playing bingo online

When you sign up, we’ll ask you for some information to make sure that you're gambling legally. Firstly, you need to be able to prove that you're at least 18 years old and living in the UK. We check your identity using an external electronic verifier, and you may need to upload your ID before you start playing.

To comply with regulations, we have to ask you for details on where you live, your date of birth and your contact details too. We’re a friendly bunch, so we like to keep in touch. You can find more on registering an account with us over on our bingo help page.

Another thing you should know about playing online bingo with tombola is that we're serious about your safety. Of course, we always want you to have fun when you're learning how to play online bingo, but responsible gambling is our priority too.

With tombola, you can access our own responsible gambling tools called safeplay, with a live chat room in every game. Don't be shy.  

We’ve got a tool for everything, from setting spending limits to pausing your account access. We can help if you'd like to set a spend limit, freeze a game, or take some time out altogether.

Want to find out how to play online bingo with friends? Our last tip for new players is to make sure that you dive straight in and get involved! Something that sets tombola apart is our lovely and lively bingo community, with a live chat room in every game. Don't be shy. It's a great way to make new friends!

You can try our different games to find your favourite. Every bingo game has a guide on how to play, so you can get clued up before you buy a ticket. You can also ask the Chat Host in the room to give you some pointers.

Our online bingo games work just like the traditional games you’ll be familiar with. The key difference is that tombola games are powered by a Random Number Generator, which acts as the bingo caller. This means that all our bingo games are fair.

You can get started with online bingo in just a few steps:

1. Choose which game you want to play and select the ticket price, plus the number of tickets you'd like to buy. Some games are fixed to one ticket at one stake price, while others give you more flexibility.

2. Wait for the bingo calls to start. All our games have a how to play section that you can read while you wait for the game to start. If you have any questions, you can ask for help in the accompanying chat room.

3. When the game starts, the caller will announce the numbers and you’ll mark your ticket – or set your tickets to auto mark and watch the game play out. Why not join our extra chat room games too?

The first player to mark all the numbers wins the game. This is known as winning a Full House. Along the way, there may be extra prizes for marking off one or two whole lines of numbers. These prizes vary depending on which game you're playing.

Yes! If you've been wondering how to play online bingo games on your mobile phone, you'll be pleased to hear that the answer is simple. You can play tombola on the go on Apple and Android devices when you download our app.

When you play online bingo with tombola, you’ll never miss a number because you can set your online tickets up to mark themselves! Even if you don’t use our auto dabber, we’ll always tell you if you’ve missed a number and won a prize.

It's not just land-based bingo with Jackpots up for grabs, it's online bingo too! If you're lucky enough to get a Full House, you could be in for a Jackpot prize. You can win an online bingo Jackpot if you mark all your numbers within a certain number of calls before any other player. Online bingo Jackpot prizes vary from game to game on tombola and there are several different types of Jackpots to play for

· Fixed Jackpots, such as the one in bingo80, offer a set prize amount that never changes no matter how many times they've already been won.

· Progressive Jackpots, like those in bingo90, increase in every game up until they have been won.

· Community Jackpots are shared between all contributing players. They can be split in a variety of ways, but the most common split is 50% of the prize for the player who triggered the jackpot, with the other 50% split between the other players.

Here at tombola, we have loads of different types of bingo games for you to choose from. Whether you're a wordsearch wizard or a mathematical genius, you'll find just the right type of game for you – and we help explain how to play, too. There's everything from Blocks, our explosive option with two chances to win in every game, to our popular card-based bingo game Cinco.

We also have a variety of low-stake bingo games for our players to enjoy, including our exclusive penny bingo game Paper.

90-ball bingo and 75-ball bingo are known as the two most traditional forms of the game, and we have two of each available to play here. If you'd like to recreate the feeling of stepping into the bingo hall, you can do exactly that wherever you are with tombola – with a great community of other players to boot.

bingo90 

Our original bingo game bingo90 is our most popular, and tickets start from just 10p. If you like the idea of playing 90-ball bingo games but would like to keep your stakes even lower, we also have bingoLite which you can enjoy from just 2p. [Play bingo90 now]

bingo75

If 75-ball bingo is more your cup of tea, you'll love bingo75 shapes and bingo75 lines. Our unique game bingo75 shapes is inspired by the most popular form of bingo in the United States. Alternatively, you could go for bingo75 lines, our trendy Swedish variant of the game where there’s 5 prizes to be won in every game!  

Even if you’re playing at home, you can still have a natter in our friendly and inclusive chat rooms. You'll find a chat room, or set of rooms, in every tombola game.

Forget the silence of a traditional bingo club… talking and cheering people on is encouraged during our bingo games! As well as the players, we have a lovely Chat Host in every room to help everyone enjoy the game and answer any questions you might have while you're playing. At tombola, we’re really proud of our online bingo community. Sometimes we’ll have fun chat room games and quizzes with extra prizes up for grabs, or you might find yourself part of something unexpected. Whether it's a chat room sing-along, movie night or one-off game, we've got plenty of fun to share here at tombola. 

We’ve got so much going on in our friendly community! To help you keep track and find the latest updates on our bingo games, we've created a handy virtual noticeboard. You can check what’s on this week by visiting our Community Hub.

All bingo game results on tombola are randomly generated and cannot be predetermined. If you're new to bingo or you've never played online bingo games before, a common question that people ask is: is online bingo fixed?

At tombola, we can assure you that our online bingo games are completely fair.

Like all online bingo operators, we use an industry-standard Random Number Generator (RNG) to determine the outcome of each game. Our RNG, and our RNG alone, picks the numbers for each game, which ensures that they are always random and fair. If you'd like to learn more, you can read about our commitment to Fair Gambling.