Supermarket worker wins £32,000 playing bingo

A woman from Welwyn Garden City says she was ‘absolutely stunned’ after winning more than £32,000 playing bingo.

The 50-year-old winner, who does not want to be named, struck lucky at the Gala Club in Shenley Road, Borehamwood, where she has been a member for two years.

It was last Wednesday, 19 March that good fortune struck and she won the National Bingo Game prize of £30,250 together with the Regional prize of £2,530 and the house prize of £150. She completed a full house in 40 numbers, the lowest call in any of the 470 clubs playing nationwide.

“I was gobsmacked to win,” said the woman, “Everyone in the club was clapping and saying ‘well done’ but I just sat there in a daze.”

The woman has four children and two grandchildren and has been playing bingo for the past ten years. She plays twice a week at the Gala with her daughter, who was with her when she won.

She plans to use some of the money to take the whole family on holiday to Fuerteventura. “I’m also going to buy a brand new car, hopefully an Astra, because I’ve never been able to afford one before. My mum bought my last car for me and my daughter is going to have it now.

“Other than the car and the holiday, I don’t know what else I’m going to do with it yet. The kids are probably thinking about how I can spend it more than me!” she added.

26 March 2008