Signing Up

You can sign up to join People's Postcode Lottery on our website postcodelottery.co.uk or by calling our Customer Experience team on our freephone telephone number 0808 109 8765. People's Postcode Lottery is an ongoing monthly subscription lottery where paid tickets are automatically entered into all our prize draws. You can buy up to three tickets to play in our draws. Each ticket is based on your chosen postcode and costs £12.25 per month to play. There are Prizes announced every single day of the month. A minimum of 30% of each ticket price goes to good causes. For more information on how People's Postcode Lottery works, check out our How It Works page.

Signing Up

The more tickets you play with, the more you win. If your postcode gets lucky, and you play with two tickets, you'll double your prize money. If you play with three tickets, you'll triple your winnings.

For example, in our £250,000** prize every ticket in 1 lucky postcode wins £250,000. That means if you play with one ticket, and your postcode gets drawn, you'll win £250,000. But if you play with two tickets then you'd win £500,000, and if you play with three tickets then you'd pick up £750,000.

The same applies with our £1,000 prizes, which run every day. These fixed amount prizes are awarded per ticket. The more tickets you play with, the more you win. Prize funds in the £1 Million draw and Postcode Millions draw are shared on a per-ticket basis. The more tickets you play with, the greater your share of the total prize fund. See the How are winners selected? section on our How It Works page for more information.

Each ticket costs £12.25 per month to play. For two tickets, your subscription would be £24.50 per month, and for three tickets, it would cost £36.75 per month.

Please note that you must be aged 18 or older to play People's Postcode Lottery. People's Postcode Lottery is committed to responsible play. People's Postcode Lottery also supports GambleAware, a charity which funds the work of GamCare, which provides help, information and advice to anyone suffering with a gambling problem.

Play with People's Postcode Lottery

The simplest way to buy People's Postcode Lottery tickets is to sign up to play. You can also buy tickets by telephoning us on our freephone telephone number 0808 109 8765. Our Customer Experience team members will guide you through the sign up process and set up your monthly subscription. For details on our opening hours, see the Support page. Each month, there are a set of draws. You cannot buy tickets for one individual draw - the minimum subscription is for one month and costs £12.25. Each payment enters your ticket into all the draws for a month in advance. That means your ticket plays for all the prizes in that month of play.

How Does Postcode Lottery Work?

Prizes are announced every day of the week with People's Postcode Lottery. You pay monthly for your ticket and when you sign up you will be informed of your first draw date. Winning postcodes from this draw will be announced daily from the following Saturday. After this date, check out the winning postcodes revealed every day to see if your postcode gets lucky!

All of our results are published on our Lottery Results page.

With People's Postcode Lottery, your prize money is usually paid directly into your account within 28 days of your win. If you do not pay by Direct Debit, haven't previously registered bank details with us, and you win more than £3,000 per subscription, you will need to provide us with bank account information. In that case, please ring us on freephone number 0808 109 8765 and we can arrange to pay your winnings. Please confirm this bank account information to us within six months of your win.

Information about People's Postcode Lottery

With People's Postcode Lottery, a minimum of 30% of each ticket price goes to charity. Our players have raised millions of pounds for good causes. By playing People's Postcode Lottery, you give yourself the chance to win great prizes, but you also help some amazing charities do vital work. Find out more about how your ticket supports charity. To help us help a range of good causes, sign up to play People's Postcode Lottery. Check out the latest news on how player funding is helping charity projects.

The more tickets you play with, the more you win. If your postcode gets lucky, and you play with two tickets, you'll double your prize money. If you play with three tickets, you triple your winnings.

For example, in our £250,000 prize** every ticket in 1 lucky postcode wins £250,000. That means if you play with one ticket, and your postcode gets drawn, you'll win £250,000. But if you play with two tickets then you'd win £500,000, and if you play with three tickets then you'd pick up £750,000.

The same applies with our £1,000 prizes, which run every day. These fixed amount prizes are awarded per ticket. The more tickets you play with, the more you win.

Prize funds in the £1 Million draw and Postcode Millions draw are shared on a per-ticket basis. The more tickets you play with, the greater your share of the total prize fund. See the How are winners selected? section on our How It Works page for more information.

Each ticket costs £12.25 per month to play. For two tickets, your subscription would be £24.50 per month, and for three tickets, it would cost £36.75 per month.

Where can I buy People's Postcode Lottery tickets?

The simplest way to buy People's Postcode Lottery tickets is to sign up to play. You can also buy tickets by telephoning us on our freephone telephone number 0808 109 8765. Our Customer Experience team members will guide you through the sign up process and set up your monthly subscription. For details on our opening hours, see the Support page.

Each month, there are a set of draws. You cannot buy tickets for one individual draw - the minimum subscription is for one month and costs £12.25. That means your ticket plays for all the prizes in that month of play.

Most of our players make monthly payments for their tickets by Direct Debit. Setting this up is quick and easy and you'll never have to update your details. Any prize money will be paid directly into your bank account and collections are protected by the Direct Debit Guarantee. It's also possible to sign up for a subscription using Debit Card or PayPal. In addition, we offer a PayPal Express Checkout, which allows you to sign up to play faster using your PayPal account.

Previously, it was possible to directly sign up to play with Credit Card or pay by Debit Card using a specific 'VISA via PayPal' approach. It's no longer possible to sign up for new tickets using these payment methods. You can use your Debit Card to pay directly by choosing the Debit Card option in the sign up process.

Please note, we do not accept UnionPay Debit Cards or non-UK Debit Cards.

