Bingo: Veteran Sun Bingo player joins winners' circle
The latest round of Sun Bingo has wrapped up in fitting fashion - with the six winners of this week's final instalment of the game including some veteran players.
Among those learning they'd won a share of the $10,000 jackpot yesterday afternoon was Rose Senio, 81.
The Ottewell-area resident said she's been playing Sun Bingo from the very beginning, but sill had a tough time believing her numbers had finally cashed in.
Senio also revealed she plans to reward Allan for bringing her extra Sunday Suns and Bingo cards throughout the six-week contest. And she wants to spend the rest on a keepsake."I'll buy something so that I can remember I won it at Bingo," she said, smiling. "Maybe a chair for the house."
Another loyal Sun Bingo player, Brian Hermary of Gibbons, a 49-year-old truck-driver with Northwest Transport Ltd., pledged to go one better.
Other winners yesterday, though no less delighted, were of a more practical mindset.
Kenneth Hearn, 43, was thinking about putting the cash toward van repairs and other bills.
Rick McSparron, 58, said his cut could go toward replacing the cash stolen in a recent break-in - as well as buying an alarm for his Norwood home.
Though a veteran Bingo player himself, he was actually claiming a share of the $10,000 prize yesterday for colleague Michelle Coffey in Fort McMurray.
And an out-of-town winner from Camrose rounded out the list of winners in this, the final week of Sun Bingo in this round of the contest.www.edmontonsun.com
