Do you check out their promotions first to see what they have going on, or find out whether they offer daily free bingo games which keep you playing whether you can fund your account or not?

In general bingo sites look the same from the outside, but believe us what lays beneath is definitely not the same from one site to the next. Getting a bonus is all well and good, but do you look to see what the wagering requirements are on the bonuses they hand out?

Wagering requirements can be astronomical at some sites and worth picking up at others, which is why we would always recommend finding out just what they are before commencing play at any bingo site – otherwise if you have a win and try to withdraw the cash back to your account, you could end up very disappointed indeed.

We have seen some sites with minimum withdrawal figures of £50 (which is very high) and means you would have to have clear funds of £50 or more (which have met their wagering requirements) before you can even think of being able to withdraw.

It is well worth checking out our review section to see the differences between sites before deciding what one would suit you best. Do you homework first, decide what it is you are looking to get out of the site you are playing at and if you are looking to instantly be able to withdraw winnings (without worrying about wagering requirement rules) we would recommend taking a look at Ladbrokes Bingo or Mecca Bingo – as both these sites only offer a bonus on your first deposit – which effectively does away with those very annoying bonus requirement rules.

Other sites like Foxy Bingo / Wink Bingo / Tasty Bingo and Think Bingo do offer bonuses on all deposits made, but their wagering requirements on these bonuses are quite low compared to some, so getting a bonus from them can be a good thing and not a hindrance.

The Queen of Bingo, aka Barbara Windsor is on her royal rounds once again and this time she is looking for 10,000 likes on the Jackpotjoy Bingo facebook fan page before she shells out £1,000 in cash and prizes she has tucked up her royal sleeve.

To hand out the cash they must hit the all important 10,000 like mark before Blue Monday, which is Monday 23rd Jan, but when we checked their facebook page there was still a fair way to go as they only had 9,307 likes notched up on the board. 707 people are talking about liking their facebook page mind – so hitting 10,000 before Blue Monday is still well within their grasps, but as yet the (talking about likers) have not yet taken the (like) plunge.

Babs will also be going on a royal ring around this coming Blue Monday where she will be taking to the phones between midday and 8pm ringing a number of Jackpotjoy members dishing out bonus cash. If anyone answers the phone saying (greetings your majesty) their comp bonus will be doubled.

This is a novel idea from the team at Jackpotjoy as we are sure lots of people would just love to speak to Barbara Windsor on the phone and with the bonus cash she will be handing out as well, you really are going to want her to be on the end of your line.

To take part in the royal ring around promo you must register with Jackpotjoy before Sunday 22nd Jan. On the sign up form there will be a section where you can enter your mobile phone number and you must input this for the royal promo. Once you have registered you will receive a text confirming your participation in the royal ring around, you then just need to make sure you keep your phones switched on this coming Blue Monday.

Will they hit 10,000 likes on facebook and dish out £1,000 cash? Well for that we will just have to wait and see.

If you like playing in big money games this promo from Virgin Bingo could be right up your street because the golden game is worth £1,500 and there is also a prize pot of £500 for all 1tg players to. So if you take part in this one and are left with that dreaded 1tg, you are not going to be frustrated after all.

You do need to qualify first though by performing tasks and grab your free tickets to gain access to the £1,5k golden game, which is set to take place on Friday 20th Jan at 8pm in their Marrakesh room– and here is just how it works.

Mon 16th Jan – Play through £25 purchasing bingo tickets – Earn 9 tickets for the golden game
Tues 17th Jan – Play through £10 on the Dynamite Digger game – Earn another 9 tickets
Wed 18th Jan – Play through £75 purchasing bingo tickets – Pick up 9 more tickets
Thurs 19th Jan – Be one of the top five wagers of the day on bingo – Collect 9 more tickets

Any free tickets you earn will automatically be issued to you for the game and they will play for you (whether you are online at the time of the game or not). If you do want to watch it play out, just head to the Marrakesh room before 8pm on the night.

In total the prize fund for this fun free golden game is £2,000 and it will payout as follows.

One Line – £150
Two Lines – £300
Full House – £1,050
Plus all players who get 1tg will share a £500 prize pot

A maximum of 36 tickets can be earned over the four day period prior to when the golden game kicks off, but remember it only takes 1 ticket to win it – good luck.

Tasty Bingo is the next site in the chain to host their joy pot game and it will take place on 14th February. You have until the 5th Feb to collect free cards for the £15k joy jackpot and you can accumulate these by playing at anyone of these sites – Tasty, Wink, Posh, Red Bus or Bingo Street.

The joy group are about to launch a brand new site called Big Brother Bingo and they should go live at some point next week, but we are not sure yet if they will also be part of the big guaranteed joy pot mix.

