Wednesday 10th of February 2010
Incredible bingo win in Blackburn
A lucky Blackburn bingo player has spoken about her "incredible" win for the very first time.
The 66-year-old lady, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the Lancashire Telegraph about the moment she picked up a £28,000 bingo jackpot and a further £3,000 full house prize.
This sensational win happened at a popular bingo club in the northern mill town of Blackburn.
"It still hasn't sunk in," she said. "I have had small wins before but never imagined that I would be a big winner - to take home the jackpot is incredible."
Cheers all round at Blackburn bingo club
However, she was not the only person celebrating big-money bingo wins on the night.
Under the rules of the competition, the remaining £25,000 prize money was shared equally between the rest of the players in the bingo club.
That meant 176 gamers each received a £142 payout of their own.
"I was so pleased to find out I would be sharing the jackpot with my friends," she added. "It is like a dream come true."
Regular readers of the Bucky Bingo news feed will no doubt be aware that the north of England has proved to be a real hotbed for big-money wins recently.
At the start of the month, a Bradford bingo player with the username Shell15 scooped more than £34,000 on a 10p ticket at Bucky Bingo.
And this online bingo jackpot came on the eve of another big celebration.
A week later, Shell15 turned 37 and he was really able to splash out thanks to his Bucky Bingo bonanza.