If you are an existing player and wish to amend the number of tickets you play with, our Customer Experience team can help. If you wish to reduce your number of subscriptions or change your subscriptions, simply call us on freephone number 0808 109 8765. Discussing changes in a telephone call allows us to obtain all the necessary information from you and we can confirm back to you that the required changes are in place and when your last draw date will be on any cancelled subscription.

Information About Prizes and Proceeds

You can find out People's Postcode Lottery results by:

• Checking out the Lottery Results section on the website.

• Giving us a call on freephone number 0808 109 8765.

Our winners are notified by email, SMS message, letter or phone call depending on the prize won. We recommend that players register an email address with us and keep their address and telephone details up to date, to ensure they can be notified of any prize wins. To update any of your contact details, please give our Customer Experience staff a call on 0808 109 8765.

If you pay by Direct Debit or if you signed up by other payment methods but have already registered your bank account details with us, your prize money will be transferred to your bank account within 28 days. If you haven’t registered your bank details with us yet, please ring us on freephone number 0808 109 8765 and we can arrange to pay your winnings.

A minimum of 30% of each ticket price goes to supporting charities. Our players have raised millions of pounds for deserving causes. By playing People's Postcode Lottery, you give yourself the chance to win great prizes, but you also help some amazing charities do vital work.

Find out more about how your ticket supports charity. To help us help a range of good causes, sign up to play People's Postcode Lottery. Check out the latest news on how player funding is helping charity projects.

The simplest way to buy People's Postcode Lottery tickets is to sign up to play online.

You can also purchase tickets by telephoning us on our freephone telephone number 0808 109 8765. Our Customer Experience team members will guide you through the sign up process and help set up your monthly subscription. For details on our opening hours, see the Support page.

Why buy People's Postcode Lottery Tickets?

By signing up, you won't need to remember and buy your ticket every week - sign up once and pay monthly in advance to play in all draws. One ticket (one subscription) is £12.25 per month. If you choose to play two subscriptions, the cost is £24.50 per month. For three subscriptions, you'll pay £36.75 each month. There are no additional transaction fees.

Another great benefit of playing People's Postcode Lottery is that, if you win, you don't need to claim your prizes. The money is paid into your bank account within 28 days.

Finding out results is easy too. You can do this by:

• Checking out the Lottery Results section online, or

• Calling us on freephone number 0808 109 8765.

Our winners are notified by email, SMS message, letter or phone call depending on the prize you won. We recommend that players register an email address with us and keep their address and telephone details up to date, to ensure they can be notified of any prize wins.

How can I buy the tickets?

Most of our players make monthly payments for their tickets by Direct Debit. Setting this up is quick and easy and you'll never have to update your details. Any prize money will be paid directly into your bank account and collections are protected by the Direct Debit Guarantee.

It's also possible to sign up for a subscription using Debit Card, PayPal or Apple Pay.

In addition, we offer a PayPal Express Checkout, which allows you to sign up online to play faster using your PayPal account.

Previously, it was possible to directly sign up to play with Credit Card or pay by Debit Card using a specific 'VISA via PayPal' approach. It's no longer possible to sign up for new tickets using these payment methods.

You can use your Debit Card to pay directly by choosing the Debit Card option in the sign up process. Please note, we do not accept UnionPay Debit Cards or non-UK Debit Cards.

What are your chances of winning?

In 2024, 87% of players won a prize with People's Postcode Lottery. These included our £30,000 Street Prizes, shares of the monthly Postcode Millions prize and our weekly Millionaire Street prize, £1,000 prizes, £10 wins, Prize Vouchers and e-Gift Cards. Thousands of postcodes win each week, and millions of pounds in Prizes is won every month.

For £12.25 a month, players are automatically entered into all People's Postcode Lottery draws. Winning postcodes are announced every single day of the month. Only playing postcodes are entered into the Postcode Lottery draws, so prizes are always guaranteed to be won.

If you sign up and play, you'll a win a prize if your postcode gets lucky. You never know when a big win is coming your way.

It isn't possible to predict the likelihood of winning a prize in future draws as this depends on the number of postcodes and tickets entered into the draws, and this can vary.

When you sign up to play through our website, we'll send you a confirmation email containing important information about your subscription(s). If you don't receive this email within an hour of signing up, the first thing to do is to check the SPAM folder in your email. Sometimes emails from new contacts or businesses get filtered due to being mistakenly marked as SPAM. If possible, log into your email through the website for your email provider (rather than through a program like Outlook, or a mobile app) and check the SPAM folder.

The next step to take is to add People's Postcode Lottery to your safe sender list. This just tells your email provider that you want to receive emails from us. For instructions on how to do this, take a look at our guide to spam filters.

If, after making these changes, you've still not received our email, please give our Customer Experience team a call on 0808 109 8765 and we can investigate further.

Help & Contact us

You can register updates to all your personal information by calling us on freephone number 0808 109 8765. You can also email us at info@postcodelottery.co.uk. If you are seeking any changes to your account, please note your full name, address and date of birth in your email.

You can also write to us at the address below, stating what your previous details were and what you'd like them to be.

People's Postcode Lottery
28 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4ET
United Kingdom

All requests will receive written confirmation of receipt and of any changes made. Please note, it's not possible for players paying by Direct Debit to request changes in bank details by post: updates like these must be discussed in a telephone call or via email.

If you wish to make a change, we recommend that you call us on freephone number 0808 109 8765. On a call, we can confirm whether your amend can be made ahead of our next monthly draw.