Gala Bingo
For all you Bingo buffs living out there in the UK, we have some very exciting news for you. Gala Bingo is going online. That’s right folks; the amazing owner of over 166 halls right here at home is now giving players a virtual home as well. This way no matter what time it is, or where you’re at, you will always have access to your favorite game. With all that Gala has to offers players, we think it’s only fair that they get a shot at the “big time.”
When you play in a real life Gala club, their motto is “The Bingo that gets you Buzzing.” In the online version, Gala is hoping to live up to the same high standards players have come to know and expect from them over the years. While they are not new to online Bingo, they previously had a partnership with St. Minver; they are new to going it alone. It is up to us to decide whether they have hit the mark, or need to go back to the drawing board.
At Gala, security is the last thing players will have to worry about. They have a great track record in this area, leaving you to play in peace.
Also the designers have done a wonderful job with the look and feel of the hall. Everything is warm and open, almost begging you to look around. And everything is so easy to find! Looks and brains, we think we’re in love!
Now, for all you Mac users out there we have a bit of news. Gala Bingo is now open for business for you as well. The site now offers its play utilizing Flash, a very prevalent program that most people will find already loaded on their computer. What this means to the player, is that all they need to do is follow the signs. More specifically, you need to follow the large one on the front page proclaiming, “Play Online Now!”
If you want to play online Bingo at Gala, then you are going to have to register. Guests aren’t blocked from the hall, but they are blocked from the action. In other words, you can look but you can’t touch. The sign-in process is really not that hard so just grit your teeth and go for it. So, we have now arrived at what we discovered to be our first major complaint about this site. In the old days, when you signed up to play you were given $1 in your account, basically enough to play 10 games absolutely free of charge. This is a wonderful perk to new players. It really gave you the chance to get a feel for things before you made an investment. Well this wonderful benefit is no more. In our opinion Gala has fallen behind their peers in this area, and needs to do some serious catching up.
No matter what promotions they choose to offer, Gala has always been known for one great game of Bingo. Why should that change now? No matter what time the mood strikes you, day or night, you will always find a full room that shares your passion. In fact in those early morning hours we personally dread so much, we found several of the chat rooms to be completely full. No matter how crazy the rooms get, the Chat Masters work hard to keep things moving all the while keeping a smile in their tone. The chat at Gala Bingo loads right into your game console, giving you an easy seamless feel to the whole set up. This is in spite of the “lovely,” Disco muzak playing between games. If your fancy runs more towards either the slots or instant win games every once in a while then have no fear, you are still in the right place. At Gala Bingo players will find a high quality selection of these games calling to them from the other side of the site. They can be very tempting, and a lot of fun to play.
We know that this is still a new site, but the pool of promotions is extremely shallow. In fact, it’s completely dry. At this time the number of promotions being offered at Gala comes up to exactly zero. The site shows us that they are working on building up the non-cash offers for their customers, but there is currently no cash system in place, and no promise of one.
At the end of the day Gala delivers on one important fact, a great game of Bingo. For all the players out there this is what really matters. If you are at all familiar with Gala Bingo you know that this is something that will never change. All in all, the old Gala was good, but this one is so much better. Don’t take our word for it though, go look for yourself.
