There have been quite a few big winners since the change in the gambling laws became effective in September. The new laws allowing for the roll-over of stakes have allowed many bingo establishments to offer large jackpots.
One of the latest winners is a seventy-six year old man from Eye who picked up a ₤40,000 jackpot on December 3rd. The man won the money in while playing at the Norwich Mecca Bingo Club. He plans to use the money to buy a new car. He won the ₤40,000 jackpot, along with the ₤54 house prize, by scoring bingo in forty-two calls.
Wins of this magnitude and larger are becoming rather common because of the change in the regulations. Even while the new regulations allow for larger jackpots, there is a big drop in attendance figures due to the smoking ban. The larger prizes are not enough to compensate for not being able to smoke while you play bingo, as the drop in the attendance figures shows.
Many people have decided to forego their brick and mortar bingo playing for online bingo playing. Apparently the lure of the big jackpots is not enough to overcome the desire to smoke while playing.