58 year old Audrey White, the assistant manager of her local Palace Bingo Club, has won an incredible ￡1 million lottery jackpot and it was all due to an extremely fortuitous mistake.  Audrey had went into a nearby Suffolk supermarket and asked the clerk for a ￡2 scratch card.  The clerk handed her a ￡5 scratch card, instead.  Since Audrey had just won that amount from a previous card, she figured she would just keep the erroneous scratch card and you can bet  she is happy that she did!

The ￡5 scratch card that was mistakenly purchased ended up netting her a million pound jackpot!  A mother to three and having experienced financial hardships, the huge prize stunned her but she will clearly not have money worries for quite some time.  She states that she plans on paying off her mortgage and adding a conservatory to her home.  Audrey plans to continue working at the Palace Bingo Club indefinitely.

Talking to the press association, Audrey said, “I rubbed it off when I got home later and I just couldn’t believe it – I’m still in a state of shock.”

Discussing the handling of the money, she also said, “I’ve got a private bank account in Mayfair.  I’ve got my own private banker.  This sort of thing doesn’t happen to an assistant bingo manager”.

Well, Audrey, I guess you are wrong about that.  Apparently this is just the sort of thing that can happen to an assistant bingo manager – and any one of us, as well.