Goalshooter Scores Bingo Jackpot

A woman who calls herself Goalshooter when playing bingo online at Bingo Boogie is dancing to her own celebratory tune after winning a jackpot worth £10,779.03 with an investment of just £4.

Goalshooter's real name is Angelia, and she joined the online bingo site in January. Like all players, she probably hoped to win a few games, but she probably didn't expect to win quite so much quite so soon!

Angelia describes the moment of her win as a shocking moment:

"When 'Goalshooter Jackpot Winner!' flashed up on my screen I wasn't sure what to do, to be honest," Angelia said. "I just couldn't believe it! I had to check in the chat room to see if there was anyone with a name like mine. Then I saw exactly how much I'd won and jumped out of my chair shouting in total shock!"

Angelina, who lives near Bath, is the second Bingo Boogie player to win a major jackpot in the last seven months. In January of this year - the month that Angelia joined herself - a woman in Wales won £10,628.75 from a game that cost her £1.

Bingo Boogie is a site specialising in the British 90 ball game and is very popular with online players all over the world. It's visual presentation of the game and extremely friendly chat rooms obviously play a large part in this popularity, but the potential to land major jackpot wins is also very appealing.

Bingo Boogie spokeswoman, Sarah-Jane Connors, is delighted with Angelia's good fortune. "Having a jackpot winner like this is just fantastic," she said.

"We give away thousands of pounds in smaller denominations everyday but to have one player scoop over £10,000 pounds is just fantastic. The current jackpot at Bingo Boogie is now £2,500 so with a bit of luck we could be celebrating another winner pretty soon."

10th July 2006