If you want to meet your bingo jackpot match on Valentine’s Day this could be a great game to play and to be in with the chance of winning a slice of all that cash effectively for free as well be earning free cards makes it stand out from the playing crowd.

If you play are more than one of the above sites, please just ensure you have used the same email address in order for those joy prize points to be added up and merged as one. Those all important points can be clocked up as follows.

Win bingo on the special (pot of gold) pattern – collect 5 points
Every £10 (accumulative) wager on bingo games – collects 2 points
Every £50 (accumulative) wager on instant games – collects 1 point
Each bingo win on the number (15) – collects 1 point
Send joy of bingo an email telling them what the most romantic thing someone has ever done for you – collect 20 points instantly

Each time you clock up 500 joy pot points it will equal one free card for you into the £15,000 valentine jackpot game.

Pay out Details

One Line – £2,000
Two Lines – £3,000
Full House – £10,000

Good Luck.

Big Brother Bingo will be the newest site on the joy of bingo fleet, the people behind Wink Bingo, Posh Bingo, Tasty Bingo, Red Bus Bingo and Bingo Street. So one thing is for sure this site definitely comes from good branded bingo stock, but will they offer anything different than what is available already?

Well if the previous joy of bingo sites are anything to go by Big Brother Bingo will be powered by software belonging to Brigend Limited which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cassava Enterprises (Gibraltar) Limited (“Cassava”) and they will be on a standalone footing – which means they are not networked and what they have to offer is exclusive to them.

As Big Brother Bingo is not yet live, when you type in their address on your tool bar you are currently only given a snip bit of information about what this new site will offer.

We can tell you though that they are all set to bring you 24 hour online bingo action with 75 ball, 90 ball and 5 line bingo available to play. There should also be a room to suit all your budgeting tastes as free and 1p games will be on their tables, plus loads of guaranteed jackpots and all the latest instant win / slot and scratch card games you could think off.

If you love big brother we think you will like this site as you will also be able to catch up on all the big brother action every night in their community section and win some super (money can’t buy prizes) like VIP guest pass tickets to BB eviction nights, which include exclusive behind the scenes access.

All new Big Brother Bingo housemates will be greeted with a 200% on their first deposit made and this offer will be valid on all first deposits between £5 and £100.

The current Celebrity Big Brother has yet again got everyone talking with all the antics going on, but we will have to wait and see whether Big Brother Bingo will also prove to be a massive hit – However with the team behind them, we think they will have players flocking to test out their wares in no time at all.

This bonus change at Ladbrokes Bingo is not as lucrative as it was before, but as there are basically no wagering requirements attached to it, we would say this free offer is still one of the best around today.

To get your hands on the £25 free you simply need to register with Ladbrokes and make a first deposit of £5 into your account. Once you have played through this amount (purchasing bingo tickets only) they will automatically credit your account with £25 within the next 72 hours (although it is usually added quite quickly).

Ladbrokes are currently in the midst of laddies January clearance and they have got some great bargain basement deals taking place every week. And whether you like playing bingo or mini games, they have a clearance deal for you.

Between Monday and Wednesday they are currently naming a mini game of the week and handing out a % of cash back on the game if lady luck is not shining your way. This week you can get 10% cash back on bouncing balls, next week they are offering 15 % cash back on Dynamite Digger and on the last week in Jan you could get 20% cash back playing the big top tombola. You do need to enter a special code before commencing play on any of these games and these codes can be found on Laddie’s clearance page.

No lose bingo where you can get all your stakes back if you do not win will be coming out to play every single Thursday this month and the bingo sale deals also continue of Friday’s / Saturday’s. Something for everyone we would say.

The no lose bingo tables bring you exactly what is says on the tin, don’t win the bingo game and you will get your money back. Win and you will be quids in anyway, so you will not care. This is a great way to basically play bingo for free and be in with the chance of winning (real cash) at no risk to your own money.

The brand new gold rush networked room at Mecca Bingo should open its virtual doors on Tuesday 17th January, and as you can probably tell from its name – this is the place that will house their big money jackpot games including the innovative bingo linx.

The bingo linx games come out to play three times daily and they come loaded with the following guaranteed jackpot prizes.

12pm (noon) – £1,500 bingo linx
6pm – £2,500 bingo linx
10.30pm – £4,000 bingo linx

Plus on the last Sunday of every single month the £10,000 money spinning bingo linx mix up will put in an appearance. All this cash must be won on the night between 10pm and 11pm.

And this is just for start of what they have lined up in the gold rush (which we are sure is going to prove to be one of their most popular rooms). Wednesday’s have been renamed (jackpot Wednesday’s) and for good reason, because on the gold rush bingo tables you can expect to play for guaranteed jackpot prizes ranging between £650 and £1,000. The jackpots on offer will increase by £50 every half an hour until they reach the £1k mark – which means a whole lot of cash will by flying around.

