Beacon Bingo

Beacon Bingo is one of the newest online bingo sites to hit the web but this site is a little different from the others out there as it boasts site hosts whom guide you around the website, something no other online bingo site has done before. Your site hosts are the manager Chris Drake who runs the operation and who better to front it than the boss, and then there is Emma Morton Smith who is a television presenter.

You won't need to download software to play at Beacon Bingo, the host will give you the options of seeing a demonstration of how the site works, or just getting stuck in but you will need to register first. You will need to select your username and choose a password and security question followed by a few personal and contact details, the whole process will take a minute or two if that.

You can fund your new Beacon Bingo account using Visa Electron, Solo, Maestro and Visa debit cards, Visa and MasterCard credit cards, Paysafecard, Moneybookers and NETeller. Beacon will match your first deposit 100% up to £250 giving you double your money to start playing bingo with.

There is 75, 80 and 90 ball bingo at Beacon Bingo. The lobby shows you 5 rooms from Loughborough, the place where they first put a Beacon Bingo hall in the UK to the American 75 and Party 80. Tickets start at a very reasonable 2p each and you can see all the relevant game information in the lobby before you enter a room such as; game start time, ticket price, game type, jackpot and players in the room. There are a number of other great games on site too which you access via the home page under the Games tab. Beacon have more than 20 slot games, 7 scratchcards, 2 number games and 2 of the old favourites Blackjack and Roulette under their Casino Games so there's a fair amount of choice.

The bingo room is shades of orange and blue which is the theme of the site the room is clearly laid out so you can see how many players are in the room, ticket price, what the jackpot is and which numbers have been called already. The bingo calling is traditional and maybe a little dull but you can console yourself with one of the many side games available or a good natter in the busy chat room. The Chat Host I encountered was friendly and very helpful which is all you really need.

If you need help you can access a live help whilst in the bingo room or ask you designated Chat Host. I couldn't find another way to contact Beacon but that said if you want an instant answer the live chat does the job and the Chat Hosts are very knowledgeable so you should be able to solve your problem using either of these.

There are lots of promotions at Beacon Bingo including BOGOFs and the Superstar Jackpot which currently stands at over £20,000! They also offer a Bingolinx game where you can win big bucks daily and a huge £10,000 on the last Sunday of every month. For more info on promos and to find out what's on when we suggest you check out the detailed promos page on site.

I have to admit that on first glance I thought Beacon Bingo might not be all that good as the graphics seemed a bit basic to me and then the living site hosts popped up and started to explain the site to me and I was quite amazed. The site is very user friendly and you couldn't get lost if you tried as your friendly Hosts Chris Drake and Emma Morton Smith are always on hand to point you in the right direction. There's a demo showing new bingo players how the game works which is a plus too.

Beacon Bingo has a good selection of bingo and other games to keep you busy all of which are a fairly priced and with generous prizes attached too. Overall I think Beacon Bingo is a great site for players of all levels and has something to suit most tastes, this is definitely one to watch!