A lucky Carlisle bingo player has scooped a £50,000 jackpot.
The woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, shouted house at the city’s Opera Bingo on Friday on the National Bingo Game.
She is a regular at the venue, pre-coronavirus, but due to the pandemic had put her bingo fun on hold for nearly two-and-a-half years.
Encouraged by the recent easing of restrictions she had decided to resume going to bingo only a few weeks prior to the win, attending at weekends with her husband.
Their Good Friday visit was only the third time they had been to bingo this year.
Neil Graham, general manager at Opera Bingo Carlisle, said: “The winner has been a regular for quite some time and having only just started coming to bingo again could not believe her luck! She was genuinely shocked.
“Delighted to have won and thrilled beyond words to have won such a large prize, I don’t think she got nervous while playing as her winning numbers seemed to just come out one after the other: there was no time to get anxious waiting on that one last number.”
Following the £50,000 National Bingo Game win, the lucky player initially intended to rush home and phone her family, but then decided there was no need to rush, as she thought most would not believe her. However, she has decided that she will definitely be booking a super holiday this summer.
Neil added: “We’re delighted to see a big winner here at Opera Bingo Carlisle: it’s always good to see anyone win, but especially when it’s such a large amount and to one of our regulars. This win follows three recent National Live winners at the club, so we are clearly on a winning streak!”
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