TWO lucky Barrow bingo players scooped £10,000 each on two consecutive days.

The big wins came at Apollo Bingo and Social Club in National Bingo Game for Sara Arnold and Tony, who did not wish to give his surname.

A regular bingo player at the club for two years, Tony, usually visits on Tuesday and Thursday nights with his daughter. But on Wednesday, he had a lucky feeling and text his daughter to say “Let’s go to bingo.”

It was the special ‘Fiver Fever’ night on Wednesday where customers can play the Early, Main and Late session for just £5.

He had a couple of smaller wins that evening but then things got really exciting when he won £10,000 on the National Game with the lowest number of calls across the country, 49 numbers.

The bingo player,who was introduced to the game by his daughter, plans to treat his family and himself especially with Christmas round the corner.

He said “My daughter loves her bingo, and told me how easy it was to play especially on the electronic bingo units.

“I think the electronic boards are brilliant, it does it all for you, they are so simple to use and if you’re feeling lucky, you can play a few extra tickets - like I did."

The following night Miss Arnold, 28, couldn't believe her luck as she won the National Game on lucky number 77 in 46 numbers.

She had a long wait until the results came through and was in tears when the club announced she had won £10,000 – with the hall erupting in celebration of another big win.

She has been coming to bingo for some time with her mum and friends and loves the atmosphere and socialising.

Miss Arnold had been in the room for Tony's big win, she said: “On Thursday evening I phoned my mum and said ‘Come on mum, let’s go to the Apollo again'.”

She plans to treat her children and parents with the win, “I'll have to get a passport, and I’m definitely going on holiday, maybe for Christmas. Imagine that."

Mr Coote, general manager of Apollo Bingo, owned by Majestic Bingo Limited, said: “We are thrilled to have two big wins at the Apollo and it comes at such a great time with Christmas so close. Our congratulations go out to our lucky winners.

“We kept our fingers crossed on both nights as we waited to see if our calls were the lowest but with 49 and 46 numbers we weren’t expecting to win the big prize.”