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Neil Shaw & Sean Murphy

Scottish town named luckiest in the whole of UK

One town in Scotland has been named the luckiest in the whole of the UK, according to new research.

Kirkwall in Orkney was found to have a much better win rate than other British towns, while Scottish locations were also discovered to be disproportionately fortunate in the study, which was conducted by Paddy Power Bingo.

Deep diving into the results of millions of individual games of online bingo played by Paddy Power customers, the Orkney town was highlighted as boasting a 31%-win rate.

The impressive win ratio was almost 50% higher than that of any other UK town or city.

The closest towns to Kirkwall were Lymington in Hampshire and Isleworth in London which both had a 21% win rate.

Paddy Power Bingo punters may want to move to Scotland for some luck, as four Scottish towns feature in the top 10 luckiest locations – massively outperforming Wales, with Maesteg in Bridgend the only Welsh representative within the list.

Other Scottish towns included Dingwall, Larkhall and Lockerbie.

Top 10 UK towns by win rate

Rank

Town/city

Country

Win percentage

1

Kirkwall, Orkney

Scotland

31%

2

Lymington, Hampshire

England

21%

3

Isleworth, London

England

21%

4

Melksham, Wiltshire

England

20%

5

Dingwall, Highland

Scotland

20%

6

Larkhall, South Lanarkshire

Scotland

20%

7

Lockerbie, Dumfries, and Galloway

Scotland

20%

8

Wetherby, West Yorkshire

England

20%

9

Maesteg, Bridgend

Wales

19%

10

Wadebridge, Cornwall

England

19%

However, while Scots are regularly celebrating a win, when it comes to the top 10 for amounts won, there are no representatives from north of the border.

The English, despite winning less frequently, benefit from much larger pay-outs, with nine English towns ranking amongst the best for average payout per game.

Top 10 towns by average payout:

Rank

Town/city

Country

1

Ruthin, Denbighshire

Wales

2

Hebden bridge, West Yorkshire

England

3

Longfield, Kent

England

4

Ashbourne, Derbyshire

England

5

Pulborough, West Sussex

England

6

Bodmin, Cornwall

England

7

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire

England

8

Shefford, Bedfordshire

England

9

Surbiton, London

England

10

Esher, Surrey

England

The largest-ever individual win occurred in Doncaster, with one extremely lucky punter earning a whopping £20,570 from one game.

Wins over £1,000:

Rank

Town/city

Country

Number of wins over £1,000

1

London

England

162

2

Coventry

England

110

3

Leicester

England

70

4

Manchester

England

65

5

Romford, Essex

England

47

6

Haverhill, Suffolk

England

44

7

Liverpool

England

40

8

Bristol

England

39

9

Glasgow

Scotland

39

10

Stockport

England

36

A spokesperson for Paddy Power Bingo said: “Bingo requires a fair bit of luck, so we thought it’d be a good idea to get one of our boffins to analyse the results of over 700 million games to find out who does best.

"So, well done to the people of Kirkwall who seem to be far more fortunate than anyone else in the country.

“Given the strong Scottish representation amongst the luckiest locations, you may consider a move north of the border to bring good fortune. I’d stay well clear of Wales though. And it’s also not very lucky…”

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