High 5 bingo jackpot strikes again

One lucky player has won a life changing jackpot at her local bingo hall. The woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, won the £260,000 when she played bingo at the Gala Bingo hall in Rugby, Warwickshire.

The player had participated in a game of High 5 when she scooped the jackpot walking away with £125,000 while the other half was shared with all the bingo players present at the club, that night. This was the second win for the lucky player who had recently won a big bingo jackpot at the North Street Gala bingo club a week ago. She was playing with bingo with a friend when she won the full house.

The full house bingo netted her a cool £10,000 win but to her amazement, she had also won the High 5 jackpot which meant that she left the club with an awesome £135,000. The rules of the High 5 games which is very popular at Gala Bingo clubs as half the jackpot is shared out with all players. The High 5 jackpot, which has always been a big amount, is triggered when the person who completes a full house, bingos on the number 5.

There were a total of 43 players that night in the bingo club and each won a share of the £125,000, taking home £2,906. Naturally, everyone was in extremely high spirits.

The lucky winner said, “I am absolutely ecstatic with the win. “My friend and I have been playing together at Gala Rugby for years. We’ve always dreamed of winning the big one and we always said that we’d split it between us. We were so pleased we called on number five and got to share the jackpot with the rest of the club. We won’t stop coming to Gala on Tuesday nights – we love it!’

Written by Anna Richards for Bingostreet – your source for news of thrilling bingo jackpot wins from around the UK.