Brit 50 Bingo, as the name suggests, is a version of 50-Ball Bingo exclusive to the Sun Bingo website based out of the United Kingdom. Despite this, the game has a lot in common with many 30-Ball games, as each round only requires you to hit ten numbers to win the full house prize. In addition, the game is filled with supposedly ‘British’ icons, although some may not be familiar to those living outside the nation's capital. That probably won’t come as a shock to those who live in Scotland or the North of England though, who will likely already be used to the London-centric nature of typical British life!
So, without further ado, let's find out what a good old Blighty-themed bingo title has to offer our diehard followers. I have to say I've been excited to review this game, so I hope it lives up to my expectations.
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£10 Deposit
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First-time depositors only (18+ country restrictions apply). Min deposit: £10. Max offer: 100% Bingo Bonus up to £10 & 50 Free Spins (on Starburst). 10 Free Spins will be credited per day, across 5 days. Promo code: FREE50. Any Bingo Bonus winnings, if applicable, must be wagered 4x before withdrawal. Any Free Spins winnings, if applicable, will be credited as bonus funds. FS winnings must be wagered 99x before withdrawal. Free Spins are valid for 7 days. Games Bonus win cap: £100 + original bonus amount. Wagering contribution varies by game. We reserve the right to deny bonuses based on abusive bonus activity across sites operated by the Company. Deposit balance is available for withdrawal at any time (UK only). General withdrawal restrictions apply. Valid until further notice. View Full T&Cs.
£10 Deposit
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First-time depositors only (18+ country restrictions apply). Min deposit: £10. Max offer: 2,500 Free Bingo Tickets (on 250 on Street Party valid for 21 days & 2,250 For Kaching valid for 24 days) & 25 Pending Free Spins (on a game of our choice). Promo code: BINGO25. Free Spins are valid for 7 days & will be available once £5 of deposit funds have been wagered. FS winnings are capped at £2.50. All winnings are credited to your real money balance. We reserve the right to deny promotional offers based on abusive bonus activity across sites operated by the Company. Deposit balance is available for withdrawal at any time (UK only). General withdrawal restrictions & full T&Cs apply. Valid until further notice. View Full T&Cs.
When you join the Brit 50 bingo room, the first thing to do is select which price variation of the game you want to play. You can choose to play in 10p, 50p, £1, or £2 versions of the game, each of which is supposed to have a progressive larger prize attached to it. However, things do not always work out this way, as the size of the full house prize is directly related to the number of tickets sold for each version of the game. Despite this minor caveat, this is still a well-thought-out system, as the numbers in each round apply to all four price variations, which helps keep the chat lively even during off-peak hours.
Every player is limited to a single ticket when playing Brit 50 bingo, which ensures that everybody has an equal chance to collect either the main full house or the ‘crown jewels’ progressive jackpot. This makes the game very similar to the Mystic Meg 50-Ball bingo that we recently reviewed, although I found the graphics and sounds of this game to be much more appealing in comparison to that one. The progressive for this game appears to match the one offered in Mystic Meg, though, suggesting that the pools may be linked.
Before beginning to play Brit 50 Bingo, it may be worth looking at our breakdown of the 50-Ball variant first, which can be found on our different types of bingo page. Each ball used in this game features both a number and a ‘British icon’ – think Big Ben, Fish & Chips, the Millennium Dome, and so forth – and the game allows you to select between using either of these for the audible calls if you have a particular preference.
Some games of 50-Ball bingo only offer a single prize per game, but Brit 50 tickets feature two rows of numbers with two corresponding prizes. So completing either the top or bottom line on your ticket will entitle you to the one-line prize – or a share of it, should another player complete their line at the same time as you – whilst completing both lines will get you the larger full house prize.
Brit 50 Bingo is intended to be a ‘speed bingo’ game, with each round lasting just a couple of minutes. Because the emphasis here is on speed, the game does not include any sort of bonus round. On the plus side, it does at least offer a progressive jackpot, which SunBingo dubs the ‘Crown Jewels’ prize.
Should you complete your entire ticket with all ten numbers within 19 calls or less, the progressive jackpot prize will be triggered. In this game, the jackpot is split equally amongst all players participating in the room. Whilst this does mean that if you are the ‘lucky’ player who hits the jackpot, you won’t receive a larger sum than the other players, the upshot of this is that even if you are NOT the winner, you will still have a lovely slice of additional winnings added to your bingo balance!
At the time of writing, the progressive jackpot for this game looked to be in the region of 200x the cost of a regular ticket – not a huge amount, but it’s certainly better than nothing! However, it may be worth keeping an eye on the number of players participating in the room during quiet hours, as if the progressive happens to drop at such a time, your share of the jackpot could end up being rather large!
I can imagine Londoners loving Brit 50 bingo, but it’s a shame that the ‘British Icons’ shown on the ticket weren’t taken from a more representative set of locations! It seems that I may not be the first to point this out though, as Sun Bingo’s own description of the game on their website now calls this a trip to London in the form of a game of bingo, which I think is a great way to describe it.
Article by Chris Howlett
Chris has over 11 years of experience playing and writing about bingo and online slots.