‘I scooped £8,386 in one night’
A trio of wins for Melanie Compton, 42, from Hertfordshire, meant she scooped an £8,386 cash prize...
Ijoined Woman’s Own Bingo seven years ago and I love the site. There’s a huge selection of games, and I enjoy playing when I fancy some me-time in front of the telly on a Friday night.
On Friday, 13 January this year, I logged into my Woman’s Own Bingo account. My mum was online at the same time and we played a game of Session Bingo. It’s a great way to buy a bundle of tickets at the same time and for less than if you buy single tickets. And as well as the jackpots, you can win tickets for the daily and weekly Playoff Palace games. Then I bought six tickets for Bejeweled Bingo, where tickets are just 10p.
I sometimes watch the games play out, but if you want to do things around the house or watch TV, you don’t have to worry about missing anything as the computer automatically dabs your numbers off for you.
That night I was pottering around a bit and I wasn’t really watching. Sometimes I also natter in the chat rooms while I play, but I had the chat turned off that night. So half an hour later, when I took a glance at my account balance, I had a shock.
My balance had soared – I had £8,386 in my account! Feeling very excited, I brought the chat room back up to see if any of the other members had seen my win. ‘What just happened in Bejeweled?’ I typed.
Jackpot surprise
While I wasn’t looking, I’d won the full house of £391. Plus £7,511, which was just over half the £15,000 progressive Super Jackpot! And all the other members who were in the Bejeweled room at the time won a share of the other half of the jackpot – including me, so I’d got an additional £484. I’d won £8,386 in total!
The members I often see online were congratulating me, and I typed back to explain that I hadn’t been looking. Then I called my mum with the news.
When my partner got home, he knew something was up. ‘Have you won some money?’ he asked.
The smile on my face must have given it away. ‘Not only have I had three wins in Bejeweled, adding up to £8,386, I’ve just won another £200 on Playoff Palace too!’ I explained. I withdrew the money the next day and it soon appeared in my account.
I decided to put some of it towards a holiday to Italy for me and my partner. We’re going to the Venetian coast for a week and I’ve got plenty of money left to take some euros with
me as well. I also wanted to treat my two teenage boys, so I gave the eldest money towards a shed, which he put up at the end of our garden. It’s somewhere for him to hang out with his friends and he loves it. My other son bought himself a moped with his share of the money. He’d wanted one for a while and was pleased as punch to get on the road.
After treating the family and with a holiday in the diary, I still had a chunk of money to spend, so I started looking at getting a new car. I had been thinking about getting one before, but couldn’t really decide on what type I wanted.
A friendly site
I finally bought one in May this year, and driving it for the first time was so exciting. I still couldn’t really believe that I’d won the jackpot, but as I turned the keys, it started to feel real.
I love playing bingo online, even though I was never a regular at a bingo hall. Woman’s Own Bingo is so easy to get the hang of, there is a huge choice of games and it’s a friendly site with a good atmosphere. There’s something for everyone at Woman’s Own Bingo.
You should definitely give it a try!