Gala Bingo: A Review of Offers, Bonuses and Promos

Gala Bingo Review: Existing Player Promotions

Drops & Wins. These slot tournaments run every week, and give away cash prizes. Opt in by just playing on any qualifying slot, there isn’t any minimum spend. There are also daily and monthly prizes!
Daily Free Spin. Spend £10 or more on slot games in a day and you’ll get a free spin on the prize wheel. The spin is only valid that day, so don’t let it expire! Prizes include cash and free spins!
5K Free Spins. This daily offer requires that players opt in to compete in the tournament. Prizes of up to 100 free spins can be won, with 5000 free spins given away in total. 
Match 5 Bingo: Fire up free fun on Match 5 Bingo where you could win up to 20 Bingo Tickets or £100 cash prize! Mark off all five numbers on your ticket for a guaranteed prize—the quicker you match, the bigger your reward.

Live Daily Show: Grab LIVE Gala gang action every day! Ready for an hour of different cash games, chances to win free tickets and more?
Look out for our Weekly and Monthly Specials with boosted prize pots, plus our big Monthly Spectacular
These promotions were all correct at time of writing, although do bear in mind that offers change.

Gala Bingo Existing Player Promotions rating: 6 / 10

Gala Bingo Review: VIP & Loyalty

Gala doesn't have what would be regarded as a traditional VIP or loyalty program. As a whole, we're actually seeing big brands move away from this concept as it was a common theme that VIP meant you were probably a high-rolling spender. While it might seem cool to be a VIP of a catchy bingo brand, sites were not rewarding big winners with VIP treatment; they were incentivizing losses - so it's good to see that Gala has actually opted against this tactic in their efforts to offer loyalty rewards.

Instead, as we've mentioned previously in this Gala Bingo review, the Gala Rewards scheme gives a little something back to players for their activity on the site. Its system is a little more complicated than some, but what's especially nice is that it has rewards for BOTH bingo and slots players! Once you have made a deposit and opted in to rewards, you can enjoy treats like a share of the weekly free spins rewards, bingo cashback, a rewards wheel, and daily bingo ticket rewards!

For slot players, if you spend £10 on slots, Slingo, or scratch games during the week (Friday to Thursday), you will be entitled to a share of that week's 100,000 Free Spins Rewards Share Pot!

These are some decent rewards, and though the system for earning them is a little complicated (different rules for different rewards), it's great to see rewards available for both bingo and slots players.

Gala Bingo VIP & Loyalty rating: 7 / 10

Gala Bingo Product Review

Gala Bingo's site is really easy to find your way around. There's a modern trend for stripped-back design and simple layouts, and Gala has definitely followed suit with its product, even down to the fact that they have decided to separate their casino products from the bingo. A move which we think is a real homage to the proper bingo fan!

If you're new to bingo, it's uncluttered and less intense than some of its rivals, who seem to blast you with slots, sports, and casino on every other tab! Gala Bingo is a true online bingo site and not just an overloaded gambling platform. By simplifying the site or app, we think Gala is delivering a great product.

Gala Bingo is an Entain Bingo site and underneath the layers of the website, there's a software brand called Electraworks powering this popular bingo platform. Electraworks bingo sites are owned and operated by the Entain network. With that partnership, you're getting the latest games, you're getting reliability, and you're getting security.

The only thing that slightly caught us out was promotions being found under “My Rewards,” but it didn’t take us long to work out why. Traditionally, sites have a promotions page that can be seen by members and non-members, so you can get a taste of the deals on offer before joining. Gala wants you to feel like you're part of a membership program with your own rewards; I imagine this may have come from their days operating community bingo halls.

Gala Bingo Product rating: 7 / 10

Gala Bingo Branding Review

Gala has gone through some design shakeups over the years. They've always kept their big bold blue and yellow theme, but have recently toned down the brashness of the color scheme and opted for a more subtle white background with the branding woven into the structure of the site.

This is common now for sites who are more understanding of their players' need for speed! Overly designed sites can be slow, so simple layouts are preferred, especially for those who are playing on mobile data.

The site works smoothly as you flick around; it's fast and responsive. That famous blue and yellow design is present throughout, tying everything together nicely. Most bingo lobbies look like eCommerce sites nowadays, so you feel a sense of familiarity when you browse the site, with prices and players labeled clearly throughout the tiled lobby design.

Pinned rooms are listed first (these are popular and important bingo rooms), and then the rooms come in order of the next game to run, which is very handy when you just want to jump in and play something that's about to start.

