Tombola And Bingo
Type | Private company |
---|---|
Industry | Gaming |
Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 3 |
UK, Spain, Italy | |
Key people | Phil Cronin CEO |
300 | |
Website | tombola.co.uk |
Download tombola bingo - UK Bingo Games and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Come join the fun at tombola, Britain's biggest bingo app. We've got all of the games you know and love like bingo90 and bingo80 as well as some of our own unique bingo and casino games. Welcome to Praia Bingo! PLAY BINGO, CASINO AND SLOTS ONLINE FOR FREE AND TOTALLY IN ENGLISH! BINGO ROOMS AND MACHINES: - 90 ball bingo - 75 ball bingo - Manual daubing rooms - Automatic daubing rooms MORE THAN 50 BINGO GAMES WITH DIFFERENT STYLES AND PRIZES TO ENJOY: There are different adventures every day in the world's best beaches! Play and win bingo in the following beaches: - Florida. Tombola Bingo has a great community atmosphere on the site with 43 different chat rooms and nearly 100 Chat Room Moderators. They also offer ‘my tombola’, it’s a bit like a cross between facebook and twitter for bingo. Play-mates is tombola.
Tombola Ltd (stylised as tombola) is a British online bingo company. The headquarters are in Sunderland in the North East of England, with additional offices in Gibraltar, Milan and Madrid. Founded in 2000, its main site, tombola.co.uk has become the largest bingo website in the UK, with more players than any other company, as well as being number one in Spain and Italy.[1]
tombola produce original bingo software and games, created by an in-house development team,[2] and is one of the largest employers of game and web developers in the North East of England.[3]
History[edit]
Tombola was established in 1999 by Phil Cronin.[citation needed] He had previously worked for his family's business Edward Thompson printers, until 1995. Under the Edward Thompson company name, the Cronin family have provided printed paper bingo tickets to bingo halls since the 1960s.[4]
Since founding tombola, Phil Cronin has been awarded Durham & Wearside Business Executive of the Year 2011.[5] He has also expanded the tombola business into Europe with tombola receiving gaming licences for Spain in July 2012 and later Italy in December 2012.[6]
tombola arcade[edit]
tombola arcade is an instant win game site, launched by tombola on 25 July 2016. The site features 6 unique games: spin, scratch, flip, bubble, emoji and pick. All games are built in house and are exclusive to tombola. The site has adopted a low stake strategy to mirror its sister site, tombola.co.uk.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
tombola has won thirteen awards[7] since re-launching in 2008:[8]
- 2009: Most Online Bingo Prizes Won,[9] Best Chat Host Team award[9]
- 2010: EGR Awards Online Bingo Operator of the Year,[9]Online Bingo Awards Online Bingo Operator of the Year,[10] Most Popular Online Bingo Site,[11] Most Online Bingo Prizes Won,[11] Best Online Game Innovation.[11]
- 2011: Most Popular Online Bingo Site,[12] Best Chat Host Team,[12]
- 2012: Best Bingo Chat Hosts of 2012,[13] Bingo Operator of the Year 2012,[14]
- 2013: Bingo Operator of the Year 2013,[15] Socially Responsible Operator[15]
Sponsorship[edit]
tombola has undertaken a number of sponsorship deals.
In November 2009, the company began sponsoring ITV soap opera Emmerdale[16] in a deal that ran until March 2012.
In April 2010, tombola agreed a deal to sponsor Sunderland AFC for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 English Premier League seasons.[17]
In September 2014 tombola began sponsoring the ITV daytime television show, Loose Women.[18]
In November 2017, tombola arcade began sponsoring I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. The sponsorship was consequently renewed for the 2018 edition of the show.
Charity and Community Work[edit]
Tombola Bingo Login My Account
In 2012 tombola became the main sponsors of Sunderland AFC Keroche, an African football club supported by Sunderland AFC fans in England. tombola paid for fifteen boxes of football kits to be shipped to Africa for the team.[19]
In July 2014, tombola launched the tombola Academy,[20] a scheme that recruits the most talented young graduates and apprentices from the surrounding area into full-time training at their headquarters in Sunderland.
