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Wigan woman wins £45,000 at bingo!!

7th November

A catering team leader from Wigan, turned in to a dancing queen after a huge win at bingo. Alice Mulvey from Ince has revealed that she and husband Frank, 61, danced around their driveway after she came home, with the news that she had won a total of £45,150.

The 57-year-old struck gold after paying just £2 for a ticket for the National Bingo Game by completing a full house in 44 numbers, the lowest achieved in any of the 470 clubs where people were playing that evening.
Mrs Mulvey, who works as a catering team leader at the Asda distribution centre in Ince, shared the national prize of £90, 000 with a player in Rhyl who also completed the game in 44 numbers, and £150 for the house prize.
Mrs Mulvey, who has three children and three grandchildren, with a fourth due in February, said: "I'm gob-smacked."

A regular bingo player, Mrs Mulvey has played twice a week for about 5 years, she goes on her own and was sitting with some other