For many bingo players, much of their relative success can be attributed to different factors. For some, it is pure good luck that plays a part in their win, others may be convinced by the supernatural qualities of their lucky mouse or pen and some will swear by the fact that because Saturn is in Libra, their luck has changed for the better. All these signs however, still require the person to be playing the game, so you have to be especially lucky, or an online bingo player, to be able to win a game when you are not even in the room!
That was the situation that Evelyn B found herself in recently when playing the popular Bingo 75 game on the Jackpotjoy website.
Jackpotjoy is one of the most successful and popular online gaming sites on the web today. Fronted by the smiling face of Barbara Windsor, beautifully adorned as the Queen of Bingo, the site has enjoyed growing acclaim and popularity with a host of gamers across the UK. In addition to offering card games, the site also offers its users online slot games, roulette and scratch cards as well as popular games tied in with TV shows, such as Deal or No Deal. Evelyn’s success however came while she was playing, or in this case, not really playing her game of bingo.
Evelyn explains that she “got a few tickets and went out of the room”, obviously taking advantage of one of the great features that many bingo sites have available; auto daub. This facility allows users to set the computer up to play the game for them, keeping track of your cards while you chat and socialise with friends, or in Evelyn’s case, pop out of the room.
Not that Evelyn could be kept in one place for any lengthy period on that day, after coming back into the room, she disappeared “into [the] kitchen and then came back to the PC and back to the game.”
“After a while, [I was] thinking is that balance mine?”
While she was away from the computer, Evelyn’s computerised game had struck the progressive jackpot, landing her a whopping £4,775 bonus win. Scarcely able to believe her eyes she called her husband over, stating “[I even] got hubby to check the balance and confirm that it was real”.
Fortunately, for Evelyn, the balance was indeed correct. Playing the 75-ball bingo game, a variation of the more common 90-ball game played in the UK, Evelyn’s autodauber had managed to mark her card off in the winning pattern to land the jackpot win. In 75-ball bingo, the winner is the first person to mark off their card in a set pattern from the 5x5 square of numbers between one and 75. This format of the game is hugely popular across the world and is growing in popularity in the UK too, not only because there are big prizes on offer, but also because the game has a wide number of variants to keep players interested and entertained.
Her victory is the latest in a long line of delighted Jackpotjoy progressive jackpot bonus winners and she was delighted at the scale of her victory.
“[I have] called everyone to tell [them] and [I am] still so shocked”, Evelyn revealed following her win.
“[I’ve] never had such an amount in my bank account [and I have] only been a member for a few weeks, so it is fantastic! I love JPJ now and will be on it every other day.”
With many other progressive jackpots available on Jackpotjoy, in games as diverse as bingo, slots and card games, it is easy to see why more gamers are flocking to the site to enjoy the array of games on offer and in the hope that the next lucky winner might just be them.
