It seems like every other post we do lately is news of yet another newcomer to the UK online bingo market.  This is a good thing for players, though.  Competition such as we are seeing gives impetus to bigger and better promotions, bonuses and jackpots and that is never a bad thing to happen.

First up is the new Silk Bingo, brought to us by Dragonfish, 888 Holdings and Globalcom.  Any time that a site opens as part of such a huge network, you can expect two things.  One is that the site will be able to access some huge progressive games and two is that the site is going to be very similar to others already out there.  That is the case with Silk Bingo, I’m afraid – it offers very little in terms of innovation except the one unique slots game called Steps to the Stars.

The other newcomer is Bulldog Bingo, coming from Interactive Playnet, the people who just recently introduced Churchill Bingo.  It is also aimed at the UK bingo player with very British graphics that include, of course, a bulldog as well as a bobby, a telephone box, Big Ben and a red double decker.  These graphics seem to be more aimed at Americans on holiday in the UK rather than residents as they are so very cliché.

Bulldog Bingo is part of the You Got Bingo network so there aren’t any real surprises to be found.  The caller is definitely English rather than American so that is one difference between this new site and its sister site, Churchill Bingo.  Other than that, though, it’s pretty much the same as the rest of the sites on the network.  We would have liked seeing at least one unique feature but alas, there was nothing notable that we could find.

While it’s nice to have ample choice when looking for an online bingo site, we think it would be better if some of these cookie cutter sites would offer at least some innovative features or unique games.  It just doesn’t give a lot of incentive to test out new sites or return to them if they are merely offering the same old things that we can find on a number of other sites.