The lucky winners, who are both Dundonians and known to be regular players at Mecca’s club on the Eclipse Leisure Park, scooped the jackpots on 8th May and 10th June, playing on the National Bingo Game.
The fabulous £50k jackpot is triggered when a player matches all the numbers on their ticket and claims ‘house’ within the first 16 numbers being called. On both occasions, Mecca’s Gordon Betty was the show host announcing the numbers and told the winners how much they’d won.
The first winner was dabbing off numbers on her paper ticket on the Thursday afternoon when she claimed.
Manager, Emma Foster, was working on the session and explained the reaction in club; “Each ticket displays ten numbers between 1 and 90 and as only 14 numbers had been called we thought there must have been a mistake. The atmosphere in club was electric while the ticket was being checked and whole place erupted with excitement when Gordon confirmed that the customer had correctly dabbed off a full house!
“Our winner was aware that she’d done it very quickly but had no idea that she’d triggered the amazing £50,000 National Bingo Game jackpot, and when Gordon told her she was completely dumbstruck. She loves coming to bingo but she never thought she’d win the big prize. She was so shocked she needed some time to get her head round it.”
And less than five weeks later, Gordon did it again, making another winner £50k better off. This time the customer was with his friends and playing on one of Mecca’s electronic Max tablets, which automatically dabs the numbers off as they are called, but was equally shocked when the size of his cash prize was announced.
“He was completely blown out the water! He called his wife, but she thought he was playing a prank, so all our regulars joined him on Facetime to convince her! After that he went outside on his own for 10 minutes just to take it all in,” laughed Emma.
“Telling people that they’ve won is the best part of the job, especially when it’s a big jackpot and both times our caller, Gordon, was over the moon. Now he wants to make it a hat trick!”
To find out more about Mecca Dundee Douglasfield, including sessions and upcoming events, visit meccabingo.com/bingo-clubs/dundee-douglasfield
The National Bingo Game is played across the UK and offers players the chance to win Jackpot Prizes of up to £50,000 as well a club prize on every game. The National Bingo Game is played twice a day, every day, 364 days a year at all Mecca Clubs.
