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Corrections — What We Got Wrong, and When
Every factual error we have corrected on the site since August 2026: what the page said, what is true, and how it happened.
This is the list of things we published that were wrong, and what we changed them to. It runs from August 2026, when we started writing corrections down as we made them. Errors fixed before that were fixed without a record, and we are not going to reconstruct them from memory and call it a log.
Every entry says what the page stated, what is true, how the error got there and what we checked the correction against. Most of the errors have the same cause: a figure typed by hand into a page instead of read from the operator record behind it. That is why the tables and the brand rows on the site are now generated from the records rather than written, so the same mistake cannot be made twice in the same place.
Four things are not in here. Typos with no factual content. Errors we caught before a page went live. Changes made because an operator changed its offer, which is an update, not a correction. And pages about sites outside the UK, because this log covers the UKGC-licensed market we review and nothing else. If you find something on the site that belongs on this list, tell us and it will be checked against the source and, if you are right, added.
- We said
- PlayOJO holds UKGC licence 42924.
- What is true
- PlayOJO holds UKGC licence 39326.
- How it happened
- Typed by hand into a comparison table instead of read from the operator record.
- Checked against
- Gambling Commission public register.
- We said
- Heart Bingo's welcome bonus carries no wagering.
- What is true
- The bingo bonus carries 4x wagering; only free-spin winnings are wager-free.
- How it happened
- The two halves of a pick-one offer were merged into one claim.
- Checked against
- Heart Bingo promotional terms.
- We said
- Mecca: spend £10 on bingo for a £40 bonus.
- What is true
- Mecca: deposit and spend £5 for a £20 bonus at 5x wagering.
- How it happened
- The offer changed and the hand-typed review was not updated when the record was.
- Checked against
- Mecca Bingo promotional terms.
- We said
- The list is ranked by overall score.
- What is true
- It was not: Betfred (84) sat above Mecca (90) and 888Ladies (86). The page is now ordered by score.
- How it happened
- Sites were re-scored over the summer without re-ordering the page.
- Checked against
- Our own score on each operator record.
- We said
- Betfred excludes e-wallets from its welcome offer; withdrawals take 3–5 days.
- What is true
- Betfred removed all e-wallets in January 2026; its stated payout time is around 4 hours by card, up to 3 working days by bank transfer.
- How it happened
- Written before the January cashier change and not re-read.
- Checked against
- Betfred banking page and terms.
- We said
- 888Ladies and Wink withdrawals take 24–48 hours; 888Ladies minimum deposit is £5.
- What is true
- Both state 4–7 business days; 888Ladies' minimum deposit is £10.
- How it happened
- Typed by hand; the operator records had the right figures.
- Checked against
- 888Ladies and Wink banking terms.
- We said
- Heart Bingo accepts PayPal and PayPal qualifies for its welcome bonus.
- What is true
- Heart Bingo does not offer PayPal at all. It has been removed from the page.
- How it happened
- Heart's bonus terms name no PayPal exclusion, and we read that as inclusion instead of checking the cashier.
- Checked against
- Heart Bingo cashier.
- We said
- Only Mecca still pays PayPal withdrawals in 15 minutes; Kitty and Lucky Pants quote instant to 3 days.
- What is true
- All three Rank brands publish the same term: 15 minutes where the bank or PayPal account is enabled for Fast Withdrawals, 1–3 working days otherwise.
- How it happened
- One operator sentence was read two ways and published as two different facts.
- Checked against
- Kitty Bingo banking page, read verbatim.
- We said
- 888Ladies and Wink: PayPal withdrawals under 24 hours; 888Ladies minimum deposit £5.
- What is true
- Both state 4–7 business days; 888Ladies' minimum deposit is £10.
- How it happened
- Typed by hand in July and not re-read against the record.
- Checked against
- 888Ladies and Wink banking terms.
- We said
- 62 sites tested in 2026, 27 payouts timed.
- What is true
- 43 UK brands tested in 2026. No withdrawal was timed; the figure has been removed.
- How it happened
- Records were counted instead of brands, and a "tested" field was read as "timed".
- Checked against
- Our own operator records, brand by brand.
- We said
- We time every withdrawal and publish tested times operator by operator.
- What is true
- We publish the payout time each operator commits to in its own banking terms. The card label now reads "Stated Payout".
- How it happened
- A methodology claim that outran the method.
- Checked against
- Operator banking terms.
- We said
- We timed Mecca's PayPal withdrawal from the click to the money arriving, and waited for PlayOJO's.
- What is true
- Both figures are the operators' published commitments, not withdrawals we timed.
- How it happened
- The same methodology claim as the homepage.
