Sheila Stanley, a seventy year old woman from Liverpool is celebrating after her ₤19,000 win at the Mecca Club, Europa Centre in Birkenhead. The National bingo prize that night was for ₤67,880, however Sheila had to share her winnings with three other players. This in itself is unusual, we see winners sharing with another player, but rarely see them having to share with three others. All four players called house in forty five numbers.
A sixty three year old grandmother from Irvine, is sticking to her guns to share her prize money with a friend. She is married, has two children, one grandchild, and has asked not to be named. The delighted winner landed this huge jackpot at the Gala Bingo club in Townhead, where she said she likes playing bingo very much as the staff are so friendly and always go out of their way to make you feel welcome.
The Chief Executive Officer of Virtue Fusion, Al Haig-Thomas has said that the opportunity for growth into other online bingo markets in the coming years is remarkable. Growth will be expanding into Europe in the next one to three years and other countries following on that in the next five to eight years, it will also expand into South America and Asia. Already online bingo operators are aiming at the Spanish Speaking market and nibbling away at the edges of the Asian market.
