Former teacher wins $162,826 jackpot a day before her birthday
Former teacher named Katherine Robinson who has a lifelong joy of playing bingo won $162,826 on a Big Bucks Bingo ticket on Tuesday
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Robinson reminisced on how her love for bingo dates back to her childhood, Robinson said “When I was a teenager I used to go to bingo games with my mother,” she said. “I’ve always liked to play bingo, it’s so much fun.”
The Fast Play rolling jackpot grows with every purchased ticket. So when Robinson bought her Big Bucks Bingo, it had just reached $162,826 because she bought a $10 ticket. Robinson won 100 percent of the jackpot.
Robinson arrived at the lottery headquarters Wednesday to collect her prize. After required state and federal tax withholdings, Robinson took home $115,626. Robinson plans to use some of the money to replace windows in her house.
Thursday morning, the fast play jackpot was $42,000 and growing. The odds of winning a Fast Play jackpot are 1 in 320,000.
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