Scary Bingo Review

Don't be afraid. Okay, be a little bit afraid. That is the whole point of Scary Bingo after all: to send a frisson of excitement down your spine as you play bingo and other casino games at a site where it's always Halloween. Every single day of the year. Thanks to a cavalcade of ghosts, haunted houses, a full moon and bats flitting across the night sky, Scary Bingo certainly lives up to its name.

Intrepid players are invited to go trick or treating for prizes in the haunted bingo rooms and to have a spin of spooky slots. Presumably Scary Bingo sees a wealth of signups every October before business drops off during the other 11 months of the year. Whatever the case, if you’ve long been enamored with all things horror themed, it's safe to say that you will relish playing at Scary Bingo.

About Scary Bingo

Scary Bingo is operated by Cassava Enterprises Limited, a company who are based in Gibraltar and regulated by the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner. In the UK, the site is operated by 888 UK Limited, who are hold a licence issued by the Great Britain Gambling Commission. Within the European Union, another company provide the same role, Virtual Digital Services Ltd.

All of the games on the Scary Bingo website have been independently audited and tested to ensure fair play and honest payouts. If you need to get hold of a customer service operative while playing at the site you can do so via email, live chat or by calling a freephone UK number which is operated from 9am to 1am seven days a week.

Payment Choices

For reasons that no one can quite fathom, Cassava Enterprises bingo sites don't have much by way of information regarding banking. Specifically, there is no information about deposits; only about withdrawals. By working backwards, however, it is possible to deduce the available deposit options. If you are a UK-based player you can use credit or debit card including MasterCard. Alternatively, you could use cheque, ewallet service Neteller, PayPal or wire transfer.

Withdrawals take 48 hours to clear, after which it will take 2 to 3 days for MasterCard funds to show up in your account and longer for options such as wire transfer. The site doesn't specify whether there is a maximum or minimum withdrawal deposit amount.

Scary Bonuses

When you deposit £10 at Scary Bingo there is a 150% bingo bonus and a 150% game bonus to be claimed. In other words, when you deposit £10 you’ll be given a total of £40 to play with. The remaining promotions to be found at Scary Bingo will be very familiar to players who have ever joined one of Cassava Enterprises’ other bingo sites. These include a happy hour that operates every Monday from 4pm to 6pm when the value of the one-line and full house prizes is reversed.

There are also monthly bingo games with special jackpots such as Grab a Grand which is held on the 15th of every month and has a £1,000 pot at stake. Then there's the Zodiac Bingo game in which there is a guaranteed jackpot of £1,111 at state. Finally, the site operates a loyalty scheme enabling players to earn points on every wager they place. These points can later be exchanged for cashback and other perks.

Bingo’s What it Does Best

If you're playing at a site called Scary Bingo, it stands to reason that bingo is the game you're most interested in. There are other games that can be played here too but bingo is obviously what it does best. Firstly there is 75-ball bingo. In this game, players have a 5 by 5 grid with a blank square in the middle. The first player to complete a line of numbers wins the prize.

With the 90-ball bingo game, things work a little differently. For one thing, the grid measures 9 by 3 this time and in addition there are three ways to win. You can complete one line, two lines or full house which is achieved when you cover all three lines on your bingo ticket. In both the 75 and 90-ball games it’s possible to purchase multiple tickets for a game to improve your chances of winning.

Big Winners

A series of lists of the latest winners is prominently displayed on the site. This can be regarded as giving some kind of social proof or at least giving players the confidence that Scary Bingo is a bona fide site where there are genuine prizes to be won. One such list details large amounts of money that have been won in players’ first week on the site. Judging by the sums published, it’s not unusual for lucky players to win in excess of £9,000. At the top of the scale, one player somehow managed to win over £60,000 playing here apparently. That being said, due to the number of sites that Cassava Enterprises operate, it is possible that these sums were at one of their many sister sites.

Separate columns detail the biggest winners for the previous day in slots and in bingo. There is also a separate section where you can find out the most popular bingo games on the site. At present, 90-ball bingo is the most popular game followed by the coverall games and finally pattern bingo. For the record, pound sign bingo is the most popular pattern game followed by the letters T, Y, O and S.

Other Games

There are also other games that can be played at Scary Bingo including slots and instant games such as scratch cards. Unfortunately the site doesn't reveal the names of any of these games so you'll just have to guess what these might be. Judging by one of the images that features on the site’s homepage, it looks as if Scary Bingo features appropriately themed horror games such as A Nightmare on Elm Street. This slot is guaranteed to send a shiver down your spine and to leave you sleeping with the lights on.

Scary Conclusion

Although far from perfect, Scary Bingo is a mighty fun side to play at. Few would dispute that. The theme of the site is excellent even if it is one that arguably only comes into fashion once a year. The actual design of the Scary Bingo site is surprisingly narrow, making it look somewhat cramped, particularly if you are viewing it on desktop. If you’re a mobile player however Scary Bingo should work just fine.

The casino bonus of £30 in bingo and game cash is commendable and the games themselves including the horror-themed slots sound like they might be good. It’s just a shame that it isn't possible to learn more about the nature of these games. Judged on the basis of its bingo alone, however, Scary Bingo certainly achieves what it sets out to do. Provided you're happy to play 90 and 75-ball bingo here you'll find plenty to your liking and every incentive to sign up, stick around, get involved in the chat games and become part of the spooky Scary Bingo community.