Gala Bingo isn't overrun with a lot of tabs, which is a breath of fresh air from the overly "casino-centric" sites that have every available form of gambling stuffed into their navs. It's a really nice proper bingo site, very simple, and very easy to play on.

Gala Bingo Branding rating: 7 / 10

Gala Bingo User Experience Review

Gala has a really simple site. If you're new to the site or to bingo, everything you need starts with the bingo rooms tab where you select what you want to play. The rooms are ordered according to play times so you can choose a game that's starting soon, or you can select to pre-buy for a later session.

The prize pots are labeled on the card, which is the total amount of available prizes for that room—it's usually an odd number that keeps changing as more tickets are bought throughout the day. The prize for winning a game will be displayed as a smaller round whole number, somewhere on the card.

Check for player numbers on the room listing before you go in. While bingo is random, you might eventually get a feel for the rooms you prefer to play at based on prizes and player numbers, and Gala has everything really well labeled and clear.

Gala lets you buy into discount packages of games from the bingo rooms tab, which is a really thoughtful addition in our opinion. They're a nice collection of pre-set games that you can buy at a slightly discounted price. The discount is obviously favorable in terms of cost, but you are restricted to the games in the package.

Similar to packages, sessions are a selection of games grouped together in a bundle that you play consecutively. This is great for those who might actually choose a period of time to play in and then set aside the time to commit to that session. But it's restricting for those who just like a cheeky go, so only buy sessions if you're OK committing to the timeframe. You can naturally let the games go on without you being there, but that's not really fun... or is it?

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Gala Bingo User Experience rating: 7 / 10

Gala Bingo Rooms Review

Gala Bingo Rooms rating: 8 / 10

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Gala Bingo Games Review

Gala Bingo has a very impressive collection of bingo games, when you land in the bingo rooms section you can clearly some of the popular games labelled like 90-ball and 75-ball bingo, but there is also 80-ball, 50-ball, 36-ball, and 30-ball too!

If you're new to bingo and don't really know where to start, 90 ball bingo is the classic version of the game popular in UK bingo halls. You've more than likely seen a classic 90 Ball bingo card at some point, so you might choose to start with a 90 ball game like Bargain Wins which is packed with players, tickets are low cost and prizes are higher than average.

The great thing about online bingo and virtual gaming sites like Gala bingo, there's no real skill to the game. It's a lottery, so if you're not entirely sure what to do, you can use their welcome offer to join with a low spend and try the games. Most online bingo dabbing are automated, so the game actually runs its own course and you're not expected to sit there dabbing.

The games have lots of cool little adds ons that we really appreciate as bingo fans like 2TG payments if you missed on a Jackpot, or sometimes you get a Roll On chance to win a small prize if the next numbers after a house are the ones you need - great incentives to enhance the basic principles of the game!

Gala Bingo Games rating: 8 / 10

Gala Bingo Jackpots

Standard Bingo Jackpots
Most of the games at Gala Bingo have jackpots, some have multiple jackpots. If you're not familiar with how it works, they're cash pots that are progressively collected as people play, and they build up into big prizes. Gala has a great product which attracts lots of players, so you can expect loads of different jackpots to accumulate. They have daily and weekly giveaways that can be hundreds of pounds up to big thousands of pounds jackpots for winning under a certain number of calls.

£100,000 Jackpot
Gala has a high-end jackpot bingo room called £100k Bingo, where the prize is... you've guessed it, £100,000. There's normally quite a big build-up to the game with lots of time to buy in with tickets. So it can be listed for weeks before the actual event - the game date is always live on the room card.

With an average prize fund of around £50-£100 in other rooms, you must appreciate that this infrequent event is much like a lottery. You can buy in with tickets costing as little as 10p, but do expect the players' numbers to be in their thousands.

Our advice would be to have a go at least once and just play for the luck of winning a life-changing amount with a very small dabble - like a raffle or lottery! There's no strategy for these kinds of jackpot games because of the huge numbers of players who buy in, so you're unlikely to win. But just having 1 or 2 cheap tickets if you have that balance spare in your account is well worth a go, in our opinion.

Rolling Pots
If you're a fan of slots, there's a section called Rolling Pots where you'll find slot games with rollover "Must Go Soon" jackpots. Now these are prize pools that must be given away before a time frame or they hit an upper value, so just be wary that everyone can see that limit. They're quite alluring as you feel like you're offered a better chance of winning, but remember there will be lots of people on the network also trying to grab that jackpot as well.

