A nurse from West Yorkshire took home a recession-busting reward last week of £200,000 at WilliamHill.com after placing a five number bet for the last three Irish Lottery draw games. The lucky Brit had only opened her account ten days earlier wagering a total stake of two pounds on the October 25 draw after previously betting with a total outlay of twelve pounds along with a couple of games at WilliamHillBingo.com.

 In her forties and wishing to remain anonymous, the winner picked numbers 03, 12, 16, 28 and 43 in a five-fold wager before all five balls came up in the main draw at odds of 100,000/1.

"I had done the occasional Irish Lottery bet in the past so, when I opened my online account to play online bingo with William Hill, I thought I would give it a go again,” said the lucky recipient. “I'm really glad I did now. I never imagined in a million years that I would win this sort of money and it's actually a bit of a shock. There are too many noughts for me to comprehend.”

Since the start of the year, William Hill has paid numerous life-changing jackpots including £1.1 million to an Oxfordshire man off a three-pound stake at WilliamHillCasino.com. There was also one million pounds to Fred Craggs from Yorkshire off a 50 pence stake after he landed an eight-horse accumulator and a Sussex-based client won £1.4 million from a winning streak on roulette. In addition, Scott Robinson from Yorkshire took home £17,000 on the day he opened his account while one lucky lady from Peterborough won two online progressive jackpots within a month at WilliamHillBingo.com for £187,000.

“Making £199,988 profit in ten days is some return for twelve pounds,” said Jennie Prest, Spokesperson for William Hill.