Giant Bingo Review

Giant Bingo is the home of huge bingo promotions and colossal jackpot games, but you figured that already. The site’s mascot is a huge giant, as giants are apt to be, with a bald head and a bushy beard. He looks like he’s styled on the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk, who wasn’t the cheeriest of characters if you recall. This giant seems like a happier chap, which is just as well given that he’s tasked with introducing you to the site.

Optimised for tablet and mobile, Giant Bingo welcomes British-based players in particular, who can indulge their penchant for bingo, slots and other games here in a safe and secure environment. The name of the site’s giant, in case you’re wondering, is Finn, who’s dubbed a Big Friendly Giant. You can relax: he doesn’t want to eat you or stomp you underfoot. He simply wants to alert you to free bingo tickets available to you when you make your first deposit!

About Giant Bingo

Cassava Enterprises Limited, a Gibraltar-based company, are responsible for Giant Bingo. They run loads of bingo sites and Giant Bingo is a clone of many of these, with an identical layout, games, promotions and prizes. The only thing that’s different is the theme. 888 UK Limited operate the site in the UK and hold a gaming license issued by the Great Britain Gambling Commission, while Virtual Digital Services Limited do the same within the EU.

The bingo software has been devised by Brigend Limited and it seems to do the trick given that it’s been operating successfully on countless other Cassava Enterprises sites for years. Mandalay Media Ltd complete the baffling array of companies who are involved with Giant Bingo in some capacity – they operate the site on a day to day basis and are based in the Isle of Man. When it comes to customer support, you can get hold of a team member at Giant Bingo by email, phone or live chat. A freephone UK number is provided.

Giant Banking Choices

Credit and debit card are the most popular means of depositing funds into an account at Giant Bingo. You can do so over the phone or via the site using MasterCard, Visa or Maestro to do so. Alternatively, use bank transfer which can take 5-8 days to clear, or Paysafecard, Neteller or PayPal. The latter two options might only be available for withdrawals – it’s hard to tell based on the information available on the site.

The minimum withdrawal amount is £30 and there’s a two-day wait before funds are released. MasterCard withdrawals can show up in as little as two days but other methods will take longer to clear. You’ll probably be asked to submit identification documents before your first withdrawal request is processed. Giant Bingo is committed to encouraging responsible gaming and players are welcome to set daily or weekly deposit limits.

Giant Bonuses

To start things off at Giant Bingo, there are 120 free bingo tickets available on your first deposit. Though it's not the gargantuan bonus you'd expect at a site called Giant Bingo, it's a pretty neat way of kickstarting your bingo experience. There are also bingo tickets available on your second and third deposits, so the fun keeps going after you've claimed your welcome offer!

Seasonal promotions regularly run at the site too, typically based around certain bingo rooms or games. Electing to go for an “Irish giant” theme with their site, Giant Bingo have used pots of gold and potatoes as the inspiration for their games. 1 Penny Potatoes for example is a game that runs six times a day and has a £50 jackpot despite tickets costing just 1p. £1,200 is dispensed daily by Finn the giant in the Pots of Gold games which operate hourly during the day. Jackpots consist of either £50 or £100 cash. The big game though is reserved for Sundays at 9pm in the form of the £5K Fi-Fo-Fun game, with up to £5,000 on the line.

Diamond Club

As a cloned Cassava Enterprises site, Giant Bingo’s loyalty programme is identical to that of many of its sister sites. Players are enrolled in it automatically, with their loyalty points increasing every time they make a deposit. There are five tiers to the scheme: Blue, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

You’ll need to have deposited £5,000 to become a Platinum member, whereas Silver requires just £500 to attain. The higher you climb, the more you stand to earn in the form of bonus cash, cashback, mystery prizes, exclusive goodies and who knows what else.

Bingo Night and Day

There are all sorts of bingo games kicking off at seemingly every hour of the night and day at Giant Bingo. While tickets for most of these are priced at between 1p and 20p there are a few exceptions. The free bingo game doesn’t cost a penny to enter but you’ll need to have deposited funds into your account in the past week to be eligible to play. Whether you choose 90-ball, 75-ball or 5-line bingo you’re sure to have a lot of fun. 5-line bingo is fast and furious, 75-ball bingo is livened up by the ability to complete patterns instead of lines and 90-ball bingo gives you the most ways to win.

Five progressive jackpot games are in operation every week on two 90-ball games, two 75-ball games and a single 5-line game. The jackpot for each game will keep growing until somebody claims it by completing full house within a predefined number of calls, typically between 30 and 38. VIP members can also take part in exclusive games, which have been lamely named Big Ol’ Bronze, Stupendous Silvers, Gargantuan Gold and Prodigious Platinums. What is it with gaming companies and alliteration?

Be Lucky

When you’ve had your fill of bingo, the slots and other games will provide welcome respite, whether you’re spinning the reels of Ruby Slippers or trying your hand at Pharaoh’s Luck. There’s up to £30,000 to be won playing progressive slots such as Millionaire Genie, Piggy Payout or Irish Luck. There’s just one table game, European Roulette, a few scratch cards such as Hollywood Stars, and some mini games like Jewel Journey and Enchanted Prince.

Giant Conclusion

Giant Bingo is another generic but functional site from Cassava Enterprises. It’s capably put together and has a harmonious feel to it, regardless of how you perceive Finn the giant and his very Irish bag of gimmicks. There’s nothing new or novel here, just as there’s nothing new or novel at any of these cookie cutter sites, but what you gonna do?

If you’re going to launch into a tirade about the dearth of imagination and creativity that’s blighting the bingo and online casino industry, you may as well extend your ire outward and have a go at Hollywood and the music business while you’re at it, who are also guilty of churning out remixes of remixes and clones of clones. This is the world we live in. Deal with it.