Please gamble responsibly.
by Penny Walker
The progressive Bingo jackpot at Mecca Bingo has been scooped, leaving a player in the Hartlepool area an amazing �75,587.73 better off - and she didn't know it until 24 hours later.� Beverleyt, as we must call her for lack of her real name, is a keen Bingo player but had tended to favour the bricks and mortar Bingo hall in Hartlepool.� However, on the day in question the weather was unfavourable and Beverleyt asked her daughter to help her set up an online account - a decision that she is no doubt celebrating right now.
On logging on to play, our friend Bev was delighted to win two lines and a full house.� She then proceeded to go abut her business, visit her sister and go to work as normal the next day.� She told her friends she had won �65 and was perfectly content with this, completely unaware that things were about to get a whole lot better for her.� On coming home from work, she was settling down to a quiet night in when the phone rang.� Who was on the other end of the line?� None other than "Bingo Dave".
What Dave proceeded to tell her made Beverley's night ... and week ... and it's fair to say probably her year too.� He congratulated her on winning over �75,000.� Still sceptical about what she was being told, she asked her daughter to log on and check her account balance (I hope she's giving her daughter a significant cut of the winnings!) and found that what Dave was telling her was true.� A minion (�75,000 buys a lot of minions) was despatched to buy a few bottles of wine, and days later Beverley went to London to collect her big cheque.
Anyone else feeling REALLY ENVIOUS right now?