The new sponsor of Sunderland AFC, Tombola bingo, are offering the chance to play online bingo for free.

Football fans can pick up a free £5 play voucher at the official Sunderland club shop or at the ticket office. The vouchers can be redeemed online and players do not need to add any credit card details or make a deposit.

Tombola signed a sponsorship deal with the Sunderland premier league football club. The deal will see the online bingo giant sponsoring the football club for the next two seasons.

Tombola which has been on the bingo scene since 1999 was founded by Phil Cronin, who commented on the deal: "Sponsoring Sunderland AFC is a fantastic opportunity for tombola.

"With our own head office here in Sunderland we have been able to see the work that Niall and his team have done to transform the fortunes of the club.

"We're really looking forward to working with Sunderland and we're confident that this sponsorship will help us achieve our own ambitions."

Sunderland Marketing Director, Lesley Callaghan added: "Tombola will become our club sponsor for an initial two-year period and we are very much looking forward to forging a strong and positive partnership with them.

For those bingo fans that don’t live close enough to the Sunderland you can still take advantage of the Tombola match deposit bonus. Every month Tombola pays out more than £3 million in prize money.