Southern Belizean Wins $292,100 Bingo Jackpot

For one southern Belizean, a simple bingo game turned into a moment she will never forget. The lucky winner hit a two-handed jackpot worth two hundred and ninety-two thousand, one hundred dollars, and she says it took a moment for the shock and excitement to sink in. Now, she is opening up about the winning ticket, the unforgettable reaction, and what comes next.

 

Voice of: Mega Bingo Winner

“I mi de dah work di play but I seh I neva mi ah buy but I buy and when I win I neem mi want finish the hours.”

 

Reporter

“The night when you were watching it and seeing the number di play and go in your favour, how you mi start feel?”

 

Voice of: Mega Bingo Winner

“Nervous like right now. Because you have friends weh you neva got and boyfriends weh u neva got.”

 

Reporter

“Can you start off by telling us how you feel for winning this?”

 

Voice of: Mega Bingo Winner

“Good. Excellent”

 

Reporter

“What will you do with the money that you won?”

 

Voice of: Mega Bingo Winner

“Finish build my house.”

 

Reporter

“How long have you been buying this ticket?”

 

Voice of: Mega Bingo Winner

“Hm. Miss, years.”

 

Reporter

“Did you ever think that you would win?”

 

Voice of: Mega Bingo Winner

“No ma’am.”

 

Reporter

“So what encouraged you to keep buying.”

 

Voice of: Mega Bingo Winner

“Because from one till I finally ketch it.”

 

The ticket was purchased from the Xian Dali store in Dangriga.

 

Attention readers: This online newscast is a direct transcript of our evening television broadcast. When speakers use Kriol, we have carefully rendered their words using a standard spelling system.

 

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