LANSING, June 5, 2008 - An anonymous Big Money Bingo player is looking at purchasing a new home, now that she has thousands of dollars!

The winner, who won the $68,254 playing Big Money Bingo at the IAUC Detroit Chapter's Bingo at Sheldon's Shamrock Hall in Livonia on May 28, 2008, normally plays Bingo in Canada. However, once she learned that the Livonia location offered the Big Money Bingo game, she decided to play closer to home.

The IAUC bingo game was the only game in Michigan that day playing Big Money Bingo. Big Money Bingo, developed by Scientific Games (NASDAQ: SGMS), is authorized by the Charitable Gaming Division of the Michigan State Lottery. The game is a linked progressive bingo game that is available at select charitable bingo locations throughout the state. The Big Money Bingo jackpot starts at $10,000 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. Big Money Bingo is played twice a day at noon (2 p.m. on Sundays) and 8 p.m.

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

In 2007, $73 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.