Philip and Anne Jones have been going to bingo games regularly with Philip’s sister, Lyn Smeesters, and her husband Michael for the past four years. It started as a joke. The two women said that they wanted to take up bingo, and the husbands, a truck driver and a sheet metal worker, decided to join them.

The four play regularly on Sunday nights at the Gala Bingo club in Bexleyheath Broadway, and on May 14th, Philip won the grand prize. After just 38 calls, Philip won the National Bingo Game, and scooped up a prize £201,000 (About $306,000 US).

The couple decided to share the bingo winnings with Lyn and Michael Smeesters, Philip’s sister and brother-in-law. Both couples plan to pay off their mortgages with the winnings.
The Gala Bingo club in Bexleyheath Broadway plans to host a party for the winners, with food, drinks, a live band, and balloons.