It was nearly four months since the last National Bingo Jackpot winner shouted Full House at Club 3000 in Ipswich and walked away with the £50,000 jackpot prize.
With some bingo halls reopening as of July 4th the National Bingo Jackpot game restarted last month. Already there have been two winners of the £50,000 since then and both have been claimed in Mecca Bingo clubs.
Mecca Bingo Eltham – UK's Luckiest Bingo Venue?
On July 6th, one lucky dabber at Mecca Bingo Eltham claimed the jackpot win. It was the second time a visitor at Mecca Bingo Eltham claimed the jackpot this year. Following the win on the 12th February, July's win makes the Mecca Bingo Eltham venue the ONLY bingo venue in the UK to have two national bingo winners in 2020 so far.
This year has been a good year so far for Mecca Bingo Eltham. At the end of last year, there was some growing speculation that the popular bingo venue built in the 1930s, would be closed and the building redeveloped. Clive Efford, the local MP for Eltham, even spoke to Mecca Bingo's owners the Rank Group PLC (LON: RNK), and received assurance that the bingo venue was safe.
The venue was also one of the very first bingo halls to open its doors and can now celebrate a second jackpot win this year. Is Mecca Bingo Eltham Britain luckiest bingo club? well, so far in 2020, it could well be!.
Mecca Hartlepool Claims a Jackpot Win.
Hot on the heels of the Mecca Bingo Eltham win was a national bingo jackpot win at Mecca Hartlepool. The jackpot win on July 16th was the first of the year for Mecca Bingo Hartlepool who enjoyed a strong 2019 with two national bingo jackpot wins last year. Jackpots were claimed in April and May of last year.
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