Progressive jackpot £16,273 for 25p

A progressive bingo jackpot worth £16,273 has been paid out by Bingopalace.co.uk to a player known as “zulu22”. The jackpot was won in a room where bingo tickets cost 25p, and this is only the second time that a jackpot exceeding £10,000 has been paid out in this particular room. The jackpot also sets a record for being the biggest ever progressive payout that Bingopalace has made since it was opened in 1999.

Progressive bingo jackpots start at a default level and a percentage of the money raised from ticket sales is added to this jackpot on a game-by-game basis until a player wins it by completing a game before a specific number of balls have been called. Progressive jackpots can grow for weeks, months or even years before being won, so it is not unusual for them to be sizeable when they do eventually pay out.

Given the fact that the latest Bingopalace progressive jackpot winner was playing in a 25p room, it is understandable that Zulu22 was taken aback by her success:

“I was excited, at the same time very scared that it was all a big mistake,” the lucky winner said. “Just at the same time, my husband arrived home. I screamed for him to come to me, to look at the screen to verify that it was surely right - it was. I was shaking, and couldn't decide whether I was laughing or crying. It was a moment of pure disbelief! Once again thank you all at Bingo Palace. I still have not come off cloud nine.”

Many online bingo sites present live progressive jackpot totals on their home pages so that players can see where they stand before playing. Some players who are members of several online bingo sites use these figures to help them decide where to play on any given day, with the sites boasting higher jackpots being viewed as more attractive.

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Article Last Updated: 30/05/2007