Mecca Bingo Interview

Tagged as: Mecca Bingo | by Hollie Sanders

Mecca Bingo are in the spotlight at Bingo Blogs this month, so if you would like to delve into the ins and outs of their bingo site, check our exclusive interview out!

Can you tell us what kind of sign up bonuses Mecca Bingo offer?

We have a £50 FREE PLAY new player bonus where new customers can earn up to £50 to play on games. When players deposit between £5 and £25 we will give them double the first deposit as soon as they have spent it on the site.

We noticed that you have just launched a brand new exclusive game at your online bingo site called (Snakes and Ladders Bingo) can you tell us a bit more about this bingo game please?

Snakes and Ladders is our latest game and it is exclusive to Mecca. It is a 90 Ball bingo with a ‘one-to-go’ bonus round. When the game finishes, players with only one number left will be entered into the special bonus round where they are guaranteed cash bonuses. With an extra £500 to be won on every single game, this brilliant feature gives players even more chances to get lucky!

What other variations of the online bingo game do you offer bingo players on the net….i.e, 90 ball bingo, 75 ball bingo etc?

We have 90, 80 and 75 ball bingo. Of course, we also now have Deal or No Deal Bingo and Snakes and Ladders.

Can you give our readers an insight as to what you have got lined up (promotion wise) throughout November?

Our biggest promotion for November has actually started already! It’s part of our Lucky Pink Box TV campaign. Since the 28th October, there is a £100,000 jackpot that must be won. All players need to do is to win full house in a certain number of balls. Starting at 33, this number increases by one everyday to make sure someone gets that amazing prize. And if no one has won it by the 8th of November, that day we will increase the number each hour!

Lucky Dip is also part of this campaign. From the 28th October to the 8th of November we will credit thousands of lucky accounts every week with a total amount of £15,000. Customers should make sure they keep their email address up to date in ‘my account’, so that we can email them when the Lucky Dip is drawn.

We have also opened a special Newbie Room where new customers can learn the ins and outs of how to play bingo for free during all November. The Newbie room will be opened two hours per day and customers can win £25 jackpots which will be credited to their bonus balance so that they can play in any other room.

Not so long ago Mecca Bingo added a bingo forum , whilst we have seen a fair few other sites on the net have choose to withdraw their forums, so can you tell us if this is proving to be an added benefit for your players?

It’s a great way for our customers to let us know what they are thinking and we take their views very seriously. Recently we have added in a weekly competition so customers can win bonus funds while they are telling us their opinions. We like the Forum so much we are now backing it up with Facebook and Twitter sites and coming soon will be the Mecca Bingo Blog. We want to create as many ways as possible for our customers to keep up with what is going on at Mecca and make sure they can always let us know what they think.

What do you think makes Mecca Bingo stand out from the online bingo crowd?

Mecca Bingo is a very reputable brand. We have been handing out prizes for almost 50 years now and players know they can play safely with us. We also have a wide range of games and promotions and we keep innovating as you can see with Snakes and Ladders and our latest Lucky Pink Box campaign.

Another important factor is that CMs are really friendly and they help create a fun community where people not only win prizes but most importantly, they have fun and make new friends.

What are currently the most popular games being played at your bingo site?

Deal or No Deal Bingo has swept in to great adulation but the X Factor and Rainbow Riches slots seem to be massive crowd pleasers too.

Can your online bingo players access all areas…..i.e. play online bingo, slots and casino games with just the one account, or do they need to register separate accounts?

With their Mecca Bingo account, players can also access all areas and also Mecca Games and Blue Square (the UK’s leading interactive bookmaker, via the Internet, Digital TV, 3G mobile internet services or WAP).

We loved the games picker option on Mecca Bingo, so can you give us some more information about this feature please?

The Games picker gives our customers easy one click access to any games on the site. We love the idea but don’t think it’s the prettiest thing in the world so look out for a new and updated version very soon.

How is the concept of playing bingo with Mecca Bingo via your mobile phone taking off?

Mecca Bingo has had mobile games available for about two years now and during 2009 we’ve seen significant growth.
The games can be downloaded from the Mecca website, Mecca WAP site or by texting ‘MECCA’ to 64555.

All customers get £5 free cash when they download mobile bingo or any of our other mobile games including Rainbow Riches, Roulette and Elvis Top20

What is your online bingo community like?

Our bingo community is still in fledgling stages but we are very excited about how many people have joined us on Facebook and Twitter and can’t wait to get our new Blog out there so we can really kick off our Mecca Community.

With Christmas not far away now, can you give us any details of what Mecca Bingo have got planned for their festive activities?

Ah, you will have to keep your eyes peeled for that one; we are so excited about everything that is going on in November we think it might push us over the edge if we started talking about Christmas too!

To round things up is there anything else you would like to add about Mecca Bingo online?

This is an exciting time for online bingo, particularly for Mecca bingo. We are constantly updating our product portfolio with new games and promotions that offer fun new ways to win big, get lucky and engage our customers

Our latest ‘Lucky Pink Box’ campaign kicked off with our first TV advert for two years on ITV. The campaign recognises that a key element of the much-loved game of bingo is luck, which is why we have created a series of promotions that make it easier to win and offers more chances of getting lucky, demonstrating our ability to listen to our customers and give them what they want.