Party Bingo Bonus

Party Bingo is run by Party Gaming, the folks that brought us Party Poker, so what you are getting here is a great looking and very professionally run site. And of course, with lots of dollars behind them, there are big jackpots and excellent promotions.

All Party Bingo games are all American style Bingo, but games are available at a lot of different prices, with each room offering a minimum bet (ranging from 2c to 50c) and a maximum bet (ranging from $20 to $50). Speed and Big Bingo are played every night between 20:00 and 21:00 in various halls (USA East Coast time). $100 guaranteed prize per game on weekends.

Free bingo games are also available 24 hours which are a great way to get familiar with the game before you play for real money.

Chat games are offered in all the bingo halls except for Extreme Bingo. Different games are offered in each hall, so check the bonuses section for details. There is a great range of games, with all your old favorites (trivia, luck 2's), plus some originals – I loved hangman!

Chat is a big feature of this site, and chat rooms are available in all the bingo halls. You are automatically logged in to chat once you join one of the halls. All the players seem to be up on their 'Bingo Lingo', so check out the bingo lingo page if you are looking for a translation. There is also a nice range of emoticons. Thanking the lovely Aussie boy who sent me kisses!

The Chat Masters are a friendly bunch and encourage players to participate in the chat games.

The current sign up bonus is 200% real cash bonus (up to $200) plus 500 free cards, for deposits of $25 or more.

There are a range of promotions running at any give time and these change each month so make sure you check out the 'monthly specials' under the promotions page. These range from special bonuses or competitions on particular days such as Fathers Day, to amazing prize giveaways such as the Caribbean Cruise promotion. Make sure you check out the story about the woman that won the 2006 cruise promotion. Her husband won tickets on the cruise through Party Poker on the same day!

All real money games except Extreme Bingo also have progressive jackpots which go off when a player hits bingo below a certain number of balls. So keep your eye on the jackpots page to monitor where the biggest prizes are!

Party Bingo offers a range of other games including slots, video poker and keno. There are quite a few choices offered for each of these, and I must say I think the graphics for the slot games are great. All the cash games are available for free play.

Another nice feature is the game logs, which allow you to see how much you have spent and won playing each of the games

You need to download the software to play at Party Bingo, which takes about a minute. Straight after I installed it, I had to wait another minute for an upgrade which was a bit frustrating. That said, it is definitely worth the wait! I think this has to be the best of all the sites in terms of ease of use. The menu system is great and it is really easy to navigate around the site. Plus, I found the demos section really useful for working out the betting which can be a bit complicated in bingo.

As a multi card player, I really like the feature where your best card is displayed in the left hand corner where you can keep an eye on it!

The chat masters or your fellow players are able to answer almost all questions through the online chat. The help page also offers quite detailed responses to most of the 'frequently asked questions'. Failing these, there is 24/7 toll free phone support and online customer service. Response times are good.