Overview
- Local reports published lists of winning postcodes from the Postcode Lottery in the North East and North West following the weekend and early-week draws, with residents in named streets eligible for £1,000 per valid ticket.
- The scheme selects 20 winning postcodes every day and pays every valid ticket-holder in each winning postcode £1,000, with larger weekend jackpots available for each ticket in winning areas.
- Recent named winners include postcodes in Ferryhill, Shildon, Stanhope/Bishop Auckland, South Shields, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, Great Lever (Bolton), Warton, Crewe, Samlesbury, Rainford and Skelmersdale.
- The operator says a minimum of 33% of ticket sales goes to charities and lists beneficiaries such as Maggie’s, Dogs Trust and the NSPCC, but regional stories give different cumulative totals raised to date, reporting both about £1.7bn and about £1.8bn.
- Players take part by subscribing with their postcode (reported monthly cost £12.50), so the draws deliver small, local cash boosts to households while routing regular funds to named charities and community projects.