Free Bingo – back on the up?

In what can only be described as one of the biggest plot twists in the online bingo world of late, we’ve noticed the rise of free bingo at some sites that were previously off limits. Sites like Foxy Bingo and Wink Bingo have ramped up their free bingo games, offering more games and bigger prizes. In contrast, plenty of free bingo sites seem to be cutting back in favour of big money promotions. So what’s upset the free bingo balance?! Read on for our take.

Online bingo is a topsy turvy world, and it seems free bingo has definitely been spun upside down once again. The free bingo fad seems to come and go in the online bingo world ever since it began. The opening of Cheeky Bingo seemed to prompt nearly every bingo operator to have a go with the freebie games back in 2009, only for the offers to suddenly dry up a mere six months later. Whilst some have stayed true to their roots, we’ve noticed plenty of sites dabble – and drop – free bingo offers within a few months of adding them to the schedule.

And in the latest turn in the saga, it seems your newest havens for free bingo are – bizarrely enough – some of the bigger sites that had often resisted the temptation to rely on free bingo offers. Yup, we glanced over at Foxy Bingo and Wink Bingo and lo and behold, both are now offering revamped free bingo schedules. At Foxy, you can take advantage of free bingo games running 24/7, extended from their usual free bingo hours. There’s a total of £2k to be given away each day, with prize pots of up to £100. Similarly, Wink Bingo have also revamped their free bingo area, with the Free and Fun club now offering more hours of free bingo in two separate rooms.

It seems in direct contrast to sites like Costa Bingo and Cheeky Bingo, who seem to be downplaying their free bingo credentials of late in favour of bigger guaranteed jackpot pay to play bingo games and plenty of side game and instant tourneys. Of course, these games are not without conditions – you will have to be funded to take part. Guess no deposit bingo is a bridge too far for bingo’s biggest guns eh?!