Bingo winners
Jill logged into her account to discover she’d won the jackpot!
As I nattered away with my pals, I just couldn’t stop giggling away with them.
Has anyone been watching Eastenders? someone asked, as we began chatting about the latest storyline. I loved catching up with my friends.
And even though I hadn’t actually met any of them, we had such a laugh together.
Making friends
See, we’d got chatting in the chat rooms of my favourite bingo site – Pick Me Up! Bingo.
I’d joined the site 10 years ago after seeing an advert for it online.
It looked like a lot of fun. I never expected to make so many friends, though. But everyone in the site chat rooms was so friendly.
We were always having a laugh and chatting about all sorts of things.
Sometimes I got so carried away gossiping, I forgot all about my games.
The roomies, as they’re fondly known were a lovely bunch.
Over the years I had a few small wins here and there on the site.
For me, it was all about having fun, though. And I loved how sociable the site was.
My favourite games are Double Bubble Jackpot – a slot game – and Tiki Bingo.
Funny thing is, I’d never really played bingo before I joined the site.
It just hadn’t appealed to me.
But there are so many games to choose from, I was spoilt for choice.
And what was great was that I could play a few demo games to see what games I liked.
Buying ahead
In July this year, I bought a few pre-buy tickets for Tiki Bingo.
It meant the games would play out and I could go off and run some errands.
I visited my mum for a cup of tea and did a bit of shopping before coming home.
It was a long day so when I got in, I forgot all about my bingo games.
I pottered about the house, made some tea, then went to bed.
It wasn’t until a day or so
I joined the site 10 years ago – it’s a lot of fun
later that I logged back into my account. And my account balance showed a £1,000!
Where’s that come from? I thought.
It definitely hadn’t been there before.
Suddenly I realised I’d won the jackpot with one of my pre-buy tickets.
I’d managed to scoop a whopping grand! Incredible!
I was home alone, so I did a silly dance around the kitchen to celebrate.
‘I’m a winner!’ I beamed, absolutely thrilled.
I had the biggest smile on my face as I phoned my mum.
I’m a winner
‘I’ve won on the bingo!’ I said.
‘ That’s good,’ she replied, thinking it was just a few quid.
She had no idea that I was a big jackpot winner.
‘I’ve won a thousand pounds!’ I laughed delightedly. She was speechless. When my husband Phil, 57, got home I told him the good news, too. ‘Guess how much I’ve won?’ I chuckled, Before telling him I’d scooped the jackpot. ‘That’s made my day,’ he smiled, I’m chuffed to bits. We decided to spend the money on a family trip. My daughter, 22, had moved to Lynmouth and we were long overdue a visit.
‘Let’s spend the weekend with her,’ I suggested.
I couldn’t wait to see her. So I paid for me, Phil and our son, 24, to go to stay in Lynmouth for the weekend.
We stayed in a hotel and spent the weekend together as a family.
We enjoyed nice lunches and meals out and I also treated the kids to a few bits and pieces.
Happy memories
We had such a lovely time with them.
And I really can’t thank Pick Me Up! Bingo enough for making it all possible.
Creating special memories with my family really was priceless to me.