Lucky player wins £10,000 at Beach Bingo Hall.

May 5, 2010 - by Victoria · Filed Under London Bingo News Leave a Comment 

A special promotion being run by Beach Bingo, an independent operator, paid off for a lucky lady on Saturday when she called house in 45 numbers to win the £10,000 jackpot.

Usually large jackpots are won in a linked game – in online bingo this is where several brands using the same software join together to play a game, increasing the number of players and therefore the stakes and jackpot. In bingo played in clubs a larger than usual prize is usually offered where the game is played over several weeks. Each week a certain percentage of the stake money is held in a specific fund, ready to pay out when particular conditions are met, ie house is called in a limited amount of numbers.

Often the criteria states that full house has to be called in 38 balls, but in the Beach Bingo promotion, which was running for 4 weeks only, the jackpot had to be claimed in 45 balls. The last game was being played by 231 players, and Ann Young had already struck lucky in the game, when she called 2 lines on 43 numbers. Tension was high when news spread that she was just waiting for one more number for the full house, 87. Alas the next number called wasn’t her number, and the pensioner had an anxious minute. The caller, club owner and manager Rob Garrad made everyone wait in suspense before calling the all important 45th number, and this time it was the long awaited number 87. The crowd broke into applause and people rushed to congratulate the regular player. Through tears of joy Ann Young, from Whitley Bay, said “I never believed anything like this would ever happen to me”

So, the moral of this story is that lady luck can sometimes be waiting in the wings to pay you a visit, and if your local bingo hall has a special, limited promotion then make sure you take part – as it could be your turn next!

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