Riches to Rags and Vice Versa

Posted on December 3rd, 2009

Recent bingo news from the UK contains two stories; one an incredible tale of woe and the other an astounding run of good luck. A big win is probably every bingo player’s dream and sometimes dreams do come true. A bingo player from Yorkshire won an astounding £50,000 ($82,826 USD) bingo jackpot about a year ago. The winner 33 year old Cheryl McCann is a mother of three children and says she is so broke that she has to borrow money from her mother and cannot afford to send her children to school. As if that wasn’t bad enough she faces eviction from her home. The local council refuses to help her saying she has been irresponsible and has ‘frittered’ her winnings away.

Ms. McCann claims she had split the jackpot with her friend Linden Hudson who loaned her twenty pounds so she could play bingo at the local bingo hall. She has been denied any benefits by the Work and Pension department who believe she has been irresponsible with her winnings. Ms. McCann says she used the money to live on, bought a car, took driving lessons, purchased a new television and furniture and helped relatives. It is somewhat common for those who have just won a large sum of money to lose it within a relatively short period of time. In the US and Europe there are many sad stories of lottery players who have won huge sums of money ending up broke due to bad investments and irresponsibility.

On a positive note an extremely lucky internet bingo player won a progressive jackpot of £25,324 ($41,968 USD) while playing at an internet bingo website. The extremely lucky winner who requested anonymity said he decided to play some slot games while the tickets he purchased were being played. Within an hour his numbers fell into place and he found himself richer by £25,324. Hopefully our anonymous winner will manage his winnings   better than Ms. McCann.

Internet bingo players can win huge jackpots. Competition is fierce in the internet bingo industry and bingo websites are offering much larger bingo bonuses to players. Free bingo bonuses help players to double, even triple the size of their deposit. Most sites give players a bingo sign up bonus just for registering with the site. Free bingo bonuses have made internet bingo one of the best entertainment values online. Most industry experts expect the competition to increase along with the  size of bingo bonuses offered as an inducement to new players.