Telford bingo player scoops huge £92,800 prize
A bingo player in Telford has picked up a mammoth jackpot of almost £100,000 after winning a full house.
Customers at Globe Bingo in Donnington cheered when the woman walked away with £92,800 from the game at the hall on Wellington Road.
Players who were at the event say they are astounded by the win, which was part of a national game.
The woman was reportedly in line for double the amount, but it was split with another player from the other side of the country.
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One player in attendance was Donnington Councillor Elizabeth Clare, who takes a friend every Sunday.
She said: "It was just £200 short of £93,000. I don't know who she was,
"Me and the lady I take were talking about it the jackpot and we said no-one will ever win that, then this lady, she was fairly young, managed to do it.
"We couldn't believe she had done it because it is really difficult.
"She's not somebody I see regularly, going to the bingo you sometimes see the same faces every week, but I presume it is like everything else where they just go when they've got the money.
"She won the house money which was £80 and she was probably thrilled with that.
"To actually see it is possible to win and for her to be local and a youngster was just great.
"I could have spent it myself, especially by the time all the family have had a share."
Other players have reported that the woman won the jackpot within 56 calls and was intending to share her jackpot with the friend she was going to the game with.
One lady, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "The manager, at the end, got on stage and made an announcement, he said 'Not only have we had a regional winner, we've also had a national winner.'
"Apparently, she is going to share it with her friend. The two of them go together every now and again.
"I've never seen anybody win anything like that before.
"I would've been screaming, but they were really calm, they just hugged each other and that was all."
The winner is due to be presented with her winnings on Sunday by Matthew Wolfenden who plays David Metcalfe in the soap Emmerdale.
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