Winnipeg woman wins $1M at Bingo table

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It seems bingo was her game-o.

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A Winnipeg woman claimed Canada’s largest Bingo Millions jackpot of $1 million at Club Regent Casino on March 9, without realizing she was the latest member of the millionaire’s club.

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“The lady sitting beside me said, ‘You just won a million.’ I was like, no way and she’s like, ‘Yes you did.’ Then I was surrounded by workers like I robbed the place, which I kinda did,” Monica Bouma joked. “It still hasn’t sunk in yet.”

Bouma and her boyfriend were at Club Regent to play bingo and Bingo Millions and to get an early start celebrating her upcoming birthday.

“He’d never played bingo, so he said, ‘Since you like playing, you can teach me.’ He was expecting a beginner’s lesson, not an expert one,” Bouman joked. “I looked at my screen and it showed two numbers away (from a bingo). The next two numbers were mine and I’m like, ‘I got a bingo.’”

Bouma is looking forward to taking life a bit easier and spending more time with her daughter.

“Now I don’t have to worry and it’s the best feeling ever!”

Monica won the $1-million jackpot by covering her Bingo Millions card in the first 47 numbers or less.

The game is only available in Canada at the Casinos of Winnipeg, which was the first Canadian property to offer it in December 2022.

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