WINNIPEG Several Manitobans have some extra money to line their bank accounts after Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo announced the winners of last week s $3 million prize. Kinsmen said 21 people were part of the winning group from the show on April 3. Those 21 people will be splitting the $3 million jackpot, meaning each will be taking home roughly $142,000. Of those winners, 14 are from Winnipeg, one is from Brandon, two are in Selkirk, one is in Ste. Anne, one lives in East St. Paul, another is in Springfield and one is in Hadashville. The next show airs on April 17, 2021, and the estimated jackpot is $100,000. The bingo can be watched at 5:30 p.m. on CTV Winnipeg.
Kinsmen bingo gives away record $3-M prize
Looks like the Easter bunny didn’t just bring eggs this weekend it also brought a $3-million pot of riches.
Looks like the Easter bunny didn’t just bring eggs this weekend it also brought a $3-million pot of riches.
Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo called the winning numbers for a record-breaking prize of $3-million late Saturday evening, after selling around 90,000 cards for a dollar each per game. It feels amazing to finally give away the pot. Kind of relieving, too, but I’m not sure how long or if we’ll really be able to take a breath, spokesperson Sam Stevenson told the
WINNIPEG A group of lucky bingo players are heading into the summer $3 million richer. On Saturday evening, Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo called the winning numbers for its record-breaking $3 million pot. It finally went tonight. It is amazing. It is incredible, Raj Phangureh, the bingo chairperson for Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo, told CTV News. It is great to finally give it away, that is for sure. While Phangureh said there are multiple winners, he said Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo is not yet revealing how many. Players have until Monday at 11:59 a.m. to call in or report a winning card. The jackpot has been racking up dollars for more than a year. The last time the jackpot was won was on Feb. 1, 2020. The pot was $640,000 the largest pot Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo had at that point.
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Tara Davis, owner of Tara Davis Studio Boutique, is one of several local business owners who have decided to hold off on a full reopening despite the restrictions on in-store shopping being lifted. She still offers curbside pickup and allows a limited number of customers at certain times. (Mike Deal / WInnipeg Free Press)
Tara Davis calls herself the “shop fairy” of her Exchange District boutique.
Winnipeg Free Press I do everything here – I’m a buyer, a merchandiser, I am an artist, she said.
When restrictions on in-person shopping for items considered non-essential were lifted much of which is sold at Tara Davis Studio Boutique, where wares vary from jewelry to artwork to glassware she took on a new role: an arbiter of tough decisions.