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(NYPost.com)
There was a panic at the bingo.
Footage captured the moment over 100 people won a bingo game simultaneously due to a glitch, causing bedlam to break out in the town square.
“It was mayhem. It was the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this,” one of the winners, named Osmar Saldanha, told Jam Press of the chaotic scene on July 2 during a bingo game in the coastal town of Iparana, located in the Brazilian state of Ceara.
A mind-boggling 101 bingo players simultaneously captured the top prize of BRL 1,000 ($184) after the number 49 was announced, according to reporters.
In the accompanying footage, the perplexed players can be heard yelling “bingo” at the same time, before bum-rushing the tent to claim their prize. The clip concludes with the gamers lining up to present their congruent scorecards to the tally gal.
Unfortunately, the winners were forced to share the jackpot, amounting to a paltry BRL 9.90 ($1.83) dollars each — although the organizers rounded it up to BRL 10 ($1.85), Jam Press reported.
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