Playing bingo for free

Another way to play no deposit bingo is by using the generous referral options that many sites offer. At tombola, Playmates, our refer-a-friend tool, enables existing players to invite friends or family to try out our games for free. If a new player joins through a Playmates code, they receive a free £5 bonus that they can use on our games without the need to deposit.

It's also worth keeping an eye on any upcoming competitions or giveaways. There are great prizes up for grabs for players who join the extra-special Chat Room games and quizzes. These are weekly events run by our Chat Hosts. The best part? You don't even have to stake on our games to join in – they are totally free to play! Don't forget to read up on how to join our bingo community.

We would also recommend watching out for upcoming bingo offers. Some free bingo sites may run special free promotions to celebrate certain holidays or occasions. We often run a festive, free-to-play daily game called Advent Calendar. Advent Calendar is available to play from the 1st to 24th December. It's a fun way to count down to Christmas and has more great prizes up for grabs. 

This depends on the site. At tombola, there is no set time of day to play. While there are never guarantees of a win, the odds might be in your favour if you play when there aren't many others playing at the same time.

You can play our free bingo game, once every day exclusively on tombola. To take part you'll firstly need an account, then register to receive SMS messages from us. You'll receive a unique code from us every Monday. This code gives you access to free games on bingo and arcade for the full week.

When you've played your two free daily games, why not check out our other bingo games?

Our players can use our chat rooms for free. You don't have to stake any money on our games to pop on for a natter. They are a great place to have fun and make friends.

Our Chat Hosts also play games and quizzes throughout the day that are not only are fun to play, but also offer a good chance to add to your funds. Each player can win up to £2 in bonus money every day and you can use your bonus funds to play most of our bingo games.

Whether or not you are playing with us for free, we are committed to making playing bingo with us fun and safe.

First, all players must be aged 18 or over. It is illegal for someone who is under 18 years of age to gamble. Therefore, we will suspend accounts that are unable to provide information that proves the player is an appropriate age. Additionally, bets placed by under-18s may be voided. We also have our Safeplay tools in place, which include:

Spend Limits: If you set a Spend Limits, this is applied across the tombola site. You can set this daily, weekly or have it run for the whole month.

Should you decide to lower your limit, this change is instantly applied. If you increase it, the change will be implemented after 24 hours. You can lock your limit but you can't increase your limit until the lock period has passed.

Stake Limits: Set yourself a maximum amount to stake per single game. This is your Stake Limit and it stays in place until you change it.

You can turn off or add to the Stake Limit amount but a 24-hour cool-off period will be applied before you confirm the change. You can also lock your Stake Limit for a set period.

Cooling-Off: Cooling-off is where you exclude yourself for a set period. This can be anything from 24 hours to five months and you can make this change in your account settings. When you choose to cool off, your account cannot be reactivated until the time has elapsed.

Time Keeper: This allows you to keep track of how long you've been playing. The clock will start when a real-money transaction is made. Once the time has passed or you try to make another real-money gaming transaction, you will get a notification.

Self-Exclusion: You have the option to exclude yourself from the site for six months, 12 months or permanently using your account settings.

We know that, once you've played for free at tombola, you might want to explore our other games. You can keep up with what you're spending when you play online bingo with us when you use our Safeplay tools.

If you're used to playing no-deposit games, we recommend setting up Deposit Limits in the 'My Account' section when you make your first deposit. Otherwise, you can set one at any time and change your Deposit Limit if your circumstances change. You can get Deposit Limits of just £10 per month.

The Time Keeper tool is also useful if you want to keep track of how much you're playing once you've played for free. Check the guidance on independent charity GambleAware's website, too.