Friday, 13 July 2012 05:20
Gala Bingo Overview
Gala Bingo was relaunched in July 2012 to much fanfare and it richly deserves its place in the sun. Headed up by the delicious Peter Andre, and now incorporating the best of Virtue Fusion’s sofware, it contains all the elements you’d want from a top bingo site. Gala Bingo now also have a great mobile product.
Site Design
The new site keeps its classic Gala blue and yellow feel, but that’s about all as the design is a huge step in the right direction and a pleasure to interact with. Signing up is straightforward and easy, and the games lobby is intuitive to navigate around. It was a big decision for Gala to move over to the Virtue Fusion platform, but it looks to have paid off.
Bonuses
Gala Bingo have upped their sign-up bonus to a massive £30 free when you deposit just £10. The wagering requirement is just 2x the bonus, so all in all it’s one of the best sign-up deals out there. There is no reload bonus but free bingo is available throughout the site under a speical newbies section and by using their Superbooks offering.
Games and Jackpots
As you would expect with a site run on Virtue Fusion there are a host of great bingo games such as Deal or No Deal Bingo and Lucky Numbers Bingo to choose from, and plenty of big networked jackpots to win. Gala favourites such as City Club and Seaside remain, and regulars to the old site will be pleased to see perenially popular games like BOGOF and Bingo Linx are now on the menu.
Community
Whether it’s in their bingo halls or online, Gala Bingo pride themselves on being a friendly and helpful community. The CMs at the new site live up to that high standard and there are enough people in the rooms to always get a good conversation going. If you have any questions there is also a detailed Help section and the Gala Live section really makes you feel like you are there playing bingo in person.
Sammy's Verdict
Gala’s catchprase is “You’ll love the buzz” and after playing for hours on the new site I heartily agree! Gala have done a fantastic job of taking the best of the Virtue Fusion platform and combining it with their own tried-and-tested offering to make for a fantastic bingo experience. If you previously gave up on the old, clunky Gala website, I definitely recommend you give them another go. The new Gala Bingo is now up there with the best.