A postwoman from Maidstone will be celebrating her first wedding anniversary in style after winning a dream holiday to Egypt worth more than £1,000 on the Gala Bingo TV channel.

The 36 year old had tuned into Gala TV which is available on galabingo.com or you can watch it directly from your tv. Samantha Pickard had won £200 initially, but later in the week she was informed that as part of the special summer holiday promotion she had won a fabulous 5-star holiday to Sharm el Sheikh.

Samantha commented: “I didn’t even know that I had won the holiday until Ben Hull, one of the presenters from Gala Bingo TV and the former Hollyoaks actor, popped into work to tell me the good news. I couldn’t believe it, it made my week! My husband and I saved for years for our dream wedding and honeymoon. It was wonderful, but this year we have had the holiday blues as we couldn’t afford to go away. I wanted to make our first anniversary really special and winning on Gala TV has made it perfect! We were ecstatic when we found out we’d won the trip to Egypt. I had been struggling to think of traditional, paper gift ideas to mark our first anniversary. Now thanks to Gala TV my problem is solved as I can give him a plane ticket!”

Gala TV manager, Kevin Loman added: “We are thrilled that Samantha and her husband can celebrate their first anniversary in style. We have over 200,000 winners every year and its always fantastic to hear how they celebrate. We hope they have a lovely holiday.”