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Pottering around the house one evening last October, I grabbed my laptop and decided to play a few games on Woman Bingo while I relaxed. My husband Geoff , 72, was putting up a new curtain near me. I enjoy playing every now and then, as it is a fun and entertaining site with a huge variety of games. I actually won £28 on an earlier bingo game in Sapphire, which was a nice surprise! For this game, I bought 12 tickets at 25p each, again in Sapphire, where the next game was a Superlinks game, at 8pm. The Superlinks games run every half an hour and are linked with selected bingo rooms, all buzzing with excitement as there is up to £20,000 in Super Jackpots to be won every day! I was on the edge of my seat with anticipation as the game played out. Watching the screen, I realised I only needed the number 45 to complete my bingo card and win the Full House. There were other members typing ‘2TG’ and ‘1TG’ in the chatroom, meaning they had one number or two numbers to go. Then, one second later, there it was. The number 45! I’m not often speechless, but I struggled to fi nd the words I needed. ‘I WAS ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT’

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‘Oh, my gosh!’ I shrieked, skipping over to see Geoff . As a jumble of words tumbled out of my mouth, I somehow told Geoff I’d won, and showed him my winning numbers. ‘It’s £1,500!’ I said, ‘I won the Full House!’ Of course, Geoff was as thrilled as I was, and instantly, I knew how I’d spend my winnings.

Bonus two weeks Until we’d retired eight years earlier, we’d run our own engineering business. Geoff made parts for machinery and vehicles, along with our son Stephen, 49, while I looked after the books, and although we’d travelled, we’d never been able to take a holiday longer than a week, always needing to get home for work commitments.

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ARIES 21 Mar – 20 Apr Whatever’s wrong with your world, Venus’ arrival in your sign will soon set it to rights. You can attract good people and positive developments. Say cheese! For your reading  09058 172557

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