A bingo fan has won an amazing £100,000 on a £2 bingo ticket at Mecca Bingo in Gateshead.
The lucky winner hit the jackpot on the final night of National Bingo Week (23rd-29th June) playing on a very special edition of the National Bingo Game. The customer, who wishes to remain anonymous, is known to be a regular at the East Street venue, and had been dabbing the numbers off on a paper ticket when she beat players nationwide to win the jaw dropping cash prize.
Mecca Bingo Gateshead General Manager
General manager, Kris Maughan, explained what happened on the night;
“The National Bingo Game sees participating bingo halls nationwide link up to play. To mark National Bingo Week, the Bingo Association held a special one-off game, where the person who matched all the numbers on their ticket and claimed ‘house’ in the lowest number of calls nationwide won an incredible £100,000 – twice the usual jackpot!
“The excitement in the room had been building and when our player shouted ‘House’ on just 19 calls, we knew she was in with a chance.”
Nail biting minutes passed while the popular bingo club waited for other halls to send in their results… until bingo! Gateshead hit the hundred!
“The Joy Bingo Can Bring”
Oli Hobbs was the caller on the night and took to the microphone to announce the jackpot win. He said:
“Everyone started cheering and whooping, and the winner, who thought she’d won £1,000, burst into tears when I told her she’d actually won £100k. She was absolutely dumbfounded at such a big win on a £2 ticket,” he said.
The stunned winner rang her husband to tell him the good news, but he refused to believe her! “She passed the phone to me, and I confirmed that she was £100,000 better off!”
“I’ve worked here for four years now and I love seeing the joy that bingo can bring,”
Kris added:
“I made the move from cinemas to bingo three years ago. We make a real connection with our customers. All of us get so wrapped up in the emotion – one of the team said it was her best night ever! We’re thrilled for our players when they win – and you just don’t get that in any other part of the hospitality sector.”
Miles Baron, chief executive at The Bingo Association said of the win:
“I’m delighted that the National Bingo Game jackpot of £100,000 was won by a customer from Gateshead; an area with a great tradition of playing bingo. National Bingo Week is all about celebrating the joy of the game and the amazing community around it and this win was certainly a fitting end to the celebrations. Huge congratulations to our winners and everyone who’s been part of the festivities.”
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