Another huge jackpot was won this week at Crown Bingo. Lillian Gibson, from Lancashire, won an incredible £17,000 whilst playing on the sites Pirate Plunder progressive jackpot game. Mrs Gibson plans to spend her winning on a desposit for a holiday in Spain.

Dan Smyth, the manager of Crown Bingo  said in a statement, ” It’s fantastic to have our biggest ever jackpot winner. We provide our players with a wide range of side games to play as an alternative to our online bingo games, and they have proved extremely popular.”

Crown Bingo have had a decent year and having recently been nominated for the “best bingo operator award 2008″ at the the egaming awards this month. The site faces stiff competition from other larger operators including 888ladies, cashcade, St Minver and Party Gaming. However the site has grown rapidly and now has a loyal base of users. Current promotions at Crown include this Fridays ‘Pirate Day’.

This will involve players using Pirate language in chat rooms and will host games with several special prizes such as DVD’s, vouchers and cash jackpots. The site offers new players a free £1 sign up bonus which can be used to test out the games and software.