The Which Bingo site of the Year awards emerged a few weeks ago and some of the industry websites are reeling over the announcements. Awards cermonies often spark controversey and questions whether the winners are deserved or if the voting system is a fair judgement of the bingo sites. Bingosupermarket are also looking to to an awards program to recognise the leading UK websites but to come up with a fair system without being able to rig the vote is easier said than done.

Playingbingo a leading independent bingo blog has expressed their views that the awards should be decided by industry experts rather than leaving it open to a public voting system that can clearly be influenced by the company themselves. A panel can also be influenced by the revenues and sponsorships received from these sites. The arguments that the results did not reflect a true picture of the industry is backed up by some of the dubious award winners. New site of the Year award went to bingoplayground then Tombola, third place Wink Bingo. Wink Bingo is probably the fastest growing network in the UK and after trading just 11 months, first place in our opinion should have been a formality, Tombola are not a new site, it is the original Sun Bingo but had to change the name when the Sun chose a new software provider. The winners bingoplayground is a surprise winner since bingosupermarket do not come accross this brand much but does a lot of sponsorship with which bingo to perhaps explain some of the success.

The winners Jackpot Joy are a big surprise since it only has one bingo room. Platinum Play bingo came a surprise second as bingosupermarket have heard very little about them. Third place was Crown bingo who do a lot of campaigning to get votes in and again this does question the fairness of such a system. Gala for instance came only 15th but they do not campaign for any votes and being one of the busiest and most respected online bingo sites in the UK (We are not getting paid to say this we are being unbiased and honest) also proves that the voting system perhaps is a little biased towards the companies that wish to lobby for votes.