Lansing, MI May 24, 2007 - A record bingo jackpot was won in Detroit when Virginia O. Jones, 69, scored with $215,696!

Playing only 2 Big Money Bingo cards, Jones of Detroit, bingoed in 47 numbers.  G52 was her lucky number.  Two of Jone's eight children were at the Greater Detroit Community Outreach's weekly bingo game, among the 102 people who showed up to play bingo at the hall on John R and 7 Mile Road on Thursday.

Jones, who is retired and has played bingo since she was 21, became the fourth winner of Big Money Bingo since the game started March 15 and the largest winner in state history.  Jones plays bingo every night and likes to play on the west side of Detroit.

Jones plans to travel, pay bills and give money to her children.  When asked where she would travel, she responded, "They will see me when they see me!"  The trip to Lansing to collect her winnings is first on her list.

Jones joins the elite group of BMB winners: Sharon Tedford of Flint who won $50,826; Renee Kingsbury of Shiawassee County who won $67,804; and Barbara Boutell of Clinton Township who won $63,540.

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 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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