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Ninety-year-old Florence Carey had been pouring money into casino gambling in the form of slot machines for years, to the tune of thousands of dollars in losses. She was considering just sticking to bingo, but that all changed last week when Carey hit a $459,400 jackpot at the Northern Lights Casino in Prince Albert, Canada. She said she was shocked when the bells started ringing.

“It was exciting, but I still can’t believe it,” said Carey, “…the bells were ringing and ringing…That tired me out a lot. I didn’t sleep at all that night, and I had to keep taking nitro because my heart is very weak.”

A Winning Strategy

Carey used to travel to the United States to gamble in casinos, because she didn’t have an Internet connection or even know how to play poker online like many of the people in her retirement community had started to do. But she hasn’t been able to come to the US to gamble lately because of health problems that have included two strokes, a heart attack, cancer and diabetes. So she confined her casino gambling to Prince Albert, which appears to have been a winning strategy.

The jackpot will allow her to continue her gambling lifestyle. “I’m going to keep $100,000 because I want to come back to the casino,” said Carey.

She said the rest of her winnings will be divided between her 10 children and her church, St. Joseph’s.

Sticking to Bingo

Not everyone can make it to the casinos to press their luck, and some don’t even make it to the bingo hall any more.  Seventy six year old Margaret Hamilton used to attend the Quayside Bingo Club regularly in Lossiemouth, Scotland, but when the UK put a ban on smoking in bingo halls, the lively and stubborn Mrs. Hamilton swore off going anymore.  “I promise you, I won’t go back to any bingo hall that doesn’t allow me to enjoy my cigarettes.  I didn’t start smoking until I was 52, and I feel I’ve the right to smoke and gamble at the same time if I want to.  Gambling my money and my health, what of it?”

She has instead opted to stay at home and try her luck at online poker and bingo sites like www.partybingo.com and others like it. “I can smoke and fill up the ashtray all night long if I want to, and I don’t have to bother with getting out in the wet and the cold and the bloody people all gadding about.  And I win money, oh yes!  I still win.”  Mrs. Hamilton has won a total of 780 GBP  in her time of playing bingo online, and says she will continue.  “I’m sticking to bingo, and I’m sticking to cigarettes. They make me feel on top of the world.”

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