Double Celebration for Risca Bingo Winner

by Hollie Sanders

A double celebration is on the cards for a Risca Grandmother who won over £33 000 just two weeks shy of her sixty-sixth birthday. The lucky woman, Barbara Powel has been playing bingo at the Castle Club in Usk Way, Newport for the past nine years and plays regularly, says she is absolutely ecstatic about her win. She was at the club with two friends when she caught the UK National bingo prize of £30 805, together with a regional prize of £2 046 and a house prize of £245 after calling full house in forty-two numbers.

Barbara says that she when crazy when she realized how much money she had won so she stood up on the table and screamed “yippee” then ran down the stairs to the caller and gave him a big kiss. She will be sharing her winnings with the two friends playing with her; they share all their bingo winnings, even if it is only 50p. They have always done this right from the beginning that they started playing together.

She said that she couldn’t sleep on the night of the win for thinking about what she was going to spend the money on. Anyway she has decided it appears, and she will treat her three children and one grandchild as well as have some improvements made to her garden.