The Cozy Games network was launched back in 2005 by a small team of expert online gaming veterans. The company’s vision was to create a state of the art online gaming software that could operate across several platforms all over the UK and Europe.
They became one of the top innovators in the online bingo sector, and the Cozy Games name is still extremely well known despite having rebranded. This is because Cozy provided games to over 50 hugely popular online bingo and casino platforms in the UK alone, so their name got around.
In 2017, Cozy was bought by GVC Services Ltd. This was a massive multi-brand company that owned the likes of Gala and Coral. They wanted the bingo network, software and other tech that Cozy had developed for their own brands, so they never intended to keep Cozy Games running as a subsidiary. It was always going to be absorbed, and by 2019 it was operatingunder one of GVC’s subsidiaries, Electraworks.
Then GVC rebranded as Entain in 2020, and in 2021 Cozy’s gambling license was surrendered. Entain had their own license which all of their brands ran on, and since Cozy was being swallowed up into Entain (via Electraworks), it didn’t need its own. This is when Cozy effectively ceased to exist.
Most white labels were kicked off the network in 2020, and the last few migrated elsewhere in 2021. Entain’s in house brands were the only ones left on the network, which had now been reworked and called ElectraWorks. Of course, the Electraworks network was just Cozy’s old network repackaged.
It has been many years since this change, but many people still informally refer to it as the Cozy network. The name might have changed, but the quality of the software remains top notch. Each site has its own individual brand and personality, but the platform itself is standard across them all. Most Electraworks bingo sites also have other verticals such as sports betting and casino, since this is the type of brands Entain own.
So you get sprawling sites with the Electraworks network, but that also means famous brands with lots of resources and lots of customers, leading to bigger jackpots and busier bingo rooms.
The Top 10 ElectraWorks / Cozy Bingo Sites
| Bingo Site | Launch Date | Bonus (T&Cs Apply) | Visit |
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2005 | £40 Bonus & 40 Free Spins |
T&Cs apply, 18+
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| 18+. New customers only. Deposit & Spend £10 to receive a £40 Bingo Bonus (4x wagering) + 40 Free Spins (value £0.10 each, selected games). Claim & use within 7 days. Restrictions and T&Cs apply. #ad | |||
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2013 | £40 Welcome Bonus |
T&Cs apply, 18+
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| 18+ New customers only. Certain deposit types excluded. Deposit and spend min £10 on Bingo. £40 Bonus credited upon completion of games. Bonus to be played on Bingo only, 4 x wagering and valid for 14 days. Country restrictions. T&Cs apply. New Customers Only. 18+. T&Cs Apply #ad | |||
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2004 | Spend £5 Get £25 Welcome Bonus |
T&Cs apply, 18+
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| 18+. New Bingo players only. Deposit required. Spend 5 or more on Bingo tickets to get a 25 Bingo bonus. 2x wagering requirements apply to bonus. Accept bonus within 14 days. Bonus valid for 30 days. Certain deposit types excluded. Player restrictions and T&Cs apply. #ad | |||
What the ElectraWorks Network is Like
The Electraworks network is basically an improved and updated version of the old Cozy Games software, so they can legitimately claim to be tried and tested for over 20 years.
The sites on that network are all big name brands like Foxy, Gala, and Ladbrokes, with lots of other gambling products also available, so they may be a little intimidating for new players. However, the bingo lobby is always very easy to navigate once you get to it.
There are some simple but effective features too, such as the ability to minimise and maximise the chat room or the side games panel. It just means you can make the most of the elements you want to use and get rid of those you don’t with a single click.
You will typically find a larger number of bingo rooms than on many other networks, and these will be a mix of rooms that are available across the entire network, and rooms that are exclusive to the site in question. This is one of the benefits of an in house software developer and network, you can easily and cheaply create whatever you need.
This helps give each site on the network a sense of uniqueness that is rare in the world of online bingo. Plus, with branded rooms thrown in the whole thing has a premium feel.
It’s a similar situation with offers and promotions. Each brand is big enough to run their own individual promotions and marketing campaigns, and given the company’s size, they can afford to go further to attract and retain customers.
Think of it like shopping at a national high street brand rather than a small local chain.
Bingo Games
ElectraWorks software offers up a great variety of different online bingo games, not just in terms of the game variation they are based on, but also the game features and the themes of the rooms themselves.
