Silk Bingo

Silk Bingo has been around since November 2009 and is powered by Dragonfish a division of 888 Holdings Plc. Dragonfish have more than 60 bingo brands to their name including, Moon Bingo, So Bingo and 888Ladies so they know a thing or two about bingo!

Before you can start playing bingo you will need to create an account, it's pretty painless stuff and takes just a minute or two. You will be asked to select an alias and password and submit some personal and contact details and then you're done. You will be asked for your bank card details, it's not compulsory to give them but if you don't you will forfeit the 20 free bingo cards you receive as a registration bonus. Card details are not used to take payment from you unless you authorise a payment to be made, Silk Bingo state that they need the card details in order to process winnings to you and in some cases cards are used to verify a player's identity.

If you've played through your free cards or opted not to submit your card details at registration you will now need to think about making a deposit if you intend on playing at Silk Bingo. First deposits are matched 100% up to £100 so you get double your money to get you started. There is also a 50% re-deposit bonus on all future deposits you make of between £20 and £100. Payment methods at Silk Bingo include Maestro, Switch, Solo, Visa Electron and Visa Delta debit cards, Visa and Mastercard credit cards, Neteller, Wire Transfer, Paysafecard and Ukash.

When you're ready to play bingo you can find all the game in the bingo lobby which houses 8 x main 75 and 90 ball bingo rooms 3 x £1 Million pre-buy games and 6 x 90 ball pre-buy games. You can also access a number of mini games via the lobby from table games and scratchcards to instant wins and slots. Bingo tickets start at a very reasonable 5p with the most expensive card costing £1. The lobby lets you know when each game is due to start, the number of players taking part and the CH on duty. The bingo rooms have some funky names like Cloud Nine and Bingo Buddies which is quirky and something you can expect of Dragonfish online bingo sites.

When entering the bingo room I was instantly greeted by the Chat Host who offered help if I needed it, she also gave one of the new players a quick rundown of how the game worked before it started which was really nice. The room itself was bright and bold in pink, lilac, and green and orange the game info like the jackpot, ticket cost and players in the room were clearly displayed. The calling was traditional but fast paced, there's no time to get bored and if you are good at multitasking you can have a chinwag in the extremely friendly chat room or try one of the many instant games.

If you get stuck at any stage and need some help there's a detailed help section and FAQs pages as well as the option to contact the support team via instant help or using their freephone number. The team work 24/7 to ensure you get the best customer service possible so you can expect a prompt reply to your query. You could always ask one of the Chat Hosts who are always very happy to help and seem very knowledgeable about the whole process and not just the game in hand.

On top of the registration bonus of 20 free cards and the deposit bonuses Silk Bingo there's also a number of exciting promotions to keep players coming back for more. Players can win a £500 holiday, 42 inch flatscreen TV and even your bills paid for a month! There are a few good promos to choose from including weekly Happy Hours, check out the promotions page for more info.

At Silk Bingo it pays to be a regular customer as they reward their loyal customers with loyalty points which can be saved and redeemed for credit into your account. When you register you are instantly given 1000 points and other activities like referring friends can earn you a whopping 5000 points! Bingo card purchase of between 5p and £1 will get you between 1 and 10 points and once you've saved up 1000 points these can be redeemed for £1 credit to play bingo with on site.

Silk Bingo is a good all rounder with an easy to navigate site featuring lots of exciting games and a wide variety of promotions. The colour scheme of lilac with a black and flashed of pink was quite grown up and not too girly. Tickets are good value and the prizes can be very generous. Players are rewarded with loyalty points and there are plenty of one of special promotions to keep you returning to the site. I was very impressed by the Chat Hosts who couldn't do enough for me and repeatedly offer their help and assistance to players in a friendly and not at all, patronising way. Silk Bingo even keep up with the current social networking trend by allowing their members to follow them on Twitter and Facebook which will ensure you never miss out on any offers or events on their site. Silk Bingo will appeal to a wide range of players and especially newbies with their great round the clock support team and super friendly CHs, if you're not yet a member you should definitely give them a go!