Online bingo has become hugely popular now since the smoking ban in bingo halls and to put it simply how convinient it is. It now appeals to a much wider audience because and a much broader age group. I'm going to attempt to explain how some of the bingo sites generally work and the essential things to look our for when choosing an online bingo site to play on.
Many of the bingo sites offer what they call free bingo with no deposit required. A lot of this free money on offer isn't withdrawable and you'll be hard pushed to find a site nowdays that allows you to do this, usually some sort of deposit is required.
The first deposit bonus is usually given as a percentage for example 100%, 200% and 300% match. Most bingo sites don't give away more than 300%. There were some a while ago offering up to 500% deposit bonus but these offers didn't last long.
The secret to the first deposit bonus, is that if you are going to be a regular player and decide this site is the one for you, you should make a large deposit for the first time, this will allow you to make the most of the deposit bonus as they will either double it (100% bonus) triple it (200% bonus) or quadruple it (300%)
You might wonder why I say 100% equals double, well if you think about it 100% means they match your deposit so in effect this is doubling what you just deposited. I hope that makes sense!
If you are going to be a regular player a reload bonus is very similar to the first deposit bonus. This is given as a percentage again usually 25%,50% and 75% This means with every deposit you make you get another bonus, so the higher the bonus the better!
This one takes a bit of research as most bingo sites don't really tell you what their minimum deposit amount is. If you can find a site that offers say £5 as a first deposit, its a great way of getting all the benefits as a depositing player without having to put down too much. It also means that if you win anything you get to keep it. A lot of sites wont allow you to withdraw any winnings from the free bingo on offer.
In essence these factors help you compare what the bingo site is offering but they won't always help you choose which site is the best. Often people choose a site because they like the overall experience for example the bingo caller is bright and cheerful and doesn't sound like a dull moron the sites software is reliable and doesn't keep crashing, the chat room has people that the user really gets on with and the promotions and jackpots are much better and much higher and you stand a better chance of winning. All these things are a lot more important if you are looking for a bingo site for life!