I should be so lucky!

April 21, 2008

Loads of people (me excluded!) get lucky playing online bingo every day. But I dare say this actress wasn’t expecting a £500 win whilst filming a commericial!

The ad, which was produced by the free online bingo site run by Littlewoods, shows an outtake from a shoot in which the actress wins a rather large bonus on top of her paycheck. It’s the kind of win we all dream of, but this lucky TV star wins without even realising what she’s doing! Ah well – I’ll just be hoping the balls fall as kindly for me.


Bingoers claim win in the courts!

April 21, 2008

Who would have thought it? An oral agreement between 3 sisters was deemed binding by a judge in Chester.

As many of you bingo regulars out there will know, it’s not unusual to make friendly agreements to share winnings should one of your party get lucky. But when one of the Sexton sisters decided she wanted to keep all the winnings for herself, things got ugly.

The BBC report that the big win came at the Buckingham Bingo Palace in Hunts Cross, Liverpool, in June 2007. The judge ruled that the winnings should be split equally as agreed before the balls were read.

With many players now opting to play in an online bingo game, how long will it be before sharing of winnings agreements become obsolete? Have you ever shared a big win with a friend? How about online bingo?