Terms of use
Last updated 15 November 2026
The short version. Front Room Bingo is a bingo caller for friendly games. It calls the numbers, prints tickets and checks winners. We don't take bets, hold money or run games. If you play for money or prizes, it's up to you, as the host, to make sure your game is legal where you play it.
About these terms
These terms apply when you use Front Room Bingo, the website and app made by Jonathan Butler ("we", "us"). By using it, you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the site. Questions are welcome at bingo@jonb.me.uk.
What Front Room Bingo is
Front Room Bingo helps you host bingo: it draws and calls numbers, shows a board on screen, makes printable tickets, and checks claims. During this early stage it's free to use, and access is by invitation only.
Your account
- You sign in with your email address and a link we email you. Keep access to that email account secure, as anyone who can read it can sign in as you.
- Your account is for you and your household. Please don't share your sign-in with people outside it.
- You can delete your saved games at any time in Settings → About → Delete my account data. To close your account entirely, email us.
- We may end access to the site, with notice where we reasonably can. If we do, you can still download your tickets and a backup of your games before it ends.
Running your game legally
Front Room Bingo is a tool. Whoever hosts the game, "the host", is responsible for running it lawfully. In Great Britain, bingo is gaming under the Gambling Act 2005:
- At home with family and friends, with no charge to play, a game is generally allowed without any licence or permit.
- In a pub, club, workplace, or at a charity or community event, or wherever there's an entry charge, money stakes or significant prizes, other rules apply, including limits on stakes and prizes. Check with your local council's licensing team or the Gambling Commission before you play.
- Outside Great Britain, including Northern Ireland, different rules apply. Check what applies where you are.
We don't provide gambling services, and we have no involvement in any stakes, prizes or payments between players.
Using the site fairly
Please don't:
- enter names or text that are offensive, or that the people concerned wouldn't be happy with;
- try to make the caller say anything other than player names and your game's name;
- try to get around the sign-in, use someone else's account, overload the site or its voice service, or interfere with how it works;
- copy, resell or republish Front Room Bingo, its design, code or voice recordings.
We may suspend access if the site is being misused.
The caller's voice
The caller's voice is computer-generated, made with ElevenLabs. Names you add are sent to ElevenLabs to be recorded, as explained in our privacy notice.
Your information
Your players, tickets, settings and winners are saved to your account and kept on each device you use. We take care of them, but please keep a backup before an important game, using Players & tickets → Download a backup. Only add people's names if they'd be happy to be included. See the privacy notice for how information is handled.
Ownership
Front Room Bingo, including its design, code, artwork, tickets and voice recordings, belongs to Jonathan Butler. You may use it, and print and share tickets made with it, for your own games.
Availability and responsibility
We work hard to keep Front Room Bingo running well, but it's provided as it is, and we can't promise it will always be available or free of faults. Please check your tickets print correctly and keep a backup before an important game.
We're not responsible for losses that weren't foreseeable, for problems caused by your device, browser or internet connection, or for anything arising from how a game is run, including stakes and prizes. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that can't be limited by law, and nothing affects your legal rights as a consumer.
Paid plans
Front Room Bingo is currently free. If we introduce paid plans, the price, what's included, and how to cancel will be set out here before you're asked to pay anything.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms as Front Room Bingo develops. We'll change the date at the top when we do. If a change is significant, we'll make it clear in the app.
Law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live elsewhere in the UK, you can also bring a claim in your local courts.