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Bingo’s biggest ever prize - more than £1.1million - was won by a 53-year-old woman from Bargoed in South Wales.

The Castle Club in Merthyr Tydfil went ‘absolutely crazy’ as it was announced that mother of two, Christine Bradfield, had scooped the National Bingo Game’s first Platinum Jackpot.

“What a wonderful night for bingo,” said the National Game’s Chief Executive Paul Talboys. “We know it is the biggest bingo win ever in this country but believe it to be the biggest in the world. It is just the boost we needed in these
difficult times for the industry.”

Castle general manager Mike Wiltshire was calling the game that made Christine a millionaire. “The place erupted, everyone went wild,” he said. “It was amazing. And word spread quickly so that most people in Merthyr knew before the end of the evening!”

Christine herself was in shock and so was husband Ray, a crane driver, when she phoned him with the news. “We won’t sleep tonight but he has to go to work in the morning. I work three days a week in a garage and luckily I don’t have to be in until Wednesday, but I’ll be there then,” she said. “I won’t be giving up work; I couldn’t be at home or I’d be out shopping all the time.”

And she won’t be giving up bingo either. “I just love the game,” she said. “I have been playing since I was old enough at 18 and I won’t stop now.”

She said she couldn’t repeat what her son and daughter said when she phoned them with the incredible news. And she has three grandchildren to enjoy spoiling.

Christine joined the Castle Club when it opened eleven years ago and plays there twice a week.

The creator and producer of National Bingo Night has a new offering for bingo fans across the United States! Patrick Duffy, who co-starred with Susan Summers in Step by Step, a popular situation comedy primarily watched in the 1990’s, will be hosting this all new bingo and trivia based television show which was created by National Bingo Nights Andrew Glassman. Glassman told reporters that although “National Bingo Night” and “Bingo America” use a similar premise the two shows are very different.

“Bingo America” viewers aren’t just spectators either, viewers across America are invited by the Game Show Network to participate in the game, and win real prizes! Bingo players playing from home will collect bonus numbers as the 40 minute bingo game is played on T.V. The corresponding bingo numbers will then be marked on one of a possible 10 bingo cards downloaded by at home bing players each day on GNS.com.

Television bingo players will earn their bingo numbers by answering various trivia questions.

For more chances to win viewers can also sign up to receive SMS messages from the Game Show Network.