Dad wins almost 30,000 tickets at Butlin’s after 72 hours in one arcade game | British news

A dedicated father-of-two spent three days playing one arcade game so he could win prizes for his young boys at Butlin’s Skegness.

Philly Jones, from Birkenhead, was staying at the Lincolnshire seaside resort with his wife and children last October when he decided to test his gaming stamina.

Trying to win in one game after a huge 72 hours tickets he got his hands on a bunch of cuddly toys for his children toys.

Philly started playing the candy ball machine in the Skyline tent and he won game after game.

Ultimately, his dedication paid off: the father collected a whopping 27,890 tickets.

The father, in his early thirties, said: ‘I tried the game and on my first try I hit the jackpot! On my second try, I hit the jackpot again and realized I was good at this game.”

Phillyo not only won tickets for his two sons, but he also won some tickets for a young boy celebrating his third birthday and a few other children who came to see him play.

After hours of playing the children’s game, his thousands of tickets meant his two sons could take home a range of prizes including cuddly toys, board games, Transformer figures, squishies and light-up toys.

His wife, Rachel, was surprised to see how many tickets he had won.

She said: ‘I was shocked by the sheer amount of tickets but not that he was winning as he is really good at arcade games.

‘A number of employees in the arcade saw him because they had to keep coming back to replenish the tickets for him.’

This article was first published on June 21, 2024

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