A 21 year old nurse from Grimsby in the UK recently won 22,500 Pounds ($47,115 USD) in the UK’s national bingo game. In the UK the National Bingo Game is second only to the National Lottery and is played in 500 licensed bingo halls throughout the country. The top prize is 100,000 pounds ($209,338 USD) making it one of the largest bingo jackpots anywhere.
As the story goes, she was broke and her boyfriend loaned her the money for her ticket. “He paid for my ticket because I was skint so we’re going to put the money into a joint account,” the winner states. (For US readers skint is English slang for broke) The couple is sharing the jackpot and plan to put their winnings in a joint account. She also plans to use some of the money for Christmas presents.
According to National Bingo Figures 10% of all women and 5% of men in the UK play bingo on a regular basis. The land based bingo industry in the UK is in disarray due to the recently passed smoking ban and online bingo operators are prepared for a massive influx of new online players. While most internet bingo jackpots are not as large as those offered by the National Bingo game they are significantly larger than those offered by their land based counterparts. In addition, internet bingo provides great bingo bonuses and bingo promotions.
If you are new to the internet and internet bingo games you may want to try your luck at this very entertaining online game. The odds are in your favor and chances are you will never be “skint” again. It could happen to you!
