Bingo Cabin Review

Bingo Cabin is a cosy kind of place. The homepage features an image of a Nordic cabin with snow on its roof, mountains in the background and all the lights on in the cabin with presumably a log fire burning brightly. It’s the sort of scene that makes you want to curl up on the sofa with the laptop while you delve into all your favourite bingo games. The laptop is probably the best means of playing at this site since it is not as suited to mobile play. Bingo Cabin was established in 2004, back when it was more common to download casino software to play.

While you can play games in your browser as well, to enjoy the full playing experience you will need to download software to your PC. Provided you're happy to do so, you'll find a pretty good range of games here, even if some of them aren’t quite as up to date as you you might have hoped. In particular, this site shows its age when it comes to viewing the games selection, a selection which can only be previewed by clicking through the screenshots accompanied by a brief summary of the line bets in a preview gallery. Some of these games look pretty good, whereas others look as dated as the site itself.

About Bingo Cabin

Bingo Cabin is operated by Open Field Solutions Limited, a company who are based in Douglas on the Isle of Man. They hold a license issued by the government of Curacao and the site is targeted predominantly at players in North America. As a consequence, its currency is the US dollar by default and the terminology used is also that which US players will be more accustomed to than their British counterparts. In fact, if you try to access the site from within the UK you will be greeted by a notice informing you that you are ineligible to sign up.

If you require support while using this site, you can do so by email or by live chat. There is also an FAQ which is well stocked with most queries that you're likely to have and additionally there are tutorials to guide you through playing the bingo games themselves as well as instructions on how to download and install the software on your PC. The company who operate Bingo Cabin also have a number of partner sites such as Bingo Liner, Bingo Cafe and Jet Bingo.

Banking in the Cabin

Bingo Cabin offers a range of deposit and withdrawal options, with a focus on credit and debit card. You can use Visa or MasterCard if you're accessing the site from the US or Canada. The site seems to have targeted Canadian citizens just as much as as Americans and as such offers a number of deposit options that are available for Canadians only such as Instadebit. Prepaid cards are also accepted along with Neteller and Skrill. For withdrawals, the minimum amount you can take out is $50. There is a 48-hour processing period before your withdrawal request is granted. After that funds will appear in your bank account via Visa within 3 to 5 working days, whereas funds will appear within 24 hours if you are using an ewallet.

The Cabin’s Bonus Offers

There is a $30 bonus when you sign up and make your first deposit at Bingo Cabin. It isn't immediately apparent from the homepage what percentage of a bonus this is or how much you need to deposit in order to claim this offer. Moreover, there isn't a page called Promotions. Instead, you will find more information about the bonuses that are available on a page titles What's On. Here you will find information about the first deposit bonus which stands at 300% when you deposit at least $10. This bonus cash cannot be withdrawn however and can only be used to play bingo.

There are reload bonuses available on the site too but it is unclear quite how these work as this isn't explains very clearly on the site. Reload bonuses are awarded when your balance is under $10 and your Bingo Bucks balance is under $50, but that's about all that is known. The site does state that, once again, you cannot withdraw this bonus cash. The What's On page also has a link to an FAQ which details what is new about the site, which apparently has had a revamp. You wouldn’t think so to look at it, but at some point in time this site has been improved.

Bingo Selection Not Huge

There isn't a great selection of bingo games that can be played at Bingo Cabin; the ones that are available can be viewed in the preview section of the site. Screenshots of the types of games on offer show Mega Bingo as well as Bingo 75. Naturally, the latter is a 75-ball game which is the type of bingo that is most popular in North America where this site is marketed. It is unclear what type of game Mega Bingo is other than that it is a networked game so it's connected to the many other sites who also plugin to this network.

You will see a countdown timer revealing how long you have left to purchase tickets before the next game starts. Judging by the screenshot, it appears that tickets for the Mega Bingo game cost $1 and there is a prize of £1,000 to be won. It is uncertain how much it costs to enter the 75-ball bingo game.

Scrolling Through the Slots

When it comes to the slots, again you're obliged to scroll through the gallery to view the nature of the games that are available. Games such as Pyramids of Cash, Past Life, Jackpot Jamboree, Cards of Fortune and Cash Carousel look extremely basic. Most of the slots have unimpressive graphics and symbols that mostly involve fruit, bars and red sevens. Others such as Gypsy Cream look more interesting but are still kitsch and twee. Don't expect to find any of the latest and greatest branded games here by top developers, put it that way.

As for the casino games, you simply need to click on the preview images to see what sort of titles are available to you. There is a roulette game which has very basic graphics plus video poker games such as Deuces Wild which also have extremely basic graphics. Then we have Dino Keno, Single Player Blackjack, Jacks or Better and Multiplayer Blackjack. None of these games look good from a visual perspective but if nothing else they play just like any other table game you will find on the web.

Bingo Cabin Conclusion

Bingo Cabin is a site which has a nice image on its homepage and that is about all that can be said in its favour. Players accessing the site from America and Canada have less choice and so to a certain extent are obliged to work with the options that are available to them. If your options include Bingo Cabin, this site will do but don't expect anything great. There are a lot of reasons why this site doesn't live up to expectations, including the dated design, dated downloadable software model and extremely dated slots and table games. The bingo? Oh yeah, that looks dated too.