Gala Bingo Jackpots rating: 7 / 10

Gala Bingo Penny Bingo

The Penny Bingo room at Gala Bingo is hugely popular and offers bingo for just 1p per ticket, all day every day. There are 4 jackpots with prizes ranging from £25 for an hourly prize game, a daily Jackpot of £150, a monthly prize game of £5,000 and then there's a progressive Jackpot that just builds until someone wins a game in 32 calls or less, its currently at 39k but this changes as its either won or constantly accumulating. 

Other rooms do also have occasional penny bingo games, including the Dreams night-time room, Gala Live, and Bargain Wins. Gala clearly know how popular penny bingo is, so there are plenty of chances for 1p tickets on Gala Bingo games. Head over to the prebuy area of each room and you can see when the 1p tickets are available.

Gala Bingo Penny Bingo rating: 8 / 10

Gala Bingo Side Games Review

Side games are not available on Gala Bingo. There are plenty of slot games on the site, but you can’t play them whilst in the bingo rooms. It’s one or the other, unfortunately! This is a bit disappointing, as most competitors have bingo room mini side games.

If you like live games, Gala do have a collection of funky live dealer games in a section called Game Shows. If you're a traditional game show fan, then you'll probably feel like these are a little cheesy. They're pretty much revamped versions of casino games like roulette but a large wheel of fortune or a live dealer slot.  It seems a little odd having these labelled Game Shows, when Gala has such a rich history of actual Game Show themed offerings like Deal or No Deal & The Chase in their actual bingo products. 

Gala Bingo Slot Games Review

Gala Bingo has over a thousand slot games available! This truly jaw-dropping catalogue can be searched using the search bar, or you can select Megaways games, Slingo, Jackpot slots, casino games, and more categories to find the kind of games you like. There’s a section for just ITV branded games, like the Chase and Coronation Street, and many slots are unique to Gala Bingo- these have a little ‘Exclusive’ sticker on their logo. ‘Gala Gold’ is the section that houses unique games.  If you’ve never played Slingo, you’re missing out! The basic game is a mix of bingo and slots, where you spin to reveal numbers, and then mark them off on a grid. However, there are dozens of variants now! Many are themed after TV shows or other slot games, like X Factor or Cleopatra. There is a whole section for Slingo games on Gala Bingo.

We know bingo players love slots, but if you prefer a more casino like feel to your game play, you can head over to Gala Casino or Gala Spins which are separate sites aimed at delivering a different product to that of the Gala Bingo offering. Its a nice touch from Gala in our opinion, meaning you feel like a bingo customer rather than a gambler! Gala keep their product assets separate unlike some sites that chose a more saturated all-in-one approach.

Gala Bingo Top Slot & Games

Fluffy TooThe sequel to wildly popular Fluffy Favourites, Fluffy Too sees the cuddly critters take a trip to the seaside. Get 3+ scattered coins for the Coin Pusher round where you can win 100x your bet, or get 3+ elephant scatters to trigger up to 25 free spins. The elephant is also wild, and will pay double for any wins it makes.
Big Bass BonanzaGrab your best fishing rod and reel in the excitement with this fun fish-themed slot. The bass symbol is the scatter, and landing 3 or more will trigger free spins. The wild symbol (fisherman) only appears during free spins rounds. There is also a fish money symbol which has cash values attached!
Action Bank
This slot isn't for those seeking something cute and cuddly. With a steel-looking background and 'losing' symbols, Action Bank is definitely for those who like their slots a little tougher. The 'O' symbol won't pay out, but if you're lucky, it might turn into a bank symbol instead. Five of those, and you'll be heading for the chance to win free spins or a mega multiplier.
Mustang Gold
This slot features all the charm of the American West, with elegant horses and golden horseshoes included in the symbols. The Mustang Gold logo is wild, and the campfire is the scatter. Get 3 or more campfires anywhere on the reels for free spins!

Gala Bingo Additional Games rating: 8 / 10

Gala Bingo Mobile and App Review

Gala bingo has an award winning app which pretty much replicates the style of play that you might expect from a modern mobile product. Gala is one of the best bingo sites in the UK for mobile play. It comes loaded with bingo rooms, free bingo games and cash bingo games, on top of slots, slingo, roulette, scratchcards, jackpots, Megaways, instant-wins, and other exciting casino games.

