Bingo winner claims Gala Bingo's High 5 bingo jackpot

Gala Bingo is the UK’s number one bingo operator, with 145 clubs. Gala Bingo hosts a jackpot game called High 5, a unique offering in the bingo industry whereby jackpots are shared between club members. The largest win to date was in March 2025, where nearly £875,000 was won – half of which was distributed among High 5 players and the other half went to one overall winner.

The way High 5 works is very simple. If house is called on number 5, players can claim 50 per cent of the jackpot, while the remaining 50 per cent is shared by all the other players at the club. There’s another chance to win if members call house on a number ending with a five – for example number 85 – where 10 per cent of the total cash is awarded to that player.

Monday, March 23 was a special day at Gala Bingo in Hereford when a lucky local scooped a fantastic £135,000 on only her third outing to the club. The lucky bingo lady, who has chosen to remain anonymous, was playing bingo with her mum and grandmother when she won the full house prize of £10,000 – and was even more shocked to find she’d also hit the High 5 jackpot, taking her total winnings to £135,000.

As if that wasn’t enough, the luck in Hereford didn’t stop there. Because of the groundbreaking nature of the High 5 game, half of the overall jackpot – £125,000 is shared between every player in the club at the time of the win, meaning the 77 players won a share of the remaining £125,000 jackpot, meaning each player took away over £1,623 each!