Retired Police Officer Wins $536K Mega Bingo Jackpot Using Family Birthdates

One Belize City resident is going to have a very merry Christmas after hitting the over half-a-million-dollar Mega Bingo Jackpot. The lucky winner, who chose to withhold his name, is a retired police officer who says he purchased the winning ticket using the birthdates of three relatives. As the live draw played out on Saturday night, the retired cop says he was tuned in and that was how he found out that he had the winning ticket.  This afternoon he went to collect his win, and walked away with five hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars. Love News was there to witness the elation and disbelief.  

Jackpot Winner: “I have three family members whose birthday is the month of June. So I picked my grandson he was born on the 19th of 2019, my oldest sone 1982 and my mother 1944 and that’s how I got.”

Reporter: How did you find out and what went through your mind ? 

Jackpot Winner: “I was playing and when I was informed my kids that I won nobody believed me.”

Reporter: So it as in the moment that you realized you won.

Jackpot Winner: “Yeah so I had to do the replay and let them see.”

Reporter: And what were their reactions ? 

Jackpot Winner: “They felt good. They jumped up.”

Reporter: What’s your plan for this amount of money ? 

Jackpot Winner: “I’ll try to get my dream house and share some with the family. I always think about it and to get this start with this number I won I started after the birthday and I started July buying it.” 

The jackpot before taxes was at six hundred thirty-one thousand one hundred sixty.  It now resets to one hundred and fifty thousand.