Sign up

The sign-up process with Astro Bingo is a little long-winded but nevertheless you will be able to start playing in next to no time. You'll be asked to enter your personal details, but no credit card details are needed until you want to deposit money.

After signing up your registration won't be complete until you've proven you have a valid email address. An authentication email will be sent to the address you submit, so make sure you enter it correctly! You'll then have to access that email and click on a link to make your registration complete.

Straight away you'll be funded with a no-deposit bonus of £10, but you won't be able to withdraw any winnings you make until you have deposited some money of your own. You'll be welcome to play games for free until that point, but when you want to start playing for real money, you'll be asked to enter credit card details.

Design

The design of Astro Bingo is quite simple and appealing, with a soft purple and pink colour scheme. The homepage features nifty buttons that you can click on to find out more about Astro Bingo, and options are displayed across the top for you to find out about their weekly schedule and promotions.

When you are ready to get bingoing, there is a helpful pink 'Play Bingo' button in the top corner of the screen that will take you straight through to the bingo lobby. You'll also find running tallies of progressive jackpots which will let you see how much you could be winning!

Usability

For first-time users Astro Bingo is a real treat. They dedicate quite a hefty section of their site to explaining what bingo is all about, even offering a Guided Tour for those who are completely new to bingo.

This really helps to make newbie players feel at ease, as well as making you understand what all the bingo fuss is about! For seasoned players the site is easy to use and as it's relatively small, with a few clicks you will have explored the pages available and found out everything you need to know.

Games

There are various different fun games to play, keeping you entertained as you move about the site. As well as standard bingo rooms, there are slots games and a selection of others like Blackjack and Keno.

When you enter the bingo rooms, the game will open up in a separate window. You'll be instantly greeted by the Chat Host and welcomed by the other players, which really helps to make you feel at home.

There are only 3 bingo rooms, but this doesn't detract from the site's busy, fun feel. One of the rooms is even available to play in for free, without buying any cards.

There are also some worthwhile incentives to get you playing, such as 'Buy 4 Get 2 Free' on some bingo cards.

Jackpots

Astro Bingo don't have headline-grabbing jackpots, but they do offer a lot of different ways to win. A look at the winners' pages show that there are very regular winners, bagging up to £100 at a time.

Or if you're the kind of bingo-player that wants to see big figures, the progressive jackpots offer slices of at least £1,000 - at last check the progressive jackpot ran to over £9,000.

Chat

Chat rooms are available next to whatever game you're playing - all you need to is say hi and get chatting! You'll always be welcomed so there's no need to be shy.

There are helpful buttons that automatically insert your favourite bingo-sayings - WTG, GLA and BRB are all here! If you want to get to know your new bingo players further, you can have a flick through the members' profile pages, showing pictures and descriptions of the fellow bingo-nuts out there.

Support

Astro Bingo have a dedicated help desk who promise to get back to members' queries within 12 hours.

Or, if you'd like a quicker response, you can call their toll-free number between 2pm and 10pm. You also have the option of emailing the site with queries and suggestions.

Security

Astro Bingo assures its players that information submitted to the site will be kept private and confidential, and won't be passed to any outside party.