Ms Rita Hardy from Essex, UK won the jackpot while playing bingo at her local bingo hall. Rita, who is a janitor, cleaned up at the bingo to the tune of £23,000 while playing at the Seven Bingo Club in Eastbourne, Essex.

Ms Hardy was visiting her pregnant daughter when she popped into the Seven Bingo Club for a quick couple of bingo games. When Ms Hardy realised she had won the bingo jackpot she was brought to tears. She said that she couldn’t believe her luck and she wouldn’t believe that it was true until the check had cleared in her bank account. The lucky bingo winner was also worried that all of the commotion surrounding her bingo win could make her daughter go into early labour.

This isn’t the first big bingo win Ms Hardy has had but it has been a while since her last. It’s actually 25 years since she last won a notable amount of cash playing bingo when she won £2,100. The main reason for this is that Ms Hardy hasn’t been able to play as much bingo as she would like due to the declining number of public transport services and the rising cost of cab fares.

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