A lucky 74-year-old lady and her husband will be able to travel to New Zealand to visit their son, who they haven’t seen in three years, thanks to the jackpot the woman hit at the Mecca Bingo Hall in Reading.

The National Bingo Game Association recently informed that the 40-year bingo veteran won the £50,000 national prize last week. The woman said she thought she might be in with a chance for the regional prize but not the national.

"There was a long half an hour wait for the results to come through, and I missed my train home because I waited to see if I had won. When they said I had got the lot, I was very shocked, to say the least."

The lucky lady looks after her family and works in a charity shop. She plans to continue working there despite her winnings because, as she said, she knows where her priorities lie.