Gala Bingo Review

Table of Contents

• About Gala Bingo
• Other Bonuses and Jackpots
• Gala Bingo Bingo Games
• Deposit and Withdrawal Methods
• Community and Chat Room Experience
• Customer Service
• Gala Bingo Experience on Mobile
• Review Summary – Still Bossing it, 30 years on!
  • Gala Bingo Review FAQs

About Gala Bingo

For those Generation Xers, hanging around the town centres in the mid-90s, Gala Bingo was a common site and place to shelter in the rain.

It’s been a big brand in the UK for a long time; formed in 1991, it took its image online in 2005 and is one of the bingo big guns.

These days the online offering is managed by Entain, who also looks after Foxy Bingo, so expect some crossover in terms of the look, feel, bonuses, and payment options.

Gala Bingo extends well beyond being just about bingo, with a host of other entertainment options, including slots, scratchcards and live casino.

With the slogan “Bingo Like A Boss” they are licensed by the UK Gambling Commission.

Gala is a big brand with a lot to offer new and old players alike.

Other Bonuses and Jackpots

Once you’ve signed up, you’ll find all the ongoing promotions and rewards in the “My Promotions” tab in the primary navigation tab.

Here you will find all manner of lovely goodies, some are general, and some are tailored to your whims.

Offers included at the time of this review included:

• Free daily bingo tickets
• Daily free spin to win a prize such as cash or free spins
• Tournaments to win free spins 
• Free bingo sessions for those over 50
• Free prize draw entry

The promotions page is where you’ll also find any free spins from tournaments, personalised offers and bonuses.

You’ll also find offers emailed to your My Account inbox.

Gala Bingo Bingo Games

As you might expect from one of the grand old dames of the bingo hall circuit, Gala has plenty of rooms on offer. They claim to offer the UK’s largest selection of bingo rooms.

Rooms include 90/80/75/50/36, and 30 ball offerings. Each one has the usual mix of ticket prices and prizes you’d expect in bingo. The total number of game rooms in any bingo hall fluctuates throughout the course of a day, but an early morning spot of action as part of this review meant plenty of choice from ten rooms available.

Games are provided by quality software providers with titles including:

• Metropolis
• Cashpot Bingo
• Coronation Street
• Champagne
• City 
• Main Event

But it’s not just the bingo rooms players will love when they sign up at this online casino; they’ve got an array of iGaming choices from slots to table games, Live Casino to scratchcards and Slingo to Megaways games.

Their slots choice may not run into the multiple thousands like some of the bigger online casino companies. Still, it has almost 1,000 quality games to play from epic software houses such as Red Tiger, NetEnt, and Microgaming.

Deposit and Withdrawal Methods

There is a great selection of payment methods available at Gala Bingo but be careful when depositing; some types of deposit methods can be exempt from certain bonuses. It’s important to read the terms and conditions first.

Deposit methods include:

• Debit Cards (Mastercard, Maestro and Visa)
• eWallets (Neteller, Skrill & MuchBetter)
• PayPal
• Paysafecard
• Skrill 1 Tap

The minimum deposit in most instances is £5. Daily limits vary depending on the method, with debit cards allowing £30,000 in any given day. Withdrawal speeds vary depending on the withdrawal speed of the bank. In general, eWallets tend to be quicker, hitting your account within a few hours of withdrawing. Bank transfers can take between two and three days, whereas debit cards can be anywhere between a few hours and three days.

In our experience, once you’ve been a customer for a while, withdrawals tend to be received within a few hours.

Additional banking methods such as Apple Pay, Trustly and Ecopayz are also available for non-UK players.

Community and Chat Room Experience

The Chat Feature pops up as a sidebar, and whilst you can minimise it, you can’t close it altogether.

Hosted by professionals who make sure everyone is minding their ps and qs, the social aspect of bingo rattles, along with emojis and acronyms as the game plays out.

You can set up your own profile, and the chat function allows you to make connections through the “friends” tab. There’s also a search function if you want to find one of your mates.

Chat rooms can be marmite. Some players love the banter and camaraderie they bring. Others find them an invasion of screen space.

Either way, Gala delivers the ability to use them extremely well with great functionality and due care and attention to what’s being discussed.

Customer Service

You can access help via the “Your Account” section, and it’s pretty simple in truth.

There’s a really well-thought-through Frequently Asked Questions section where you should find what you need to know.

If you can’t, then live chat is available to speak to a customer representative 24/7, 365 days a year.

Gala Bingo Experience on Mobile

Like its sister site, Foxy Bingo, Gala plays extremely well on handheld devices.

Its PC version is blocky in architecture, making it perfect for scaling down for smaller devices.

In terms of the games themselves, lots of software providers now produce games with HTML5 technology. That means better graphics and games perfectly resized for mobiles and tablets.

Review Summary – Still Bossing it, 30 years on!

For those readers who were feral town centre teenagers back in the 90s, Gala’s brand will be well known.

In their own words, “they’ve been bossing the bingo world” for decades, and their online presence is still a remarkably strong offering.

In the 1990s, Gala’s bingo market was pretty obvious. Even as an oblivious teenager, it was easy to spot the hoards of mums and grans heading for their night away from the children and husbands for a natter, a few drinks, and, perhaps, the chance to win big.

Over the last 20 years, the online casino world has shifted that demographic and made it much more inclusive. 

You’re as likely to see a Bob, Bill, or David pop up in the chat room as you are a Shirley, Janet, or Kim.

And that’s probably due to the range of games bingo now accompanies. It doesn’t stand alone! Most online bingo operators bolt-on slots, Slingo and Live Casino, making the whole offer much wider in terms of appeal.

Even as a hardened horse racing and slot fan, I still find myself gathering the crumbling remains of my stake together and heading to the bingo room for a small ticket price, a big win, and the option to play.

And because bingo is the ultimate game of chance, you never know if that winning ball is about to come in, even if you only have 10p left in your account!

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