Sign up

Signing up to Mecca Bingo is incredibly straight forward, especially if you're already a member of a Mecca Bingo hall as you simply need to enter your date of birth and Mecca Club ID number to join. However, even if you're not an 'existing' Mecca member the sign up process isn't too taxing as you simply need to enter your name and address details along with a username, password and security question.

Mecca Bingo do require you to enter your payment details on registration (although you are under no obligation to make a deposit right away) and give you the option to deposit either with a credit or debit card, or via a Neteller, UKash or Moneybookers account.

When you've had a nose around the site and are ready to make a deposit you simply need to click on the 'my account' link in the top left hand corner of the site, followed by the 'Deposit' link and enter the amount you would like to deposit, your password and your credit or debit card security code if you are paying by this method.

Design

There's one word that best describes the appearance of the Mecca Bingo site and that's 'fun'. Decked out in funky shades of bright pink the Mecca homepage details the latest offers and promotions in an entertaining flash format and provides a great introduction to the rest of the site. Once you move off the homepage things get decidedly less girly (so guys it is worth persevering!) although no less entertaining so wherever you navigate in the site, information is presented in a clear and easy to understand format.

Picked out in bold, bright colours both the bingo rooms and games pages are equally as fun looking and are truly Mecca's own. So much so that it actually makes a really refreshing change to play on a site that carries its own unique theme right through from the home page to the bingo rooms, especially when it's as nice looking as this.

Usability

The Mecca Bingo site is incredibly easy to navigate around and details of the latest promotional offers and jackpots are readily available. Mecca offer a number of large scale games in addition to 75 and 90 ball bingo (such as 'Cluedo' and 'Monopoly') and these are all available direct from the home page.

Once you're ready to play bingo you simply click on the appropriate link and the bingo lobby opens in a new window (this takes a couple of seconds at most). This page details the 'goings on' of each of Mecca's 5 bingo rooms, with info on ticket prices, current jackpots, the number of players in each room and a countdown to the next game, and provides a link to each room's game schedule. The schedule both provides details of, and lets you buy tickets for games up to several weeks in advance so you can be sure you'll never miss out on the opportunity to win one of their gigantic jackpots.

Additionally, both the deposit and withdrawal processes are really straight forward (you simply need to enter the relevant amount and your password for both) with deposits cashing almost instantly and withdrawals taking 3-5 days to process.

Games

Mecca Bingo are a predominantly 90 ball bingo focused site although they do now have a 75 ball room too. Games run every 5-6 minutes and timing is staggered between rooms so you'll never have to wait long for one to start.

Once you have chosen your room you can pass time playing one of Mecca's vast array of slots, number games and scratchcards while you wait. These are available in a fixed box on the bingo screen so you can still chat away and keep an eye on your cards without having to shift windows.

Mecca Bingo also offer a number of 'big money' games including Monopoly, Cluedo and Deal or No Deal. These are accessible from the homepage and can be played at any time. What's more, they all give you the option to play for fun before you play for real so you can figure out how the games work before you play for money.

Jackpots

Mecca offer really fantastic jackpots and boast having £90,000 up for grabs every day, even with a quick glance through their prize list its clear that Mecca members win big. Mecca also run regular promotions with jackpots of up to £100,000 up for grabs on a single game.

Chat

Mecca Bingo have a really friendly community centred on their 5 bingo chat rooms and supported by 8 CMs. Both the CMs and their regular members are really welcoming to new players and to liven things up a little chat room games are played regularly throughout the day, winners of which are entered into daily prize draws.

However, that's not all, Mecca's thriving community area has everything else you need to keep you entertained with the latest celeb gossip, your bingo horoscopes for the year ahead and bingo jokes all featured.

Support

Mecca Bingo has a really handy help section that contains the answers almost any question that you may have. However, if you can't find what you need there they have a phone based customer services team on call 24/7, an email support service and the CM's are always more than happy to help you out with any site based queries.

Security

To ensure your personal security Mecca Bingo have developed their systems using encryption software, secure socket layer technology and firewalls. When you deposit with Mecca you are also protected by the Mecca Bingo Security Guarantee, full details of which are available in their terms and conditions.