Bingo Spirit was first launched under the name BingoSKY in 2004. In 2017 the site relaunched on a new domain. Visitors will find a lot more than bingo at this Vista Gaming Network gaming site. It is operated by Palau Holdings NV under License No. 1668/JAZ issued to Curacao Egaming and regulated by the Government of Curacao.

The site's tagline is "The very best USA bingo fun" and some bingo cards cost as little as $0.05 each to play.

Sister sites, also operated by Palau and appearing on the same license include Cyber Bingo. Bingofest, and Vegas Crest Casino.

We've scoured the internet for any complaints about this site and its other operations with only one complaint unresolved at Vegas Crest from 2016 wherein the player was accused of abusing a bonus to win. It appears the player deposited $500 and set out playing for $125 per spin, had a good win, and then lowered stakes to $3 to grind out wagering requirements.

One of our reviewers has had an account there for several years and has always been paid, even when manipulating the slots for high-volatility play (lowering the number of lines and increasing bets per line).

We don't find this single unresolved complaint at a sister site to reflect poorly on Bingo Spirit, but we do caution players to stay within the terms and conditions when using a bonus.

We'll go into terms in more detail in another section below.

Software and Games

The site runs on the Vista Gaming bingo platform. Vista has been powering online bingo and casino sites since 1996, in the dawning age of internet gambling.

The platform supports a variety of games from several top developers and providers. Look for bingo, keno and animated scratch cards, chain reactors, video slots, video poker, and table games.

All mobile devices, handheld or tablet, and all desktop operating systems are supported for instant play bingo and casino games. No apps or software downloads or installations are required. Play in your web browser!

The bingo lobby features games with low buy-ins and huge progressive jackpots. When we visited there were four rooms with jackpots over $14,000 each as well as three more with prizes ranging from $196 to $5,000.

Go to the Information page to find the schedule for any of the seven rooms. Highlight the room icon to see the next available time and date as well as bingo games and chat games.

Bingo Spirit is the only place that lets players create their own custom cards. The facility is available for Bingo75 (75-ball bingo).

• Choose your own lucky numbers
• Re-use the cards anytime you play Bingo75
• The first custom card is free
• For $1 per month, you can create up to 9 personalized cards to play with

Subscriptions renew automatically each month so you can simply set it and forget it to continue using your lucky numbers.

Bingo Spirit Community

Like all Vista Gaming bingo sites, a chat room is available when you play bingo. Even online, it is a very social game. But this site uses all of the functionality of the software platform to create a vibrant community of users.

The first community note we'll mention is that you can get a $25 bonus just for inviting a friend to sign up and play at the site. That's pretty friendly!

There's also a photo gallery where you can upload your own photos.

There are ten chat moderators (CM) on board to help keep chats friendly and enjoyable. Players can get bonus bucks to play chat games, but they ask that you not make free money the primary way to fund your account. It just wouldn't be fair to the other members who do deposit to always play the games for free.

There is a calendar listing all the special chat games every month. You'll find it on the Community page. Look for trivia contests and other sociable games.

There's also a handy "chat lingo" page to help new and novice members learn the lexicon of bingo chat.

Look for a list of the latest big winners showing the player's alias, the prize won, the date, and player comments. Click on a comment to see the whole message. Only prizes above $10,000 are included on the page.

Additional community pages may change from time to time. When we visited we found:

• Charitable contributions (Operation Smile)
• Men's Health (The Movember Foundation)
• Recent awards (Latest Bingo Bonuses Site of the Month)
• Contest Winners (Cruise Winner)

With all of that going for the community, it's no wonder members refer to each other as 'family'!

The Games

Each of the seven bingo rooms has a schedule of playtimes. 75 ball and 90 ball bingo are the most popular, so all games fall into one of those categories. There are over 200 custom patterns available so there's never a boring moment playing the same old game.

Choose to daub single cards manually, or use the auto-daub feature when playing multiple cards.

There are free games for real money available daily as well as a nickel per card games.

Chat rooms allow emoticon use to add personality to your comments.

Progressive jackpots rise every time the room is open and players are buying cards.

Visit the site to collect your free welcome bonus to try the games with their money, or click here for a free trial game in the "blue room". 

Games Other Than Bingo

When you enter another game zone you'll be able to sort the listings by

• Favorites
• Highest rated
• Alphabetically (A-Z or Z-A)

Or by "tags" which also allows sorting by the game provider.

Keno and More features more than a dozen games from Rival and VistaGaming. All five of the keno games are provided by Vista. There's also a new Powerball Xtra video bingo game.

