What could be worse than spending an evening at the local bingo hall, coming home with a substantial cash sum in winnings and then setting fire to it? It must be enough to make the blood boil.
This is what allegedly happened to a young lady from Hartlepool last month. She had met up with friends at the local bingo hall and they were all having a great time, but neither she nor her friends were winning any games. Eventually her luck changed and she won several hundred pounds.
That evening they went on to a restaurant club and the lucky winner treated all her friends to a meal washed down with copious quantities of wine. Despite her lavish expenditure, she still had cash left in her handbag.
When she arrived home, she counted her remaining money and found that she had £200 left over, or so she claimed. She left the cash out on the kitchen work surface.
The next day she was cooking a meal on her gas hob when a gust of wind from the window blew the pile of notes onto the hob. The notes caught fire and were destroyed. At least she had the foresight to gather up what remained of the charged notes.
She contacted her insurance company and they asked her to send in the ashes of her
bingo winnings along with a claim application form. This she did and they were examined by a loss adjuster at the insurance company.
This is when events took a distinct change. The loss adjuster claimed to be able to find remains of only around £20 worth of cash, much less than the claimed £200. The insurance company then examined the location of the hob, the work surface where the money had been left, and the window. Eventually they came to conclusion that it was impossible for the events to have happened as claimed and they refused to pay out.
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Bingo games are similar to the national lottery. Winnings depend on the luck of the draw, however chances of winning can be improved with more
bingo cards.
