Bingo chest is one of the newest bingo sites around. Launched in December 2008, this brand new pirate themed bingo site is powered by the world's largest Bingo software provider, Virtue Fusion. Virtue Fusion is the backbone of some of the largest, most popular and respected bingo sites available on the net. Bingo sites powered by Virtue Fusion include Mecca Bingo, Ladbrokes Bingo, William Hill and Crown Bingo. This means that Bingo Chest is a new head on old, broad and well experienced shoulders! Like most Virtue Fusion sites, Bingo Chest does not offer free money - it does, however, offer a relatively competitive first deposit sign up bonus.

New players to Bingo Chest can receive a 200% cash match sign up bonus. The minimum deposit is £10 and the cash match bonus of 200% is capped at £40. Deposit options are as you would expect of any modern online bingo site. These include Maestro, Solo, MasterCard, VISA, NETeller, MoneyBookers, UKash and Paysafe Card.

Registration is quick, easy and straightforward - comprising of name, address and valid email address. You are not required to give credit or debit card information straight away, but as Bingo Chest does not give you free money/Bingo Bucks during sign up, you will have to register a card in order to deposit and play. However, once you have registered you can have a look around the site and get yourself familiar with the rooms, lobby, options, etc. You will also be prompted to choose a username that is different than the name you registered with.

Once you have registered, chosen your username and deposited funds, you are ready to go! So, what is the site like and what is on offer to play at Bingo Chest? As previously mentioned, the Bingo Chest website is pirate themed, so cue bingo rooms with aptly named piratey titles, such as The Castle, The Courtyard, The Boudoir, The Tower and The Chest. Graphically, the site is clean and aesthetically pleasing, and navigation from lobby to room is a simple process. Each room clearly displays when the next game starts, how much tickets cost, total prize available, game type and number of players, with options to join the room or to view the game schedule.

Bingo Chest currently offer 90 ball bingo, 75 ball bingo, pattern bingo and speed bingo. Bingo ticket prices start from 1p and stakes wagered reflect prize money. There are also progressive jackpot prizes available, for example, in The Castle Room, these are called The Vault and The Padlock - currently at £14813 for The Vault and £2500 for the Padlock. Bingo Chest also allows players to participate in guaranteed prize money games each day. These include a Bingo Linx game, operating twice a day, which has a current prize top of £4000. Also, they host The Big Five Hundred - four £500 house prized games played daily.

In addition to the competitive prize money, Bingo Chest also offers Penny bingo hour, BOGOF games, and BOGOF hour. There are also an array of slot, instant and casino games available to play in session. The slots may be familiar to any regulars of Virtue Fusion sites, such as Vegas Veg, Slots n Robbers, Fruitopia, Pharaohs Gold, Atlantis and Clover Rollover. Numbers games on offer at Bingo Chest include, ChicKeno, Crystal Balls and Roulette. There are also a selection of Scratchcard games to play, which include Ladies Night, Cops n Robbers, Winning Match and Big Bounty.

Bingo Chest allows you to customise with ease. You can change the colour, size and shape of your dabber. You can choose the volume of the caller and bingo sounds, as well as updating your profile and changing your username.

It is imperative to remember that Bingo Chest is a very new site. This is not the place to be if you lust after Bingo Bucks, noisy chat rooms, CM's who constantly call you 'hun' and reveal to one and all the gory details of their dinner and their love life... but maybe that is not a bad thing! If you are new to online bingo, or simply would like to play without all the add-ons and hustle and bustle, then you will find Bingo Chest a welcoming oasis of calm.

If all you have read before has not been enough to entice you to try Bingo Chest, they do have one more incentive up their sleeve! Every time you deposit new funds into your Bingo Chest account, you will be entered into their fantastic prize draw, where you could be the lucky winner of a Luxurious Caribbean Escape! Let's just hope there are no pirates sailing the Caribbean seas, who try to steal your Bingo Chest prize...