Basingstoke Man Scoops £21k at Gala Bingo Club
George Carter, a 21-year-old man from Basingstoke, won more than £21,000 playing Bingo at a Saturday night session in Basingstoke Leisure Park's Gala Bingo club.
He completed a full house in just 46 numbers and won the National Bingo Game Prize of £20,000, the regional prize of £1,000 and the house prize of £120.
"It's more than a year's wages, tax-free, in one go - it's unbelievable", said the lucky winner who had only played bingo on two occasions.
"I didn’t actually know what to say to anyone. Even now, I don't think it's real”, he added. "My parents didn't believe me when I told them, even when I showed them the form the club had given me.”
The account assistant who still lives with his parents in Brighton Hill plans to treat his friends and family and to go on a vacation to sunny Lanzarote.
169words - Posted 10/06/2008 11:36:53