They have over 500k downloads listed in the Google Play store, Apple doesn't share this level of information. In total both apps have clocked up over 30k reviews and ratings with an average score of 4.4 out of 5 which is very impressive!

You can play for cash, or actually, if you're a fan of free games on your phone, there's the regular Gala free bingo room that helps Gala pretty much double up as a free to play app as well pay to play. If you're already a paying player elsewhere in the app, you can even win cash prizes on the free games  - IF YOU'RE VERY LUCKY!!!!

There are naturally mixed reviews from users of Android's Google Play Apps and Apple app players, afterall people rarely review products that work as normal. But our players have reported some slow loading and glitchy behaviours. All these are common in modern tech, there are thousands of people logging in at the same time, so systems can be laggy from time to time. And some games are networked meaning they're being access by other platforms which is also common.

If you're not a fan of installing apps to your device, Gala Bingo on mobile is no different. You're accessing all the same areas of the app in a web based format, which is basically all an app is, except its not stored on your phone. We couldn't find any differences in using a mobile version over the app other than a few notifications here and there, where we enabled those in the app.

Gala Bingo Mobile rating: 8 / 10

Gala Bingo Responsible Gambling

On Gala Bingo, there are lots of tools to help players gamble responsibly. There are spending controls, account closure, a budget calculator, and more, all designed to help you stay in control of your time and money and ensure safe play. 
 Tools they offer on Gala Bingo include:

Self-Assessment Tool – use this to figure out if you’re gambling safely by answering a few questions.Reality Check – you can set these to pop up and remind you to take a break from playing.Track Your Activity – here you can see your profit/loss, as well as your deposits vs withdrawals, to keep track of your spending.Spending Controls – Deposit limits, max stake, and curfew are available here to help you.

Gala Bingo Responsible Gambling rating: 8 / 10

Gala Bingo Banking Review: Available Payment Methods

Gala have a good selection of payment methods from secure and trusted payment providers. Its quite a modest list, but in our experience, too many payment options can be confusing if you're not that tech savvy.

Remember if you're a UK player, you can't use a credit card and in our opinion, you shouldn't be gambling on credit anyway, so Debit Card payments using only what you can afford to spend is the recommended approach for responsible spending.

eWallets like PayPal, Skrill and Paysafecard are actually good options for online spending as they often have security features dedicated to online transactions. But they quite often come with additional transactions fees somewhere within the process of depositing to withdrawal. So do check out the fees with that provider if you chose an eWallet as your payment processor for gala Bingo.

Available Payment Methods:

Money Bookers / Skrill
Maestro
Visa
Master Card
Paypal
Paysafe Card
Fast Bank
Ecocard
Apple Pay

Gala Bingo Payment Methods rating: 8 / 10

Gala Bingo Banking Review: Depositing

Gala Bingo offers a good choice of payment options for deposits, including debit cards, PayPal, Paysafecard, and Skrill. Depositing on Gala Bingo was simple; just a few steps to choose deposit method and amount is all it took. There's a quick link on every page to deposit, which can be a little too encouraging, but its also convenient if you've just logged in and want to access the deposit section really quickly.

If you're depositing for the first time in order to earn your bonus, remember there's a minimum amount required to qualify. So be sure that you are hitting that threshold if you're set on claiming the Gala new player welcome offer. The minimum deposit is just £5 for normal play, which is as low as we’ve found on the UK market. But that minimum first deposit to claim the welcome bonus must be at least £10.

And again, if you're new to Gala bingo, remember you can set deposit limits at any time to restrict your spend. Even if you're a responsible gambler, we highly recommend setting deposit limits. Once those limits are in place you never have to worry about how much could spend in those time frames. 

Gala Bingo Depositing rating: 7 / 10

Gala Bingo Banking Review: Withdrawals

Withdrawals can be made on Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, PayPal, Bank Transfer, Apple Pay, and Instant Bank Payment. The fastest time is Visa Fast Funds within 4 hours, and PayPal is also within 8 hours. Bank transfers take the longest time- up to 4 banking days. This is still a great deal faster than many competitors, but isn't the fastest we've seen. Overall, an impressive time is promised for withdrawal, regardless of payment methods!

Do remember in most cases, bingo platforms will only allow withdrawals back to the provider that you used for the deposit. If you weren't aware, this is for anti-money laundering purposes, to stop people spending with one bank and moving any remaining cash or winnings to another. 

Gala Bingo Withdrawing rating: 8 / 10