On average the chances of winning a bingo game is fairly good for the seasoned bingo player, but just how big is that prize. While the vast majority of winners take home small prizes such as a toaster, a washing machine, small cash prizes or even more interestingly recently a website offers bingo players who win the chance to have their bills paid. While many play bingo just for the chance to interact with friends and share in a fun pastime many dream of getting the fullhouse and hitting it big with the jackpot.
Whilst drooling over headlines such as "Bus driver hits jackpot as he waits for his passengers" or "Derby woman wins $200,000 bingo prize " one should remember that apart from making headlines with huge cash prizes the vast majority of big bingo winners are ordinary Janes and Joes just like most other bingo players. They are moms, hairdressers, grandparents even bus drives. Average players who were lucky enough to get that fullhouse with the fewest numbers that made them the envy of others and carve a small space in the newspapers. They were not necessarily doing anything different from the mother from Jacksonville, Florida who meet every Wednesday night at her favorite bingo spot with friends or the grand mother who discovered online bingo recently and decide to try her hand at online bingo.
Mystery Woman
On a closer analyst just who are these lucky ladies. When the 40 year old part time bank personal banking manager mystery lady watch the $900 won by gentleman just a couple tables from her little would she know that just minutes later she would be taking home a cool $100,000. The most money she has ever won playing bingo is $600 which was some time ago. The mystery woman made a full house in with 40 numbers in the national games where 500 clubs where taking part. The mother of two has been playing bingo for more than 20 years at her favorite bingo club in Huddersfield, UK. Mystery lady plan on getting new dinning tables, a vacation with her family to euro Disney and put a substantial boot to her pension fund.
The Hairdresser
The 52 year old Derby hairdresser had not touched alcohol for months but after winning over $200,000 she just had to get a glass brandy to calm herself down. The hairdresser made fullhouse with 44 numbers to hit it big in the jackpot. She has been an ardent bingo player for years and even met her husband at a bingo club. She plan on visiting her sister in Spain with her new found wealth and also buy herself a brand new car.
Patient Granny
Patience pays off for a 63-year old grand-mother who has been playing bingo for more than forty years and has not won more than $300.The patient grand mother laments that she has been present when others have won huge cash prizes but never dreamed it would happen to her after playing for years. She took home a whooping $52,875 in the national game. Patient grand mother plans to treat her family. She has two children, four grandchildren and had been married for several years. In the end patience pays off handsomely.
Gracious School Teacher
Online bingo is growing at a ferocious rate and more and more bingo winners are emerging from the corridors of cyberspace to claim their piece of the bingo prize. When Jo Collins mother of three called her husband to the computer to show him the $160,000 she won playing bingo online, the figure must have been mind boggling because he could only comprehend $1600. In fact it was $162,701.97 to be exact. Jo Collins is a 52 year special needs school teacher who has been playing bingo for years in bingo halls but decided to play online bingo. The buzz and excitement online mirrors that of any bingo club the ecstatic teacher laments. Jo Collins has three grown children and ten grandchildren. Jo plan on paying off her mortgage first. Even with her new found wealth Jo Plans on keeping her job as a school teacher. Jo Collins has made history with the biggest single online bingo win to date.
Bingo Addict
A self proclaimed bingo addict wins £201,525. The woman who is a native of Leigh Park, Havant, UK had to retire early along with her husband because of ill-health. The bingo addict said that money was sometimes not enough for herself and husband. She has been playing bingo for years two or three times a week when she can afford to play. Her husband often gauge whether she won any games when she gets home based on the look on her face. The Havant native explained that she told her husband about the huge winnings by asking him where he would want them to go for vacation if they could afford it. The 60 year old answered Cyprus. After breaking the news to him the couple celebrated with Bacardi. The most she has won before the £200,000 jackpot was £272.
All these jackpot winners are similar in that they are ordinary ladies playing bingo in their local community clubs and online bingo halls. A bingo player, who goes by the screen name "AlanCrow" who frequent the online bingo community forum, posted on bingoforums.org his joy of winning a mere $458.32. Although this winning is not much compared to the mega winnings of the five lucky ladies featured in this article, it's a start for those who play for pay and dream of winning it big.
This article is the inspiration of the members of http://www.Bingoforums.org who share their many experiences in the bingo community. My name is Rory Brown, author, moderator and bingo enthusiast.
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