Cavan woman wins over €60,000 on Telly Bingo

Ann Murray might use her winnings for a big trip to America

A BALLYJAMESDUFF woman is celebrating after she won over €60,000 on Telly Bingo.

Ann Murray won €60,000 on the Snowball game and also scooped the XCross and Lucky line prizes in the draw of Thursday, September 4.

Today, she visited Lottery HQ when she met the host of Telly Bingo, Declan Buckley.

Ann revealed how she regularly plays the TV bingo game but nearly missed out on getting a ticket for the game on that fateful day.

“I usually pop into Cronin’s in Ballyjamesduff to buy my tickets but I got to the shop a little later than usual so I thought I might have missed my chance,” Ann said, “Thank goodness I got there just in time, or I might not be sitting here at all.

Ann has played the game regularly for years and often plays with her parents. She said there was “some tension in the room” when it got down to the last two numbers.

“I was willing Declan on to call my numbers out and then he said them – I was waiting on 23 which was followed by my last number 13. I was jumping up and down screaming when he called my last number and my mother was telling me to calm down,” she told the guys at HQ.

Ann has been encouraging her friends to play Telly Bingo since her big win almost two weeks ago. As for what she will be doing with her winnings Ann said: “The first thing that I would love to do is get a new front door to be honest and then head off on a trip in Ireland to Bundoran, we love it there.

“My big dream is to do a big holiday to America though so watch this space, let’s see if that happens!” she said.