Every Friday they will be going mad with those jackpots once again with £20,000 up for grabs and each Sunday you really could have a super Sunday if you win one of the £1,000 guaranteed games which will take place on the hour every hour between 7pm and 11pm.

The gold rush rooms certainly looks like the place to be at Mecca Bingo and you have not got long now until this super jackpot room opens its virtual doors. We await the room rush to begin!

This fab Gone Bingo promo is set to run each day throughout January, which means you have got lots and lots of chances to jump start 2012. These games will take place in their 90 ball linked room when the clock strikes the hour.

To take part in them simply log on and play, remember you also have the option of pre-purchasing your tickets at Gone for a number of forthcoming games, so you can even play these ones whether you are online or not.

They also have a special promo running in their linked 75 ball room. Play in here and you could pick up 12 extra coins by winning bingo on (0, 1 and 2) spelling out 2012. These patterns will be played at random times during the day, so they might be worth watching out for.

If you are more into slot games there is also a deal running for you at Gone Bingo. If you spend through £100 playing slots on any day you will get 32% cash back on your deposits made (all deposits of the day will be combined). This is quite a high spend through to get any sort of money back though, but no doubt it will benefit some members of their site.

One of the best features of Gone Bingo is their multi player function, which allows you to play bingo in all of their rooms as well as play a number of slot / mini games at the same time in the same screen.

This eliminates having to keep switching between windows to play more than one game at a once. Lots of other bingo sites now have a multi player function where you can play bingo along with mini games in the same browser window, but Gone have taken this concept one step further by being able to access and play in all their bingo rooms as well.

You are welcomed to Gone with a £15 free bonus and no deposit is required to receive this. Simply register with them today and you will get to check out their site without it costing you a penny.

If you are not yet a member with Jackpotjoy Bingo, registering at anytime between 9th and 22nd January might be a good idea, as this will give you entry into their royal ring around promotion which really could see babs give you a call herself awarding you with a free cash bonus prize. Now wouldn’t that be something.

Their usual 200% welcome bonus on your first deposit made will still apply during this period, and you will also get to take part in this fun royal ring around offer. When you sing up you will be asked to input your mobile telephone number, Jackpotjoy will then send you a text confirming your participating in the royal ring around.

The queen of bingo will be taking to the airways on 23rd January and will be calling a number of people between midday and 8pm from a randomly generated list – will she be on the end of your phone? Now if you answer by saying (greetings, your Majesty) you will have your comp bonus points doubled!

Just imagine telling your friends you actually had a telephone conversation with Barbara Windsor, what a talking point that would be. She is an iconic star most well known for her parts in the carry on films and of course Eastenders as Peggy Mitchell.

Babs is the current face of Jackpotjoy Bingo and has been on a massive advertising campaign promoting their wares over the past year. She has her very own dedicated bingo room at their site and she can reward you with a royal pardon which could bag you a cash prize even after the bingo game has ended. So when the full house is won in this room, it is not necessarily the end of the game, as you could get another chance to win.

The team at Wink Bingo put on some outstanding promotions last year and we look forward to more of the same throughout 2012.

For your info the happy £2,012 game is set to take place on Saturday 28th January at 9pm. There are even prizes on this one for 1tg, and as it will be played on the 90 ball format you will have lots of chances to win! Pre-buy is available to use, so you can log onto wink now and grab those 20p tickets.

The now famous joy pot is also back in earnest, but this time it has been converted into the (love pot) as the next time it will come out to play will be on valentine’s day 14th Feb. This fab joy pot game comes loaded with a guaranteed prize pot of £15,000 and it will take place at sister site of wink, Tasty Bingo.

You can still play at Wink Bingo though and collect (pot point credits) which could give you free cards into the valentine £15k joy pot game at Tasty. In fact points can be collected at all their sites involved in this offer, which include posh, red bus and bingo street as well.

Each time you clock up 500 pot point credits it will equal one free card for you. You must ensure that you use the same email address at all these sites though, otherwise you will miss out on this point accumulation.

When playing at any of these sites you will earn points as follows.

Every bingo win on the pot of gold pattern gets you – 5 points
Every £10 wager on bingo games clocks up – 2 points
Every £50 wager on instant games gets you – 1 point
Each win you have on the number (15) gives you – 1 point
To pick up (20 free points instantly) simply send them an email stating what the most romantic thing someone has done for you

Free cards can be earned for this game right up until 5th February and of course you also have the option of purchasing tickets yourself at a cost of £2 each. The £15,000 jackpot prize must be won on the night.