References[edit]
- ^'Sunderland online bingo firm Tombola are top of their game'. The Journal. Trinity Mirror North East. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'Oh My Bingo – Review and Bonus from OhMyBingo'. Oh My Bingo. Oh My Bingo. 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'Numbers up? Sunderland bingo giant teams up with college to train apprentice game developers'. Sunderland Echo. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'About (Edward Thompson)'. Edward Thompson. Edward Thompson (Printers) Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'Durham & Wearside Business Executive of the Year 2011'. The Journal. Trinity Mirror North East. 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'Tombola Coining It In'. Bingo Supermarket. Bingo Supermarket Ltd. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'Online Bingo Awards'. tombola.co.uk. tombola Ltd. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'Tombola.co.uk crowned UK's top online bingo site'. iGaming Business. iGaming Business. 25 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ abc'2009 Player's Choice Awards'. Bingo Port. Bingo Port. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'My Bingo Bonus'. My Bingo Bonus. Triple Hat Media Ltd. 14 June 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ abc'2010 Players' Choice Awards'. Bingo Port. Bingo Port. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ ab'2011 BingoPort.co.uk Players' Choice Awards'. Bingo Port. Bingo Port. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'2012 Bingoport.co.uk Players' Choice Awards'. Bingo Port. Bingo Port. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'tombola voted Bingo Operator of the Year by eGR'. Which Bingo. Which Bingo. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ ab'eGR Operator Awards 2013 Winners'. EGR Magazine. EGR Awards 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'Bingo website Tombola to sponsor Emmerdale'. MediaWeek. Haymarket Media Group Ltd. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'SAFC sign up tombola'. Sunderland Echo. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'Tombola revealed as new sponsor of Loose Women'. The Drum. Carnyx Group Limited. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'EPL side officially sets foot in Naivasha'. Futaa.com. Futaa.com. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^'Online bingo firm Tombola sets up talent academy in Sunderland'. Sunderland Echo. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
About Tombola
Tombola Bingo is the UK’s biggest bingo site with more average daily players than any other website. You can regularly see over 4,000 players online at any given time. That’s why £8 million is won every week! Tombola Bingo and its associated companies have been involved in bingo for over 50 years and have previously managed other popular brands before making the decision to launch Tombola so they’ve certainly got lots of experience in the bingo industry!
Welcome Bonus
Tombola will double new players first deposit up to £25 so if you deposit the maximum amount then you’ll get a £50 bonus. In other words, you can play with £75 in your account. This is valid for first deposit only so you better make the most of it. Also you can play their free daily game, called 4FREE, where you can win up to £5,000 per day, while £40,000 is won every week. The game is played twice a day, once on Tombola and once on Tombola Arcade. There’s no deposit or spend requirements in order to access these games, they are 100% free.
Games
So what’s their site like? Well the best thing about Tombola Bingo is that they own and develop their own software so all their games are unique, you won’t find them on any other site. You can play bingo 90, bingo 80, bingo 75 and bingo Lite – where tickets cost 2p each.
They also have an incredible range of exclusive games including the hugely popular Cinco – the no skill card based game. This simple game involves being dealt five cards, the dealer then deals a pack of cards one by one, first one to match their cards wins. Cinco regularly pays out big jackpots with the highest jackpot being £20,000.
Another huge game at Tombola Bingo is Bingo Roulette which has a £10,000 jackpot. Players buy a set of eight chips and place them on a roulette table. The wheel spins and the first person to clear their chips from the table wins. Other exclusive games include bingo 50 which is the combination of bingo and bubble-wrap and Hamster Race where you place bets on racing hamsters. Their most recent addition is Pulse, which features games that play every few seconds and cost from 10p but have up to £20,000 jackpots.
Tombola Bingo has a great community atmosphere on the site with 43 different chat rooms and nearly 100 Chat Room Moderators. They also offer ‘my tombola’, it’s a bit like a cross between facebook and twitter for bingo. Play-mates is tombola’s player loyalty programme where players are rewarded each time their play mate wins which adds to the community spirit.
So what more could you want from a bingo site, exclusive games, friendly chat rooms and a loyalty programme? Well what about the fact that £8 million is won every week at tombola, that’s right – £8 million! So why not give them a try, Tombola will give you a 200% welcome bonus!
Mobile Apps Galore
Tombola Bingo has a comprehensive suite of mobile apps, so it doesn’t matter which device you are using, they still have you covered. If you have an iPhone then you can download their app from iTunes and if you have an Android device then all you to do is visit Google Play. Moreover, there’s an app for Kindle which can be downloaded from their website.
Payment Options
Due to the recent regulatory changes, you can only fund your Tombola account using just one of these three options; MasterCard debit, Visa debit and Visa electron. The minimum deposit is £10 and the maximum is capped at £500. In case you already have £250 in your account, they will not allow you to make any additional deposits.
Customer Support
Tombola Bingo Uk
Get in touch with Tombola by giving them a call at 0800 29 888 73 or by emailing them at [email protected] You can also use the Live Help function. Customer services are open 24/7, seven days a week.