A woman "burst into tears" after clinching an "astonishing" £50k jackpot at a Dundee bingo hall.
On Thursday October 30, the lucky player was on her regular trip to the Mecca Bingo in the Douglasfield Eclipse Leisure Park when she won playing the National Bingo Game.
The jackpot is triggered when a player matches and dabs off all ten numbers on their bingo ticket within the first 16 numbers being called. However, the winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, walked away with the fabulous £50,000 after claiming the full house in just 13 numbers.
Mecca Bingo Dundee’s Lesley King said: “It was absolutely astonishing. To match all ten numbers in 16 calls is always a cause for celebration, but to do it in 13 is just amazing.
"To quote Kate Garraway, I was flabbergasted. It’s the biggest win on the lowest number of calls that I’ve ever come across.”
The winner, who had already had a smaller win earlier that afternoon, was so shocked that she "burst into tears".
“She rang her husband to tell him that she’d won but he didn’t believe her until her friend took the phone and said you need to come down to Mecca,” explained Lesley.
The win is the third time that a Mecca Dundee player has scooped a £50,000 National Game jackpot win in the last seven months, making Dundee one of Mecca’s luckiest clubs.
“I’m just delighted for the customer,” continued Lesley. “The magic of big wins is fantastic to see – the sheer joy when they realise it's not a dream, and they really have won £50,000! It’s a brilliant feeling.”
The National Bingo Game is played across the UK and offers players the chance to win Jackpot Prizes of up to £50,000 as well as a club prize on every game. The National Bingo Game is played twice a day, every day, 364 days a year at all Mecca Clubs.
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