888ladies.com Bingo review
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888ladies may be a new name to the UK online Bingo scene, but it has some very distinguished parentage when it comes to the whole phenomenon of Internet gaming. 888ladies is part of the 888 group that has grown from being one of the pioneers of online casinos way back in 1996 – which really is the very dawn of time for this industry – to become one of the very biggest gaming entertainment companies on the Internet. 888's success since its birth is a good measure that players have rated its online casino and poker games and enjoyed a secure, reliable service, so all bodes well for its foray into the realm of online Bingo. It's also encouraging to find that 888ladies is powered by the already well-regarded Cassava network (which is also now part of the 888 empire) which is behind the scenes of sites already very popular with UK online Bingo players such as Foxybingo, Getminted and Mirror Bingo. With that in mind everything looks set fair for some honest, bonny Bingo, but does this debutante have the extra charm to live up to its claim that 'Everybody Wants To Be An 888lady'? Read on...
Our first date with 888ladies Bingo got off to a flying start as we arrived at a terrific looking website that really sold the 888ladies' game to us. Even the sight of comedian Vic Reeves in full makeup and a wig couldn’t put us off! It's not unknown for online Bingo halls to use Heat Magazine-bothering slebs to front their launches, so we did smile when we clocked 888ladies quirky twist on this – 'Everybody Wants To Be An 88lady' after all – ERANU indeed Mr. Reeves! We must give special praise for 888ladies' excellent layout and help content, which we rate as probably the best we've encountered during a review. Everything a potential new player could want to know is thoughtfully covered in intelligently structured sections, and we reckon they couldn’t make it any easier if they sent someone around to your house to personally tutor you in the ways of online Bingo righteousness. Excellent stuff. The only fly in this ointment (and it's a puny fly to be frank) is that a link to what promised to be an interactive 'Bingo Tutorial' opened a window into which nothing loaded – it’s not something that will hamper your experience here and, moreover, we suspect this is a temporary glitch that will be fixed by the time you read this review. We just thought we’d mention it... because we're pedantic like that.
Hitting 888ladies' virtual halls requires a quick sign-up, and you will need to register credit or debit card details although you are not obliged to make a first deposit at this time. Once your account is setup the 888ladies' world is your oyster and, as promised from its website, you'll discover 'Games Galore'. Beyond Bingo there's plenty of Instant Win, Slots and classic casino table games to tickle the female fancy, but it's the Bingo that matters to us, so how does that measure up? 888ladies operates a packed schedule of 90 and 75 ball games, played through its excellent Cassava software console. This requires no download of specialist software, and runs happily on both Macs and Windows PCs. The playing console is a delight to use, bringing the Bingo and Chat facilities into one integrated screen with attractive, clear graphics and super simple controls. This UK online Bingo hall has clearly been a hit with the ladies judging by the activity we saw in the chat rooms during our review (although who knows how many of the roomies might have been Bingo blokes in touch with their feminine side...) and it didn’t take any time at all to feel part of the family here. Credit for this happy vibe is due in no small part to 888ladies’ excellent team of CMs, who do a fine job of hosting in the rooms and running the regular Chat Games between 8am and 10pm to dish out Loyalty Points to the ladies in the house. A range of games with different ticket prices should suit all budgets – as low as 5p a ticket on some sessions – and 888ladies' progressive Jackpots offer some extremely tempting incentives to play its online Bingo. Can you tell that we like the 888ladies?
Promotions are another keen part of the 888ladies package and, straight away, any potential player will be drawn to the free £10 bonus credited to new customer accounts without requiring a deposit. You can't of course just cash this straight out – that would be ditzy madness by 888ladies – but it gives all newbies a terrific opportunity to have a good old play around the online Bingo sessions to try things on for size, before dropping a deposit down on a longterm relationship here. A very warm Welcome Bonus also awaits new players on their first deposit – 150% up to £150, which is pretty darned good and bests many of its rivals. 888ladies also keeps up the pressure on rival UK online Bingo halls by matching every deposit between £20 and £100 thereafter by 50%. Loyalty Points and plentiful non-cash prize put the icing on the splendidly moist promotions cake at 888ladies, and we can well imagine these tasty treats are going to tempt plenty of online Bingo enthusiasts to buy into a slice of the action here.
We think 888ladies is going to turn a lot of heads amongst the online Bingo community. It's pretty, vivacious, generous and friendly, offering some of the best UK online Bingo we've played with good, ongoing development of 'community' and other lifestyle content in its Ladies Lounge. Boys who do Bingo might be put off by the unashamed female skew 888ladies has adopted but, hey, they can always follow Vic Reeves cue and play in drag! 'Enjoy The Game!' is the 88ladies motto and we have little doubt that, if you sample this UK online Bingo hall for yourself, you certainly will.
InternetBingo.co.uk is also home to Claire & Carolyn, two bingo fans who also have put 888ladies to the test for us. See what they have to say on 888 ladies Bingo, and if they were persuaded to become 888 ladies themselves!