I blogged earlier on in the month about Platinum Play Bingo and their new “bingo ball for life” jackpot (Bingo Ball For Life??) and they have had their first Bingo-Ball-for-Life winner!

Xnikkixmk was totally unaware that her full house win had bagged her £2,000 Bingo Ball for Life Jackpot!

Her lucky number, 47 was the last number called that completed her full house in just 57 calls. She won the full-house pot of £9.29 that was bumped up with the £2,000 win!!

Xnikkixmk said: “What can I say? It is unbelievable! Just 2 weeks of play and a £2 000 win is fantastic! I’ve tried a lot of sites and Platinum Play Bingo is by far the best! I’ll most definitely keep playing! Thank you so much x xx x”

The Jackpot has been reset at £1,000 and will go up by £1,000 every week that it is not won.

News has filtered through ths morning of a half a million pound winner on Gala Bingo’s Platinum Jackpot.  

The grandmother, who has asked not to be named, has been playing bingo since she was 20. Her win was for more than £578,000 - a sum she plans to share with her sister whom she plays bingo with at her local Gala Savoy Club in Radford Road, Coventry.

“She is over the moon too,” said the winner, “I thought I had just won the National Game, I didn’t know it was the Platinum jackpot. I said to one of the managers that is £28,000 each for me and my sister. He looked at me in surprise and told me how much it actually was and then I went to pieces. He offered me a brandy but I don’t drink so I had a glass of water!”

 “I am still very much in shock and my husband and I didn’t sleep at all last night and we still can’t grasp it. But at least the shakes have stopped! It has come completely out of the blue; a once in a lifetime opportunity and we shall use it wisely.  We will look after our two girls and two granddaughters, have a holiday and invest the rest.  My sister, who lives close by and has three children, is planning to pay off her mortgage.”

She completed a full house in 42 numbers, with the £578,861 prize made up of the Platinum Jackpot prize of £508,145; the Sunday National Game prize of £66,640; the Zone prize of £3,076; the Club prize of £880 and the £120 house prize.
 

Platinum Play Bingo are offering a unique way to savour your lucky bingo number by offering you the chance to win up to £50,000 in their new ”Bingo Ball For Life” jackpot.

The Jackpot can be won when you complete bingo on your chosen Bingo Ball for Life number. E.g. if your Bingo Ball for Life is the number 21, the last number called that completes your full house has to be 21.

The jackpot starts at £1,000 increasing by £1,000 every week if it is not won. If the Jackpot gets up to £50,000 without being won, the jackpot will be paid out to those that came the closest and then will be reset to £1,000.

To register your personalised bingo ball for life, you have to have an account with Platinum Play Bingo, which is really siple to do. All you do is fill in a quick application form, choose a nickname and away you go (take a note of the account number you are given though, you need it to register your bingo ball for life!).

So once you have picked your ball, you get to personalise it too with crazy hair, eyes and mouth. I think it adds a lot of fun and colour to the game. I cant wait to get cracking with mine!!!

On reading through the weekend news, a story of a big bingo win grabbed my attention becasuse of its location.

A lucky winner at the Gala Bingo in Byker, Newcastle bagged herself an amazing £320,000. This story caught my eye because that is where i am from and it really hit home that you can win whatever your location!!

The lady- who does not want to be named- won the platinum jackpot prize that was standing at £311,966 on the night, the national jackpot prize of £6,890,  the regional prize of 1,220 and Gala Bingo’s own in house prize of £615!

Looking through the news this morning a story caught my attention of a mugging of an 86 year old after leaving his local bingo club.

Mr Lees had a lucky night and won £1,000 whilst playing bingo at his local Mecca Bingo Club, however once he left the club he was mugged.   

The muggers shoved Mr Lees in the back before pushing him to the ground. They then stole the winnings and left him on the ground.  Mr Lees received hospital treatment for injuries to his face and bruising.

In a statement Mr Lees said ” It wasn’t only my face that has been hurt but I feel as if my pride has too. Whoever did this is just a coward, they attacked me from behind and I’m an old man.”

Speaking about the attack he says “Immediately as I left the bingo hall someone jumped on me from behind I hit my head on the floor. These cowards knew exactly what pocket my money was in as they went straight for it.”

Mr Lees went on to say “Why should I let these cowards bother me? I’ve been playing bingo every Sunday for 20 years; this will not stop me playing bingo.”

Lets hope that the muggers are caught and the incident does not leave Mr Lees unable to carry on with his normal routine.

A lucky winner at Mecca Bingo in Basingstoke has won more than £10,000. The win could not have come at a better time as £10,500 is quite a lot of money when you have just had a baby

Susan Ralph, who is on maternity leave after giving birth in January, was shocked when she managed to scoop the win on the High 5 game at Mecca Bingo at Basingstoke Leisure Park. 

Mrs Ralph, 28, plans on buying herself a new car and treating the children.

Mrs Ralph only started to go to her local Mecca Bingo club because it was a great way to socialise with her friends without having to drink while she was pregnant. 

A lady has won a combination of several jackpots while playing at a Carlisle Bingo Club, totalling an impressive £70,392 and has vowed to share the winnings with her sister in law.

Carol White, has a long standing agreement with her sister-in-law to share all bingo wins equally – a deal that she intends to stick following her impressive win.

The £70,392 prize is made up of three jackpots – the house prize of £112, the regional prize of £3,200, and the national prize of £67,080.

On her win Carol said “We were both really excited. We have never won that kind of money before. The place was in uproar – everyone was cheering. I retire next year and have a big family. I want to give them something and have a good holiday.”

She went on to say that both she and her sister in law will carry on playing every Sunday night.

Mecca Bingo played host to the one of the biggest payouts, where a very lucky player won a bingo prize of £639,000. The woman, who wants to remain anonymous works as a hospital administrator and is married with two children and has three grandchildren.

At the realisation of the enormity of the win, it is claimed that she had asked for a brandy or two for the shock and to let it sink in. Her husband had thought that she had won £639, but was pleasantly surprised on realising his mistake.

The winning lady has been playing bingo at Mecca Bingo since the foundation of the company in 1993 and to date, this is their largest single payout.

A 79 year old pensioner struck it lucky this week with a £27,000 bingo win. 

She plans to use the money to help her family, including eight children, 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She said: ‘It hasn’t really sunk in yet. I’ve never had that kind of money in my life. I have a big family, and this will really help them. If there’s any left over, I’d like a holiday in Tenerife or Benidorm’

Ada Borrowdale won the jackpot at the Opera Bingo Club in Penrith. When her final number was drawn, Ada was in such a state of shock that a friend had to shout on her behalf.

She added: “They wouldn’t believe me at first. They thought I was joking.”

She had been playing at the Penrith club for 10 years when she scooped the National Bingo prize.

Opera manager Ethel Nicholl said: “It’s very exciting when you have a big win in the club. Everyone is really happy for her.”