FLINT, MI; May 1, 2007 - For the third time in just 28 days Big Money Bingo made a lucky Bingo player very happy.  On Tuesday night in Flint, Sharon Tedford, 60, became the third Big Money Bingo winner since the game started!

She joins Renee Kingsbury of Shiawassee County who won $67,804 on April 4th and Barbara Boutell of Clinton Township who won $63,540 on April 21st.  The jackpot was won in an astonishing 47 balls, Tedford covered all spaces on her Bingo card to capture the $50,826 progressive jackpot.

Tuesday night's game was the first night of Big Money Bingo for the Bruin Club of Genesee County. Sharon Tedford, of Flint, plays Bingo at least twice a week.  When reached by phone, Sharon said it was the friendly people at Ben Agree Hall that make her like it so much.  When asked what she would do with her new found cash, Tedford said she would pays some bills and take a trip in June to Yellowstone National Park.

The Big Money Bingo game launched at 47 selected locations throughout Michigan including Alpena, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Marquette and Muskegon.  Additional locations across Michigan are being added to the Big Money Bingo network daily.

Big Money Bingo, developed by Scientific Games (NASDAQ: SGMS), is authorized by the Charitable Gaming Division of the Michigan State Lottery.  The game is an electronically linked progressive bingo game that is available at select charitable bingo locations throughout the state.  The Big Money Bingo jackpot starts at $5,000 and grows each day until it is won.  The progressive draw begins with 49 balls drawn and if not won, the number of balls drawn increases by one each week.

For more information, or to find a participating Big Money Bingo game visit either www.michigan.gov/cg or www.bingobonuszone.com.

In 2006, over $74 million raised through charitable gaming activities was contributed to support community projects and programs such as, schools, libraries, scholarships, school athletic programs, fire departments, youth camps, crisis centers, disabled citizens, medical research, senior citizen programs, soup kitchens, and many more.  Without the funding derived from charitable gaming, many of these invaluable community projects would not exist.

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