“I have been playing since I was old enough at 18 and I won’t stop now,” she said. He’s not complaining now though.”ĭespite winning £1.1m – a jackpot to rival some of the recent Lotto wins in Wales – and becoming a millionaire overnight, Christine has said she intends to carry on playing bingo. “But my husband does complain how much I spend on the bingo. “All together we only spent about £16 for all the tickets on the night,” she said. She was taking part in the National Bingo Game on Sunday night, which links up with other bingo halls throughout Britain, when she became its first platinum jackpot winner. She plays bingo twice a week at the Castle Bingo Hall in Merthyr, where she has been a regular for 11 years. Mrs Bradfield has two children, Nicola, 29, and Gavin, 31, and three grandchildren Louise, 12, Daniel, eight, and Tammy, four. I couldn’t be at home or I’d be out shopping all the time spending the money.”

“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 as usual. We didn’t sleep all night but Ray had to go to work in the morning. “I couldn’t believe it when they told me it was believed to be the biggest in the world.

I’ve had a few nice wins over the years but nothing anywhere near this. “I love playing bingo and have been playing it since I was 18. The grandmother, who lives in Bargoed, near Caerphilly, said, “I found it hard to find the words – it is just incredible. Mrs Bradfield last night described how she was in a “state of shock” when she phoned her husband Ray, a crane driver, to tell him she had won £1,101,686 at bingo. A MOTHER-OF-TWO has won what bingo bosses yesterday claimed was the game’s biggest ever worldwide jackpot of £1.1m.Ĭhristine Bradfield said she went “absolutely crazy” when her lucky numbers came up at her local bingo hall in Merthyr Tydfil.īut in true jackpot-winner fashion Mrs Bradfield, 53, a garage forecourt shop assistant has nevertheless pledged not to give up her work, saying she would spend the fortune shopping every day.Īnd she will be giving away half her massive win to her sister-in-law – because they always share any winnings.

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