My £1,924 jackpot

I spent my win on a magnifico Italian holiday and fun family celebration…

Janice Brion, 45, Middlesbrough

Gossiping over coffee, I loved my new office, as the staff were friendly and I’d fitted in easily. I started going to lunch and bingo halls with one new pal and she told me about Chat Mag Bingo. So, in March 2006, I decided to sign up.

I tried most of the games, and loved the variety.

After that, I played for fun every now and then.

And while it’s nice

to have had a few small wins over the years...‘It’s such a good laugh,’ me and my workmate agreed.

Then one day at the end of last July, I was working my way through my to-do list.

Washing-up – check. Ironing – done. Dinner – finished… The list was complete! Opening my laptop, I decided to log on to Chat Mag Bingo.

I chose the Sapphire 90-ball bingo room and the tickets were only 25p.

I bought a bunch of tickets and was ready to join the 9pm Super Link Game, where the

Full House was £1,500.

Numbers started being dabbed off one by one.

Soon I had two complete lines. And won just over £400.

The last set of numbers passed in a blur, but one by one mine flew in and then… ‘I’ve won £1,924!’ I squealed. My screen was flooded with congratulations from players.

It was often me sending the congrats messages, and now I was on the receiving end.

I called my husband. He worked away a lot, but I knew he’d want to hear the news.

‘Ooh, we can put some towards Italy,’ he suggested.

We were going to Italy last year to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary.

It was a trip that we’d already organised, but with the money we bought some lovely extras.

So, during our time in Italy, we raised a glass to my win.

We really were living la dolce vita – which means the sweet life!