Overview
- Local outlets reported a run of recent postcode wins, including 18 North West postcodes named last week, Dorset winners listed for July, and a Bromley Cross postcode that each picked up £1,000.
- The Postcode Lottery uses a postcode as a ticket and is reported to charge a monthly subscription of £12.50 per ticket to enter each draw.
- Every day the operator selects 20 winning postcodes and pays £1,000 for each ticket in those postcodes, while Saturdays and special monthly draws offer larger jackpots and guaranteed bigger prizes.
- Organisers say a minimum of 33% of each ticket goes to charities and that players have raised more than £1.7 billion for thousands of causes to date.
- When a postcode wins a larger guaranteed prize every ticket in that postcode wins the full sum, meaning neighbours share payouts and statutory payout limits can cap individual ticket awards.