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| Cleaner sweeps up £1.2m bingo win | Cleaner sweeps up £1.2m bingo win |
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| A 38-year-old cleaner from South Lanarkshire has won what bingo bosses claim is the game's biggest ever win. | A 38-year-old cleaner from South Lanarkshire has won what bingo bosses claim is the game's biggest ever win. |
| Mother-of-four Soraya Lowell, from Hamilton, scooped just under £1.2m at the Club 3000 bingo hall in Coatbridge on Sunday night. | Mother-of-four Soraya Lowell, from Hamilton, scooped just under £1.2m at the Club 3000 bingo hall in Coatbridge on Sunday night. |
| National Bingo Game bosses said they believed Mrs Lowell's win could be the biggest in the world. | |
| Her win beats that of Christine Bradfield, from Merthyr Tydfil, who won £1.1m in January. | |
| Return to work | Return to work |
| Mrs Lowell won the National Bingo Game and its Platinum Jackpot, netting £1,167,795. | |
| The bingo hall erupted when Mrs Lowell called house on the last number, 90. | The bingo hall erupted when Mrs Lowell called house on the last number, 90. |
| Players jumped up and down cheering and shouting and the party continued through the night, as Mrs Lowell celebrated at her home with family and neighbours until 6am. | Players jumped up and down cheering and shouting and the party continued through the night, as Mrs Lowell celebrated at her home with family and neighbours until 6am. |
| Despite her win, Mrs Lowell has vowed to return to work. | Despite her win, Mrs Lowell has vowed to return to work. |
| She said: "It just won't sink in yet. | She said: "It just won't sink in yet. |
| "I haven't slept at all, but I will be back at work on Tuesday as usual. | "I haven't slept at all, but I will be back at work on Tuesday as usual. |
| "I clean offices until 1.30am and I don't intend to give up my job. | "I clean offices until 1.30am and I don't intend to give up my job. |
| "I like the girls I work with, and they have already told me not to pack it in." | |
| This is my first ever win and it was worth waiting for Soraya Lowell | This is my first ever win and it was worth waiting for Soraya Lowell |
| Mrs Lowell said her husband Frankie did not believe her when she telephoned him to break the news of her win. "He handed the phone to our eldest daughter, who heard the shouting in the background and told him I was telling the truth," she added. | Mrs Lowell said her husband Frankie did not believe her when she telephoned him to break the news of her win. "He handed the phone to our eldest daughter, who heard the shouting in the background and told him I was telling the truth," she added. |
| Mrs Lowell, who has been a member at the club since it opened 16 months ago, first went to bingo as a young child with her grandmother. | Mrs Lowell, who has been a member at the club since it opened 16 months ago, first went to bingo as a young child with her grandmother. |
| "This is my first ever win and it was worth waiting for," she said. | "This is my first ever win and it was worth waiting for," she said. |
| "It feels quite good." | "It feels quite good." |
| Second millionaire | Second millionaire |
| She added that her three daughters, aged 13, 15 and 21, and her 19-year-old son had already offered to help her spend her winnings. | She added that her three daughters, aged 13, 15 and 21, and her 19-year-old son had already offered to help her spend her winnings. |
| "They have all put in wee orders already. The two oldest want convertibles and don't even have licences yet." | "They have all put in wee orders already. The two oldest want convertibles and don't even have licences yet." |
| Steve Baldwin, communications manager for the National Bingo Game, said: "This is our second millionaire in eight weeks. | Steve Baldwin, communications manager for the National Bingo Game, said: "This is our second millionaire in eight weeks. |
| "We aim to make more winners more often at bingo and love it when they are record-breaking. | "We aim to make more winners more often at bingo and love it when they are record-breaking. |
| "We are thrilled for Soraya and look forward to presenting her with her record-breaking cheque." |