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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.