News

We've been bringing you news flashes from the world of bingo and slots summer 2017. New games, special promotions and other stuff you really need to know! News postings tend to go out of date quite quickly but in case you're interested in the old postings, all of them are collected here.

Latest bingo news

Christmas Bingo Promotions - Escalator Jackpots & More!

It’s that time of year when UK bingo and slot sites run an array of festive promotions. There’s any number of slots promotions going on for Christmas 2025 – leaderboards, prize draws, bonus games, stake and get, you name it, but the bingo promotions are not quite so easy to find. Here’s what our investigations [...]

By Sue Dawson

19th Dec 2025
Football Pie Connoisseur Winner Ranks Pie At His First Match

Football Pie Connoisseur – The Journey Begins Football fans and food enthusiasts, the wait is over! Our search for the Football Pie Connoisseur has been an exciting journey so far, and we’re thrilled to share the first ranking from our winner, Ian Coulton. As part of Ian’s dream job, he is attending away games for [...]

By Sue Dawson

18th Dec 2025
Take Control With BetBlocker Scheduler

Here at Best New Bingo Sites, we take safer gambling very seriously (you can read more about this on our Responsible Gambling page). We were excited to hear about the launch of BetBlocker‘s new safer gambling tool, Scheduler, which promises to be an absolute game changer. What Is BetBlocker? BetBlocker is a UK registered charity [...]

By Sue Dawson

15th Dec 2025
Football Pie Connoisseur - We Have A Winner!

Local Wigan Fan Wins Football Pie Connoisseur Competition Over the last month, we have been searching for the ultimate Football Pie Connoisseur – a competition awarding the dream job for any football fan: eating and reviewing matchday pies. After many passionate football fans staked their claim for the title, we can now reveal that our [...]

By Sue Dawson

9th Dec 2025
What the 2025 Budget Means For Players

As you’ve probably heard, one of the announcements in the UK 2025 autumn Budget on November 26th was an increase in gambling taxes. Gambling Tax Increases – The Details Unfortunately for online bingo, slots and casino players, it’s online gaming that is taking the brunt of it. The tax rate is almost doubling, from 21% [...]

By Sue Dawson

28th Nov 2025
Big Bass Jackpot Bonanza at Paddy Power

The Big Bass series of slot games have dominated UK online casinos over the last few years. There have been Halloween and Christmas versions of the game, horse racing themed versions to coincide with the Cheltenham Festival, Megaways versions, a crash game, a bingo game – pretty well everything you can think of. Except, that [...]

By Sue Dawson

20th Nov 2025
Safer Gambling Week 2025

What Is Safer Gambling Week? Here at Best New Bingo Sites we are pleased to support Safer Gambling Week 2025. Safer Gambling Week is an annual cross-industry initiative to promote safer gambling both on and offline in the United Kingdom and Ireland, coordinated by the Betting & Gaming Council with the support of partners across [...]

By Sue Dawson

13th Nov 2025
Competition - Become The Ultimate Football Pie Connoisseur!

Love Football and Pies? We Need Your Help! If you’re a diehard football fan with a taste for delicious match-day pies, then you might be the perfect fit for the next Football Pie Connoisseur. Our great new competition calls all fans of the 72 lower-league teams (League 1, League 2 and National League) to review [...]

By Sue Dawson

10th Nov 2025
Foxy Dollars At Foxy Bingo

Entain are well known for their brilliant player promotions and their latest innovation, Foxy Dollars at Foxy Bingo, is one of the best yet. What are Foxy Dollars? How do I get Foxy Dollars? What’s so special about Foxy Dollars? What else can I do with Foxy Dollars? Foxy Dollars – Our Verdict What are [...]

By Sue Dawson

3rd Oct 2025
Best New Bingo Sites Gets A New Design

Why The New Design? Apart from a few minor updates, the design of our site has remained the same for the last 5+ years.. Today, we unveil a brand new design for our listings and reviews pages and the rest of the site has been updated too to match the new look. But what have [...]

By Sue Dawson

31st Jul 2025
It's National Bingo Week Again!

What is National Bingo Week? National Bingo Week 2025 is an expansion of National Bingo Day and runs from 23rd – 29th June. National Bingo Day is a fairly recent addition to the UK calendar; the British bingo industry imported the idea from the USA (where there’s a national day for pretty well everything) in [...]

By Sue Dawson

23rd Jun 2025
Grace Media Casinos Offline For Nearly A Week

On Tuesday 10th June, the Grace Media network of online casinos and bingo sites went offline “for a few hours” so that an lobby upgrade could be done. At many of these sites, players were notified about this a couple of weeks in advance and promised that: “Not only will our new lobby be quicker [...]

By Sue Dawson

16th Jun 2025