Gibraltar-licensed online bingo site WinkBingo.com has announced that one lucky player walked away with £5,000 recently after playing one of its virtual games.

Online competitor ‘Kathy55’ stated that she had paid her entry to the game before leaving her computer to carry on. When she returned she was shocked to discover that she had won a four-figure prize.

"I returned to the site later that evening and couldn't believe it when I saw my account balance," said the lucky player.

"I must have checked back to the site at least a dozen times expecting it to have disappeared."
However, she revealed that the enormity of what she had won finally sank in after WinkBingo.com contacted her the next day via telephone to confirm her windfall.
”I would just like to say a massive thank you to WinkBingo.com,” said ‘Kathy55’.

“I haven’t had much leisure time to spend on the computer recently but a text from them reminding me of the £10,000 jackpot prompted me to go onto the site that evening. I bought tickets and saw that at that time there were 1,400-plus players. I know they seem pretty long odds but comparing it to the Lottery’s 16 million-to-one chance it seemed pretty reasonable.

”The fact that I won should give hope to all the other players out there because I used to take my mum to bingo regularly and £30 was the most I ever won. Big winnings always seemed to happen to other people so this proves that anyone can win and with winter approaching its fabulous to think you have a chance to win mega-money without even leaving the comfort of your own home.”