Mecca Bingo
Okay, let’s be honest for a minute. Unless you live under a rock you have heard about Mecca. This is the company that brought us Bingo after all. With out their founder Eric Morley opening our eyes to the wonder of the bouncing balls we might be stuck at a roulette wheel with everyone else. Morley saw some great potential in Bingo and he leveraged that into what is today quite the corporate giant. Even though Mecca is now a part of the Rank Group they still operate 120 halls right here at home in the UK. To this day many players feel that a game in a Mecca club is the ultimate in Bingo experiences.
You would think that given their background Mecca would have been the first dog in the online race, but they proved to be much more of a late entry. Mecca Bingo did not open its virtual doors until 2005 putting it at the back of the pack as far as that goes. None of that matters now though as they are open and ready for business. We are packing our bags to see if this new Mecca was really worth the wait.
So with all that said you can be assured of one fact entirely, that you will always be provided the safest playing environment possible. It is so nice to have the piece of mind that comes with knowing all your sensitive information is held in trustworthy hands. With that pleasant thought in ringing in our ears we logged in. Mecca Bingo was a visual treat, greeting us with a style and flair that we found to be delightful. The links were clearly marked and easy to locate so all we had to do was choose our path and go!
And oh the choices you will have. The Bingo dedicated area of MeccaGames.com greets you with a menu full of all the flavors of the game. The most direct route to access the sites very popular Multi-Player games is to click the ad labeled as such. Don’t be drawn off course by some of the other links fighting for your attention. Many of the ones listed down the left side of the screen will divert you to other sites. This is a bit confusing in comparison to the clean style of the home page. We realize that Mecca wants players to have all the options. But let just keep things simple.
The final step before you get your reward of Bingo bliss is joining Mecca’s network. The company redeems themselves here by getting back in the swing of the straightforward and simple. You now have all that Mecca has to offer ready and waiting for your playing pleasure. Most of the entertainment delivered to users has an optional freeplay mode. This feature is especially nice for new players still getting their feet wet in the hall. The only main game with no freeplay is the 90-ball Bingo, but you always have your welcome bonus, more on that later. The ever important chat option loaded up just fine, and provided its own form of fun. One thing we always like to see is a nice growing total on the jackpots, and Mecca Bingo delivers. Make sure you keep an eye on these; after all, someone has to win them. This whole pleasing package is held together by a custom software package owned by Mecca. It is non-downloading so there in no installation necessary and you can be playing in seconds.
It is sad to say in this day and age, but there are a select group of users out there that are barred from much of our virtual Bingo fun, Mac users. The software packages so popular in this industry are just not created for a Mac system. This is one advantage to building your own software. We were so happy to see it published that Mecca is open to everyone. The only down side was that no matter what they said, we couldn’t make it work. After several long conversations with customer support we found out that this is a real problem they are having, and that they are in the process of updating the software to fix it. Incidentally the agents at customer support were wonderful. They answered our calls promptly and worked with us to try and get things moving. We give them full marks in this category.
With a name like Mecca on the door we were expecting to be blown away in the promotions department, not straining to even feel the breeze. There is one current cash promotion of a $10 match when players make their first deposit of a minimum of $10, but other than that the crickets were chirping here folks. And no matter how hard we looked we found no none cash offers available now, or promised for the future.
If you are a fan of the Mecca brand in their UK clubs, then there is no reason for you not to love them now. The company is showing the same steadfast determination for game quality and customer care that they have become known for in the real world. We really enjoy the sense of peace and security that comes from knowing who ultimately holds the reigns. When you find yourself in the market for a new Bingo home this is a definite must see. For now, just treat yourself to a vacation and see for yourself what they have to offer.
