Edna Sexton, a Buckingham Bingo winner of ₤50 000 is currently being sued by both of her sisters to try to settle a dispute over her bingo win. The fifty-nine year old woman won the National bingo prize in Liverpool in 2007, her sisters Doreen Thomas and Linda Kenny claim that a verbal agreement was in place from 2005 to share any bingo wins three ways, and this was not honoured. They are each suing Edna for ₤16 666 plus interest.
Edna told the Chester Crown Court that an additional agreement was in place from 2006 where they had said that any bingo winnings of more than ₤1 000 would not be split. Mrs. Kenny disputes this and says that on the night of the win, Edna was late for the game and she actually purchased her ticket for her. She was let into the queue in front of her sister Doreen and the winning ticket should really have been Dorreen’s.
All three sisters were very excited when they found out about the huge win and were talking about using the money to go on holiday and apparently only later Mrs. Sexton changed her mind regarding the sharing of the prize. She also apparently told them that she would give them ₤10 000 as they were her sisters and she considered it to be a gift. The court case is continuing!
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