Colchester Player Hits Gala Bingo Jackpot
One very lucky Gala Bingo player from the oldest recorded town in the UK (Colchester) has just hit their high five jackpot to the tune of £250,000. The very lucky lady asked to remain anonymous, but she did speak to Gala about her massive jackpot win and here’s what she had to say –
“I am absolutely ecstatic with the win. It hasn’t sunk in yet! I’m going to spend the money on home improvements and a holiday. My friend and I have played bingo together at Gala Bingo Colchester for 14 years. We’ve always dreamed of winning the big one and we always said that we’d split it between us. We were so pleased we called on number five and got to share the jackpot with the rest of the club. We won’t stop coming to Gala Bingo though – we love it!’”
The great and unique feature of the high five jackpot at Gala Bingo is that the player who wins it takes half the prize money and the other half is shared by all other players in the club at the time.
Gala Bingo informed us that 248 members were present when the high five jackpot was won in Colchester, which means they all won a share of £125,000 and ended up with £504.03 each. Not bad for not even winning the game themselves!
Gala Bingo Colchester Club general manager Steve Riley said: “We’re absolutely thrilled for her. Someone from another club called ‘house’ at the same time so we thought the jackpot would be split two ways – but that turned out to be a false call. Everyone was so shocked – the players were all looking round in disbelief while the news sunk in. It took a while for everyone to calm down after that! The atmosphere was electric. All the players were thanking the winner for helping them win £504 each! Gala Colchester is a friendly club and Wednesday was certainly a night to remember.”
Indecently, this was the first ever high five jackpot win the Colchester Gala Bingo club has had since its introduction last year. On the other side of the coin the Gala Bingo club in Warrington saw two massive £250,000 jackpot winners in just six days……..now that’s what you call luck.
