Online bingo has come up trumps for one
Having played on the site for a year and won a smattering of small prizes, it was to Leanne O'Reilly's astonishment that she landed a total of £6,000 last week, providing her and her family with the idea post-Christmas pep.
She told the Edgware and Mill Hill Times: "This is the most I have ever won, and to win two jackpots, it's probably the most I will ever win. It still has not sunk in.
"My husband and I were so stressed after Christmas and I have been so worried about all the bills flooding in but now I can relax."
ThinkBingo congratulated Mrs O'Reilly, who plans to use some of the money to follow her 16 year-old son's rugby career, on her double victory – which constituted one of its largest payouts to date.
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