Rival's contribution to the suite is a series of scratch games and animated number-based games like Itchin' 2 Win and Penguin Payday.

Chain Reactors are provided by Mobilots and Vista. Looking for games like Frutti Friends with a 5x5 grid, cascading reels, wild symbols, a bonus round, and a jackpot. The bonus game and jackpot accumulate until they reach a certain point and then they are awarded to the player on some of the Mobilot games.

Look for reactors like Jewelz and Tweet Tweet from Vista Gaming.

Video Slots are provided by Betsoft, Booongo, Mobilots, Rival, Saucify (BetOnSoft), and VistaGaming. Once you're in the suite you can filter by Progressive, Exclusive, 3D, 5 Reel, and 3 Reel games.

All of the progressive jackpot games are from Vista and they all have a common jackpot. The "Exclusive" catalog is not truly exclusive to this site as we have seen games like Lost Vikings and Havana Nights at other Vista-powered gaming sites. All 30+ games in this category are provided by Vista.

The 3D slots are all developed by Betsoft - the world pioneer of cinematic quality 3D video slots. There are about 70 games in the catalog and the tag selection filtering really comes in handy here. A single click will eliminate all but the four Las Vegas-themed titles - Sin City Nights, Arrival, Mr. Vegas, and Weekend in Vegas.

If you like the virtual rather than traditional paylines on 243 Ways to Win slots, you will five of them with the click of a single tag. A quick reset of the filters allows you to choose only games with stacked wilds, special wilds, random wilds, or even reel duplication or six-reels games.

Video poker lovers will find over 30 variants of the game when including hand counts (single, four, or ten hands per round). There are over a dozen paytables and rule sets from Jacks or Better to Double Joker Poker.

The table games section also includes a couple of VP titles and all of the games are from Vista. Look for Texas Holdem, Blackjack, Blackjack Bareall, Baccarat, Casino War, and two versions of roulette.

It's a great selection of casino games to go along with a top bingo site!

Bonuses and Promotions

We can't really recommend playing with a bonus except for bingo play. The wagering requirements are strange with a 1000% weighting on bingo and only 7% on Video Slots, Video Bingo, Chain Reactors, and Keno. Other games are weighted at 1%.

The terms would seem to indicate that the 30x wagering requirement on deposit bonuses would become 3x playthrough on bingo games (1000% weighting), but slots playthrough would be over 400x and with only $0.07 of every dollar bet applied to playthrough. Blackjack play only counts 1% so playthrough would be 3,000xd+b.

That being said, they do offer very generous first, second, and third deposit bonuses.

Once you are logged in you'll find a personal coupon book with free bonuses, bonus bucks, and other incentives.

• Be sure to sign up for the weekly newsletter to be apprised of all the bonuses for the week
• Look for bingo and slots tournaments and casino spins on certain days of the week
• Bitcoin deposits are rewarded with special consideration. Please see site for details

Loyalty Program

Every bingo card you purchase generates free bingo points. Use them for entry into daily, weekly, and monthly cash draws.

Deposits earn Loyalty Points. Each dollar you deposit earns fifteen points. The points can be redeemed for bonuses.

Banking and Customer Service

While banking options may change more frequently for US players, most of the payment methods remain the same year after year for players in other locales. Look for VISA and MasterCard, Neteller, iPoint, Skrill, Gift Cards on-site, and Bank Transfer. Other options may become available from time to time.

Payouts are not reviewed for two full business days after being requested. Reviews and withdrawals are not processed on weekends or holidays.

Live chat is available 24/7 as is email support. Live chat response times are virtually instant, while email replies can take up to 30 minutes when the site is very busy.

Pitfalls

• Bonus terms are unclear or relatively unattractive unless you only play bingo when accepting a bonus
• No live dealer casino games
• New players can only deposit up to $100 per day (responsible gambling safeguard)

The Final Word

Bingo Spirit is a highly social gaming site with world-class bingo and casino software. New players who will buy bingo cards can take advantage of three very generous welcome offers.

We like the special tournaments offered on a regular basis - some with up to $40,000 in guaranteed payouts. We also like the progressive jackpots in all of the rooms.

If a player has made a deposit in the last 30 days, they can win up to $30 in the Free World Bingo room.

The USA Bingo room opens at 6 pm ET with games running up until midnight. US players are welcome in all of the other rooms as well including Diamond, Nickel, Pack & Line, Free World, Tourney, and seasonal bingo rooms.