- Checked against
- Operator banking terms.
- We said
- We've timed real withdrawals at every UK bingo site we review.
- What is true
- No withdrawal on the page was timed. The page now shows each operator's stated time, best case and slow end.
- How it happened
- The same methodology claim; the page was rebuilt around what we actually hold.
- Checked against
- Operator banking terms, September 2026.
- We said
- "Visit Kitty Bingo", "Visit Heart Bingo", "Visit PlayOJO" and "Visit Betfred" links.
- What is true
- All four pointed at Mecca. Each now goes to its own brand, and the links are generated from the operator record rather than typed.
- How it happened
- Copy-and-paste of one link line across four brands.
- Checked against
- Every link clicked after publish.
- We said
- Betfred PayPal cashouts cleared same-day in our testing in early 2026.
- What is true
- Betfred removed PayPal and all other e-wallets in January 2026. The test described could not have happened.
- How it happened
- Written before the January cashier change.
- Checked against
- Betfred banking page.
- We said
- Heart: zero wagering on the welcome bonus. PlayOJO: PayPal withdrawals require £20.
- What is true
- Heart's bingo bonus is 4x. PlayOJO has no minimum withdrawal on any method.
- How it happened
- Both claims carried over from an older version without a re-read.
- Checked against
- Heart and PlayOJO terms.
- We said
- 888Ladies' licence is held via 888 UK Limited.
- What is true
- 888Ladies is operated by Broadway Gaming under UKGC licence 58267.
- How it happened
- Ownership changed in 2022 and the line was never updated.
- Checked against
- Gambling Commission public register.
- We said
- "Timed withdrawals" and "real withdrawals" in the site description and footer.
- What is true
- Removed. We read and publish operator terms; we do not time withdrawals.
- How it happened
- Boilerplate written years ago and never questioned.
- We said
- Castle Leisure is the one operator publishing a full breakdown of its own; nobody else's is published in detail.
- What is true
- Castle Leisure's audited accounts, filed 4 March 2026, carry a full turnover breakdown at note 3. The "only one" claim was wrong.
- How it happened
- A claim about what does not exist, made without reading the filing.
- Checked against
- Companies House filing.
- We said
- The operator takes 20%–30% of every prize pool as margin.
- What is true
- We hold no source for that range. The one published rake clause we hold states 0% to 68%.
- How it happened
- An industry figure repeated without a source.
- Checked against
- Broadway User Agreement.
- We said
- Minimum deposit £10; withdrawal minimum compared wrongly against Mecca.
- What is true
- £5 to deposit, £10 to claim the bonus; withdrawal minimum £5.
- How it happened
- The bonus threshold was published as the deposit floor.
- Checked against
- Kitty Bingo banking page.
- We said
- Minimum deposit £10.
- What is true
- £5 to deposit, £10 to claim the bonus.
- How it happened
- The bonus threshold was published as the deposit floor.
- Checked against
- Lucky Pants banking page.
- We said
- Minimum withdrawal £10.
- What is true
- £5.
- How it happened
- One method's floor was applied to all methods.
- Checked against
- Mecca Bingo banking page.
- We said
- Minimum deposit £5 (£10 for the bonus).
- What is true
- £10.
- How it happened
- Carried over from a sister brand's figure.
- Checked against
- 888Ladies cashier and terms.
- We said
- Tickets from 1p; the withdrawal time was stated four different ways on one page.
- What is true
- Paid tickets from 2p; withdrawals are stated at 4–7 business days.
- How it happened
- The ticket price was assumed from the network, not read from the lobby; the payout lines were written at different times.
- Checked against
- Wink lobby and banking terms.
- We said
- Operator entity, licence and territories in the intro; "2x wagering applies to all promotions".
- What is true
- Entity and territories per Sing's own terms §23.1; 2x is welcome-only and the standing default is 6x.
- How it happened
- The intro was written from an older ownership structure; the wagering line generalised a welcome term.
- Checked against
- Sing Bingo terms.
- We said
- The welcome offer requires no promo code.
- What is true
- Code BINGO40 is required.
- How it happened
- Operator changed the mechanic and the review was not re-read.
- Checked against
- Costa Bingo promotional terms.
- We said
- The order of the picks was described in a way the data did not support.
- What is true
- The line now says what the order actually is.
- How it happened
- Ranking copy written before the scores were.
- Checked against
- Our own operator records.
- We said
- We track around 90 live UK bingo brands across nine networks.
- What is true
- "Nine networks" had no basis. The line now names the five platforms that matter.
- How it happened
- A number written from memory rather than from the records.
- Checked against
- Our own operator records.
Entries are added in the same deploy as the correction they describe. Newest first.