The main types of online bingo games available are as follows and can be played for between a penny and 20p per ticket:
- 30-ball bingo
- 50-ball bingo
- 75-ball bingo
- 80-ball bingo
- 90-ball bingo
There are several rooms which operate across the whole network, so prizes and jackpots in these tend to be quite good as so many people access them. However, it’s the branded rooms that really get people’s attention at Electraworks.
Fans of TV shows like Deal or No Deal, The Chase, Coronation Street, and Emmerdale will be in seventh heaven because there are bingo rooms themed around all of these shows, and the games themselves work in elements of the shows to add enjoyment.
I previously mentioned rooms that are exclusive to the site you are on (The Gaming Room in the image above is exclusive to Ladbrokes, for example). Not all Entain sites have exclusive room, and some have unique branding but are essentially the same network wide game under a different name. However, the experience for the player is unchanged.
ElectraWorks latest platform revamp also allows players to play in multiple bingo rooms at the same time. This enhances the experience for those who want to either maximise their bingo playing time, or who don’t like choosing between two rooms they love which happen to cross over.
Online Casino Games
Electraworks offer hundreds of additional slots and casino games across their online bingo sites. These include huge branded titles from top developers such as Eyecon and NetEnt, as well as a selection of their own games developed in house.
Yet another way Electraworks can claim to offer a truly unique experience to their players.
Their parent company, Entain, own some of the biggest online casinos on the internet, so their relationship with all the best game developers is a huge benefit to bingo players who use the network. The company have more than 10,000 games on their platform, and while they won’t all be available on your bingo site, the brand you play with can choose the games they offer from this ginormous pool.
Their exclusive casino games are all created by the four game studios they own: WIN, CR, Vertical and Eurobet. If you see one of these names on the loading screen on your bingo site, you know it’s a game only players using Electraworks’ network have access to.
The network also hosts:
- a live casino
- plenty of table games
- instant win games
- Megaways titles
Jackpots
This area is a strength for Electraworks.
Since many of the games are shared across several huge sites, progressive jackpots can build very quickly and reach very large figures, too.
On a lower level, there will also be a greater number of players per bingo room, and therefore the game by game prizes will often be higher than average as well.
The network will sometimes run separate community jackpots on top. These will continually rise across the whole network until someone very lucky eventually wins. As the network operates across several different sites, these jackpots tend to be some of the highest around.
Security
As Entain, and by extension, Electraworks, is so well established and trusted, no one has any concerns about their safety and security procedures. They provide the highest levels of security to all their customers, and all sensitive data is safely encrypted.
All financial information is transmitted and processed using secure connections through leading e-commerce payment companies, and the software uses a variety of cutting edge security technologies to protect personal information.
Chat Rooms
The online bingo industry seems to be abandoning the social element in recent times, which is a shame because in the real world that’s what the game is all about.
I’m happy to say that Electraworks are one of the networks to have retained their chat rooms, so players can have a natter as they play if they want to.
It also means that chat room games are still a thing on the Electraworks network, so those little extras you can sometimes get if you win them, such as free bingo tickets, are still a possibility.
The chat hosts regularly dip in and out of rooms, usually spending just under an hour in each room before moving on in my experience, so you should run into one before too long, and they are always up for a friendly chat.
Contact Details
Should you wish to get in touch with ElectraWorks themselves, that’s going to be tricky. They are part of Entain’s wider business, so there are no direct contact details with the people who maintain the network.
You can contact the sites running on the network though, or contact Entain themselves via the following options:
- Instant Query: Visit one of the ElectraWorks sites and fill out the query form on their contact page.
- Telephone: +44 (0) 2036 081305 (Entain’s main number)
- Email: On Site Form or CustomerEnquiries@entaingroup.com
You are more likely to want to contact the site you are playing with, and they will have contact options onsite.
Alternatively you can write to Entain’s UK office here:
- Entain, 1 Stratford Place, Montfichet Road, London, E20 1EJ
Conclusion
If you choose to play online bingo with an ElectraWorks site, you will be in very safe hands with this well respected company. With over 20 years of experience creating innovative cutting edge software, now backed with the financial weight of one of the biggest gambling groups in the world, Electraworks definitely know what they’re doing.
The old Cozy Games brand was well loved by players and well respected by the industry, and although the business itself no longer exists, the core product they developed is still alive and kicking at the forefront of the online bingo industry.
If anything, it is even better now than it used to be.
After all of the changes since the acquisition, I think that Electraworks have built a stellar selection of classic, branded, and bespoke bingo rooms which run on a well structured and powerful platform. All this served up via a user friendly interface that players keep coming back to.
They have managed to create a constantly evolving bingo network that is always being improved upon, and always manages to surprise me.