The thought of winning a huge casino jackpot whilst gambling is something that probably plays on every gambler’s mind from time to time, especially in places like Las Vegas where you are constantly reminded of how large the jackpots are on things like the Megabucks progressive jackpot machines. But here’s the thing: when people want to win a huge jackpot prize they very rarely ever think of free mobile bingo as being an option, but the truth is that bingo jackpots can often be astronomically large!
Seriously, gamblers that are sleeping on the potential for bingo to pay out huge jackpot prizes are just being silly. The game is often seen as something that is only played by the older generation or kids at schools, but the truth is that bingo can commonly make people a whole load richer. Now, we bet there are still some people who don’t believe us, and this is why we have decided to catalogue a few of the biggest bingo rewards in history. Keep reading to find out some of the biggest bingo rewards in history.
Soraya Lowell
Immediately with our first example of one of the biggest bingo rewards in history people will see that bingo is certainly not a game to laugh at, and there is just as much of a chance of winning a life-changing jackpot from a game of bingo than there is on online slots, for example. Take Soraya Lowell, a Scottish woman who was playing bingo in 2008 with her long term partner Agnes O’Neil, and certainly didn’t expect what happened next…
To her shock Soraya Lowell won the ultimate jackpot prize of £1.2 million in her local bingo hall, an amount of money that would set her up for life. In a testimony to how nice Soraya Lowell is she decided to split the prize money with Agnes O’Neil, as per a informal promise they had made each other that they would always split the prize money that any one of them won whilst playing bingo together.
John Orchard
The great thing about gambling games when you are lucky enough to win is that you can quite easily make a tiny amount of money turn into a stupendously massive one, and that is exactly what a man called John Orchard did back in 2012. He bet a very small 30p wager on a game of online bingo because he wanted to be safe, and this therefore made it all the more surprising when he won a ludicrous £5.9 million!
This happened when John Orchard was 60, so it meant that he immediately had enough money to comfortably retire. He did retire from his factory job, however went on to help people in need at his local job centre – what a nice guy!
Christine Bradfield
Christine Bradfield was a long time bingo player at her local bingo hall in Caerphilly, and in 2008 she hit the big time, winning a bingo jackpot of £1.1 million.