HOUSE on 43 numbers brought a fortune to a 59 year-old Leigh grandad.

The retired mining contract manager, who has two daughters, scooped the £109,000 jackpot on Saturday at a Leigh bingo hall.

He will share the money with his sister with whom he was playing bingo when he won the national, regional and club hat-trick of prizes.

He appeared very calm after his massive win and carried on playing but he said: "I didn't know where to put myself as everyone had been clapping me.

"I kept my head down and looked as if I was playing, but I was just crossing off numbers anywhere. I was in cuckoo land, it still hasn't really sunk in."

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