Buzz Bingo Review

Buzz Bingo was already one of my favourite online bingo sites before they asked me to come and work for them in August 2021.

After going in to cover some maternity leave within the bingo team, I am pleased to report I was kept on full time and am now helping to shape their entire online bingo product!

Much of this review below was written before I joined Buzz, so there is no bias here and going forward I will continue to be open and honest with my reviews. Buzz have been supportive in allowing me to continue this site in my spare time while working for them, which is great.

Buzz Bingo has only been around since 2018, but in that time they've already picked up loads of awards including Best New Site (WhichBingo & BingoPort Awards 2019) and Best Bingo Site (WhichBingo Awards 2020). They're also the largest retail bingo operator in the UK, so no-one knows bingo like these guys.

Buzz Bingo sits on the Playtech (aka Virtuefusion) platform and so if you've played at any of the major Playtech sites it should all feel very familiar. As well as most of the best Playtech variants, Buzz also has a few exclusive bingo rooms such as Buzz Bingo Blast (36 ball variant) and The Voice UK Bingo (80 ball variant).

NEW Live Bingo

In September 2022 Buzz Bingo announced a new feature that took something that already existed (live video feed inside a bingo room) but made it so much better. Introducing, LIVE BINGO from Buzz...

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What sets this new Live Bingo apart from everyone else is a combination of two things:

New technology that means the live-stream is truly, properly live (no 12 second delays here).
The fantastically talented presenters and creative minds that come up with fun and interesting new features (yes, I helped with this!)

Buzz Bingo are really confident that Live Bingo will be a success that they are going all out at launch with shows 7 days a week, every night in Buzz Club Room from 7pm - 10pm.

Bingo is the star of the show

The best thing about the new Live Bingo at Buzz is that all of the enhanced in-game features that they have come up with are all connected to the actual bingo game being played. So it isn't some gameshow you are watching where only the person who has phoned in gets to win something. Here, anyone could win depending on what happens in that game of bingo, right at that second.

Every game features the Bonus Board, which is like a community ticket that everyone can see on screen. Claim Full House on one of the numbers gets you an extra £5. Complete the line and it's another £10 added on. Two lines get you £25 and complete the Full House and that's a nice juicy £50 on top.

But that's just the basics. There are a huge variety of fun and interesting enhanced features that could be played on any night, including Odds & Evens, Higher or Lower, Duck Hunt, Magic Number, Lucky Numbers, 80's Night, Any 1's Game and much, much more.

Head on over to Buzz Bingo now and click on the Live Bingo section for all the details of these great games and to see what's coming up in tonight's show.

Bingo Clubs

Buzz Bingo has 91 bingo clubs across the UK, and although the website is mainly geared up for online bingo play, there is a section just for club information. Simply click on 'club' in the main menu and then use the search box or A-Z to find your local Buzz Bingo hall.

Each local Buzz Bingo club has it's own page with all the info you may need such as opening times, contact numbers, menus, bingo times and ticket prices. If you are a member of a local Buzz club you can sign in to your online account using your Buzz membership card. Winnings from online can be spent in-club, and vice versa.

How to find the bingo games

Once you're logged in, the homepage shows a few bingo games but mostly it will be slot games on the screen. To see all the bingo rooms click on the big 'Play Bingo Now' button which opens up the main bingo lobby or you can also select 'bingo' from the main menu. This doesn't open the lobby, but a page with info on all the bingo games, including Bingo Millions. Because Bingo Millions is not a Playtech product, it doesn't appear in the main bingo lobby.

Once in the lobby you'll see a list of all the bingo games which you can filter by name / time to next game. You can also select sub-categories such as exclusive, 90 ball, 80/75 ball, Specials and All Winners. All Winners is a specific bingo room that plays every day, but you can't buy tickets, you have to win them elsewhere (more info further in this review).

If you see any rooms described as 'Buzz Hot Pick' this is just them trying to encourage you to play in one of their exclusive or standalone rooms. Any rooms which have a special feature will show an info icon next to the play button, tap this to read more about that particular room and what makes it special.

How to make a deposit at Buzz Bingo

If you're on the desktop version of Buzz Bingo's website, you can find a 'Quick Deposit' button in the top right corner. You can use this to make a deposit but it only really gives you the option to deposit via the same method that you used previously. It is better to get to the main deposit screen, which you can only really do from within the main bingo lobby.

If you're on the mobile version of the bingo lobby, you will see your account balance in the top right. Tap this and a dropdown will appear with a bunch of options you can choose from, one of which is Deposit. Tap this to open up the deposit screen, which gives you the option to deposit via:

PayPal
Debit Card
Paysafecard (on desktop site only)

On the desktop version of the lobby there is a button at the top which says 'Deposit', but this is in fact the same 'Quick Deposit' feature I mentioned earlier. To get to the main deposit screen click on Menu > Deposit.

Please note that only PayPal accounts in your name can be used as a valid deposit method, due to anti-money laundering rules.

The minimum deposit amount at Buzz Bingo is £5.

How to withdraw

To withdraw you first need to get to the 'My Account' section. If you're on mobile, the only way to get to this is via the bingo lobby, so make sure you click 'play bingo now' to get there first. Once you're in the lobby click on the top right where your balance is displayed. A dropdown then appears with 'Withdraw' as one of the options. Click this.

On desktop you don't have to be in the bingo lobby to find the My Account section. Simply click the little icon in the top right which is next to the envelope. You will then see a pretty large 'Withdraw' button which is hard to miss.

Once you're on the withdrawal screen it will show your confirmed payment methods, as you can only withdraw to an account which you have previously used to deposit. It also says withdrawals can take between 2-5 working days to show in your bank, but in my experience it is usually quicker than this. I think Buzz are just covering their backs on this one.

The minimum amount you can withdraw is £5.

Free Bingo at Buzz

Buzz Bingo usually has some kind of free bingo going on, but it's less frequent than it once was.

They sometimes have open their Free Bingo Room where every game is totally free or superbooks. However, most recently they've opted to run free bingo in other rooms, such as Go Go Bingo or Buzz Club Room and only on certain occasions.

Best to make sure you subscribe to marketing communications when you join Buzz so that you get the emails alerting you to their next set of free bingo games.

All Winners Room

Buzz Bingo has a couple of special bingo rooms called 'All Winners Daily' and 'All Winners Weekly'. In these rooms you cannot buy bingo tickets, you must earn them by claiming bingo in one of the special All Winners bingo games that take place every day in selected rooms.

Look out for the All Winners feature icon on selected games taking place in the following rooms:

Buzz Club Room

If a game has the symbol on it, the feature is active and you'll get 6 tickets to the All Winners daily game and 6 to the All Winners weekly games (as well as your cash prize) every time you win 1 line, 2 lines or full house. If you go to the All Winners area in the bingo lobby you can see how many tickets you have and the time to the next game.

Once you have got tickets to these rooms, the All Winners Daily Game plays just one round of bingo at 8.00pm. The All Winners Weekly Game plays at 10pm on Saturdays, with three games in total. Prize money for these games ranges from £10-£25 for 1 line, £15-£50 for 2 lines and £75 - £200 for a full house.

Visit the Buzz Bingo promotions page for all the details, terms & conditions, etc as some details may have changed since the time of writing.

Does Buzz Bingo have an app?

There is an app for Android devices available on the Google Play Store, but this is just the mobile site wrapped as an app. There is no dedicated app yet on the iPhone app store but I believe it will be launching in early 2023.

As with most bingo sites these days, you don't really need to use an app as the site works perfectly fine whether you go there via your phone or tablet or not.