As Ladbrokes Bingo is the online Bingo site of the popular high-street bookmakers, you can expect to see familiar branding. Ladbrokes Bingo has given online Bingo a helping hand in heightened exposure by advertising the site directly on television – a first in its 120 year history of bookmaking. Ladbrokes Bingo sells their site as an escape from the monotony of everyday life, as understood from their advertisement strap-line: “Escape to LadbrokesBingo.com”. Knowing this you can expect to be greeted by a welcoming interface, encouraging you to join the Ladbrokes online Bingo community.

Registration is a simple matter of choosing a username and password, and setting up your banking preferences. Ladbrokes Bingo also uses an age verification system and requests your permission to do this before signing up. On completion, an email is sent confirming registration and login details, please make sure your email client will accept communications with Ladbrokes.com otherwise their emails to you may not get through to you.

Ladbrokes provide a telephone support service for gambling problems which is a refreshing and responsible attitude.

Ladbrokes.com is easy to find your way around, and offers a variety of games. There are two rooms in which to play, The Lounge – which provides games throughout the day. Tickets in this room cost as little as 10 pence and the prizes are for smaller amounts than in The Bedroom. This room gives bigger jackpots and is open for night time play; tickets cost a minimum of 25 pence. Both rooms have very accessible timetables, giving information about the time, prizes and ticket prices of the games.

Ladbrokes.com have excellent Help sections; they have a general section which holds information about all aspects for the site, including information about the company, games and the ins and outs of betting for the first time. They also have a Bingo help section specifically designed for Bingo players. This has a thorough FAQ list and a getting started guide, both of which were very helpful and easy to understand. Ladbrokes have a free phone helpline number and you can also email their support staff with any questions you might have.

Ladbrokes Bingo offers an excellent sign up bonus – get £20 credit free when you deposit your first £10 – although you have to purchase at least £10 worth of Bingo tickets before they will give you your free money. The money is credited to you online account within 48 hours of spending the initial deposit. You will also be invited to regular quizzes on the site in which you can win a £50 cash prize.

Ladbrokes have years of online experience so you can expect their data and systems security to be top of the range. Advanced security systems are employed to protect customers’ personal and financial information. Ladbrokes use Secure Socket layer (SSL) technology, certified by the security organisation, VeriSign, to encrypt data which is then further protected by secure firewall technologies. Ladbrokes also back up all data processed by the online services, storing it at both their primary site and an off-site secondary server.

Once registered, you can deposit money immediately by simply following the instructions on screen or come back later and deposit money by clicking on the ‘Banking’ tab on the top of every page. Ladbrokes automatically separates your account into wallets for different products and games. To play Bingo you need to make sure you deposit money into the ‘Games and Bingo’ wallet. This is a good way of making it easy for you to access other parts of the site.

Ladbrokes offer a variety of payment options. You can deposit money using credit or debit cards, Visa, Visa Delta, MasterCard, Maestro, Switch, Solo or by using a Western Union, PayPal, Neteller, Ukash, MoneyBookers or by bank wire-transfer.

Payouts are paid into your bank account within 3-5 days, and into online accounts in lees time (minimum 6 hours), withdrawals must be a minimum of £5 into bank accounts and a minimum £10 into online accounts (PayPal etc.).

Ladbrokes Bingo has an excellent news feature. This is a section on the page where it tells you about the latest offers and features of the site. This is where you’ll find out about the latest promotions including Big Bingo Thursday and Cheap Tickets Tuesday.

There are public chat rooms in each Bingo Hall (The Lounge and The Bedroom), and facilities to open private of group chat rooms. You are able to select and maintain your ‘Buddies list’ and send and receive messages. The chat monitors are always there to help, should you have any questions about the game or the room rules. The site gives an exhaustive list of chat room jargon – for those of you who are mystified by this and an array of chat games including Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Karaoke Queen and Quote Me Silly – these all help to enhance your online Bingo experience.

Ladbrokes Bingo features a thriving online community, generous prizes and excellent promotions and special offers. Some of the more glitzy features of other Online Bingo sites are missing; however this has allowed Ladbrokes to focus more on the actual games. This is a site for people who are passionate about playing Bingo, and Ladbrokes more than adequately provide an immersive, exciting gaming experience.