Winning streak: The Opera Bingo Club in Whitehaven. Manager Jennifer McGrady said it was ‘very exciting’ to have a big win in the club, but for it to happen twice was incredible The woman called house at Whitehaven’s Opera Bingo Club on Monday night and won the £20,000 national prize, along with a £1,838.98 regional prize and the £34.29 club prize.
It was second time lucky for the woman, who declined to be named, after she shared a £32,000 jackpot with her daughter in April.
The woman, who is a carer from Egremont, said she often won at bingo and her good luck was predicted by a Romany gypsy when she had her fortune read two years ago.
“Everything the fortune teller told me has so far come true,” she said.
“She predicted that I would come into money and that numbers would play a big part.
“I wasn’t sure whether that meant I would be lucky at bingo or on the lottery, but the family has certainly been very lucky at bingo this year.”
Whitehaven Bingo club manager Jennifer McGrady said it was “very exciting” to have a big win in the club, but for it to happen twice was incredible.
The latest win is the third time the National Game prize has been won at Whitehaven since April and the fourth major bingo win in the past couple of weeks in Cumbria.
Whitehaven and Penrith Opera Bingo clubs announced that two players had won £38,000 on the national game last month, and a Workington woman scooped more than £5,500 around two weeks ago.
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