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17.10.2023 - 11:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A dad racked up a whopping 27,000 arcade tickets while on an incredible hot streak at Butlin's in Skegness. Philly Jones won big on the same machine over the course of three days during a holiday last week.
Arriving at the seaside resort with his wife and two sons on Monday, October 9, the dad decided to show off his impressive arcade gaming skills.
And he did just that, playing the candy drop ball machine within the Skyline tent throughout the trip, finally stopping on Wednesday lunchtime with the gargantuan haul of 27,890 tickets, Lincolnshire Live reports.
Such was Philly prowess that he became well known to the Butlin's staff during his short stay, as they had to keep approaching him so they could refill the tickets on the machine. And his haul was so big that he had to collect all his winnings in a bedsheet.
His winnings mostly went to his sons, with his boys having lots of choice from the arcade's goodies. But he also won a number of tickets for a young lad celebrating his third birthday, as well as a few other kids who watched him play.
His wife, Rachel, was taken aback by just how big his winnings were. The mum, from Birkenhead, Merseyside, said: "I was shocked at the sheer scale of tickets, but not that he was winning, because he is really good at arcade games.
"A number of staff inside the arcade saw him as they had to keep coming over to refill the tickets for him."
Rachel said her boys spent the tickets on a vast array of prizes, including plushies, board games, Transformer figures, squishies and light up toys.
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