There’s going to be a very large Christmas party in one lucky Sheerness household this week, after a local bingo player saw all their numbers come up at King’s Bingo Sheerness, on the National Bingo Game, scooping a whopping £50,000 Jackpot prize.
The 75 years old Sheerness local, who has three children, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren has asked to remain anonymous, was playing bingo on Monday 11th December at King’s Bingo, when things took an unexpected and exciting turn: they called ‘house’ on the National Bingo Game. The prospect of a nice Christmas win felt great. They knew that they had won a jackpot prize as well as the house prize and were waiting to find out if it was an extra £100 or an extra £1,000.
It was only when the bingo caller, Clive Cornelius, confirmed the claim and announced that it was a top jackpot prize of £50,000 that the Sheerness bingo player realised the size of their win and was shocked and embarrassed as the whole club started cheering.
The lucky winner is a regular King’s Bingo Sheerness, who has been playing bingo since she was 18 and Introduced to the game by her mother, when they both used to go to bingo in Sittingbourne.
This is not the first time that the lucky winner has won at bingo, nor the first time she has won at bingo on a Monday. It is not even the first time that all her lucky numbers have come out for big win and strangely it is not the first time that those numbers were randomly called by bingo caller Clive Cornelius. For this lucky bingo ‘dabber’ has not only won the National Bingo Game before, on 26th April 1999 taking home £107,000, but that win was also on a Monday and the lucky numbers were also called by Clive Cornelius!
The very lucky winner has no immediate special plans, other than a lovely Christmas with family, and will keep the money in the bank until the New Year to see what she wants to do in 2024.
Commenting on her win she said. “Anybody who’s thinking about going to Bingo, just go for it! I always enjoy playing. It’s not just about winning, though it’s lovely when you do, it also gets me out of the house.”
Minnie McCoy, Owner of King’s Bingo Sheerness said, “We were all very excited on the night of the win and are very happy for the lucky winner – it’s a great feeling when a customer gets a big win and this is my first big win at the club since taking over. It is amazing to know that our caller Clive has proven to be such a lucky charm for the winner! We are hoping that his luck creates more jackpot winners, especially this Thursday, when the National Bingo Game is half price to play. Imagine winning on a half price ticket!”
Bingo fan Minnie purchased the club in 2019 with husband Tom and the support of her parents Jayne and Miquel Garcia, who own the Bay View pub in Leysdown.
Alastair Stewart, Business Development Manager at the National Bingo Game said, “We are thrilled for our lucky National Bingo Game £50,000 Jackpot winner in Sheerness and hope that they enjoy their winnings – they can certainly splash out this Christmas and in the January sales too! What a great way to start the New Year!”