Billy makes Mystery Bilston Bingo player£50K richer!

The lucky winner scooped the jackpot on Thursday 24th July, playing on the National Bingo Game. The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, is known to be a regular customer at the venue on the Springvale Way Retail Park. The fabulous £50k jackpot is activated when a player matches all the numbers on their ticket and claims ‘house’ within the first 16 numbers being called. 

Mecca Bilston’s Billy Slater was the caller on the night and explained how it felt to tell someone that they are £50,000 richer; “I started the game and I heard someone shout. I looked at my screen and could see that only 14 numbers had been called, so I knew it meant that the jackpot had been triggered and I immediately started shaking.   

“Once I’d checked the claim to confirm it was correct, I shouted at the top of my voice, ‘One lucky winner…. takes away £50,000!

“Everyone was shouting with excitement and the winner started crying. I felt really overwhelmed for her. I spoke to her a few days later and she still sounded shocked!  

“I’ve been at Mecca for four years, but I’ve only been calling for 18 months. It’s not every day that we get to tell someone that they’ve won that amount of money, so it was a really brilliant moment!  I really love calling – switching on the mic and entertaining our customers. There’s a great atmosphere here and if anyone is having a bad day and arrives feeling a bit down, I enjoy cheering them up.”