A Driffield woman, Sandra Ann Preston was found to have defrauded her workplace out of approximately ₤60 000 to support her online bingo addiction. This is apparently just a guestimate and the true figure is not yet known. The forty-one year old woman worked as a manager of the Eling Ltd petrol station which sells Total fuel, and she would transfer money from the business directly into her bank account from the PayPoint outlet at the garage. This took place between August and October in 2007.

During a Committal for sentence at the Hull Crown Court the prosecuting Barrister, Charlotte Baines, applied to the court to allow them more time to examine precisely how much money was taken by Preston for her bad online bingo habit. Mrs. Preston calculates the amount of ₤62 722.99, an average of ₤1 000 per day as being too high. She originally pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position in the Bridlington Magistrates Court in April.

The Judge remanded the case to the 6th June 2008 and released the online bingo mad Preston on unconditional bail, this charge could earn her as much as a five year prison sentence.