A mum and daughter have scooped £56,000 at bingo together in a double win.
The pair, from Glasgow, are regulars at the Mecca Bingo Forge Market venue in Parkhead.
Apparently, after shouting bingo, they played it cool and rather than celebrate, simply carried on playing.
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They didn’t claim their prize until the end of the session – that’s when they found out just how big the jackpot really was.
Duty manager, Stephanie Donlin, had only recently joined the venue’s team but was given the pleasure of announcing the news to the lucky pair.
“They were so shocked,” she told What’s The Jam.
“The daughter had won the £6,000 jackpot on our Lucky Stars game only the week before, and on the night of the National Game win she was one who reached over and hit the ‘claim’ button on her Mum’s tablet.
“Although they knew they’d won something, neither of them had realised that she’d done it within the first 16 numbers being called so had no idea how big the prize was.”
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The pair, who have asked to remain anonymous, scored the £50,000 jackpot on 14 November.
The caller on the night of the jackpot was Isobel Spencer, who has worked at the venue for nearly three decades.
Stephanie said: “Isobel has worked here for 27 years and has given away so many jackpots that I’m surprised the customers haven’t started rubbing her for luck!”
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The family’s jackpot win happened just one week after the daughter went home with £6,000 from another lucky bingo night.
Stephanie added: “Bingo is a game of chance and speed, and for our winners to hit the jackpot twice in two weeks is incredible.
“We couldn’t be more delighted for them!
“It just goes to show that lightning really can strike twice.”
The Glasgow area has seen other big-time bingo winners in the past month, too.
One person, playing in Paisley, went home with £125,000, while two others won £50,000 each in Drumchapel.
And there have been three £50,000 wins in total at Glasgow Forge.
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