A player at Mecca Bingo recently won a jackpot of £1.2 million, the largest jackpot ever to be won at the Mecca Bingo website.
While playing the Clover Rollover mini slots game during a game of bingo, the lucky winner hit the progressive jackpot by getting 5 lucky shamrocks on a payline. It was an incredible amount to win, much more than what was on offer for the bingo game she had been playing simultaneously.
Read More »A bingo player has recently lost out on a £1,000 bingo win when the caller did not hear her call ‘bingo’ before the next number was called. This is always a potential problem at live bingo halls, as callers may not be paying enough attention to catch a call of ‘bingo’ before moving on.
Elaine Prendergast, a 63-year-old player at a live Gala Bingo hall, was the victim of this unfortunate mistake, but the rules of live bingo halls mean that she is unlikely to see her £1,000 jackpot. She says that she called ‘bingo’ early and loudly, with other players and the bingo steward backing her up, but the protocols of live bingo insist that claims are void once the caller has moved on.
Read More »Soraya Lowell, a cleaner from Hamilton, has won the biggest ever National Game bingo win, a whopping £1,167,795.
While playing at the Club 3000 bingo hall in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Mrs. Lowell won the National Game’s Platinum Jackpot by getting a full house on number 90. This jackpot is even bigger than the £1.1 million won in January by Christine Bradfield, and Mrs. Lowell has already planned to share the money with her bingo partner and neighbour, Agnes O’Neill.
Read More »The ‘Bingo in the Digital Age: Global Market Assessment and Forecasts’ study, released by the media analyst Screen, suggests that despite the global economic downturn online bingo may be the fastest growing sector of gambling.
Some of this increase may be attributed to the closure of some physical bingo halls in the UK. In addition, high taxation and anti-smoking laws could also have contributed to an increase in online bingo players.
Read More »A retired hospital cleaner is celebrating after winning the jackpot at her local bingo hall.
62 year old Joyce Martin, of Trinity Way, Keswick, won an amazing £23,600 after matching 43 numbers in her regular Wednesday night bingo game.
Along with her husband, David, she visits the Penrith Opera Bingo hall once a week and was delighted with her unexpected winnings.
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