Mecca Bingo Review

Mecca Bingo Overview

Mecca Bingo is a member of the Rank Group, the same people who run Blue Square and Grosvenor Casinos. Meccabingo.com is an extension of the Mecca Bingo Halls, which we have come to love in most major towns in Britain. As you’d expect from a famous brand, Mecca Bingo is one of the most popular bingo sites on the net, and it uses Virtue Fusion software.

Signing Up

If you are already a member at a Mecca Bingo Club, you can use your club ID to quickly sign in. I was new to Mecca Bingo, but it didn’t take too long to sign up. The only drawbacks were that you have enter you credit card details to open an account and they don’t offer you a no-deposit bonus.

Making your first deposit is a doddle, as you’ve already given Mecca your card details. Remember that Mecca Bingo also allow you to use alternative payment methods, such as Ukash. Bear in mind that if you are using a debit card, you’ll need to enter in your passport or driving license details to confirm your age. You can deposit as little as £5, but why not emulate me in depositing a tenner in order to receive the bonus. You’ll get the bonus credited to your account once you’ve played through your initial deposit on bingo games.

Homepage

The Mecca Bingo homepage has a funky feel to it, with angled fonts and over-sized bold text. It is very easy to find your way around Mecca, and you can find out about the current promotions or meet the CMs. Not many sites have Bingo jokes, although admittedly Mecca don’t have many at the moment. Although Mecca Bingo have separate section for winners, promotions and news, I feel that Mecca Bingo blog would go down very well, given the appeal of others.

As I have only recently moved to London, I was thrilled to find out that there’s a Mecca Bingo hall only 2 miles from my new home. You can locate your nearest Bingo Hall by simply entering your post code – it couldn’t be easier.

Playing Mecca Bingo

You only have to look at the Bingo News monitor to see how popular Mecca Bingo is – over 600 players when I first played on a weekday afternoon. When you first visit the Mecca lobby you’ll realise why; there are 12 different bingo rooms, each offering various bingo games for different stakes. That means that you can always find cheap games, especially useful if you prefer playing with 5p or 1p cards.

The chat was very friendly in every bingo room that I entered, with the CMs all contributing to the gossip. Check out the Mecca Bingo forums, because the ‘General Discussion’ sub-forum has thousands of posts.

Mecca also offer Speed Bingo, in the ‘Turbo 90′ room. Obviously the chat isn’t as good as other rooms, because the game is much more frenetic, and reaches its conclusion in about a minute! I won a small prize for getting one line, and I was very impressed that it was instantly credited to my account straight after the game. As well as 80 ball bingo, there is Joker Jackpot and the usual range of Virtue Fusion mini-games.

Our Verdict

Mecca Bingo is one of the top bingo sites around, and they have used their expertise gained from bingo halls to develop a very popular site. Bingo News recommend this site for its cracking variety of games and monster jackpots.