HAVE you ever dreamed about winning big on the lottery?
For some people in County Durham, this dream became a reality after they scooped thousands on the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Here is everything you need to know about the People’s Postcode Lottery- including the County Durham postcodes with the biggest winners.
What is the People’s Postcode Lottery?
People's Postcode Lottery is not like the ordinary lottery.
It is a subscription-based lottery where people sign up with their postcodes for £10 a month.
If a winning postcode is drawn, every subscriber in that postcode wins a cash prize.
Players are automatically entered into ever draw and prizes are announced every day of the month- sometimes they are as little as £10, other times you could win thousands.
Every Saturday and Sunday, winning postcodes are announced where players each win £30,000.
Once a month, players in one postcode will share an incredible £3 million between them.
Best of all, 32% of the ticket price goes to various charities.
The biggest People’s Postcode Lottery winners since 2015
There have been 13 winning County Durham postcodes in the last five years.
These postcodes have scooped the £30,000 prize or the highest £3 million prize.
£3 million winners
DH7 0
In 2017, 244 Durham players shared a huge £3 million prize pot.
The full winning postcode, DH7 0QL, was later announced and two players got the biggest share of the prize- £270,489 each.
Jean Bambrough, a retired NVQ trainer said: “I’ve been playing for just over a year and have won £10 a few times, but I never expected that I’d be the big winner today.”
Alan Foster was also a big winner and said: “I’m absolutely stunned, I’m going to frame my cheque and put it up on the wall.”
£30,000 winners
TS27 4BF
10 lucky Hartlepool neighbours scooped £30,000 each back in 2017.
Douglas Adamson was one winner and said he was shocked to receive the cheque.
He said: "I haven't a clue what to spend it on," he laughed. "But I do have eight grandchildren to spoil."
Blanche is another woman to have scooped the big prize.
She said: “This is fantastic, I can pay off a house loan that I've wanted to get rid of and that will make life so much easier.”
DH3 4LY
David Gillespie was one of three Great Lumley residents to win £30,000 back in 2017.
At the time of winning, he said: “It's still not sunk in really.
“I couldn't be at home for Judie (People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador) and the team so asked them to present the cheque to my mum instead and she called me straight away – we were both in shock!”
DL4 2QU
In September 2017, one lucky person from Shildon scooped an impressive £30,000.
DL4 2GL
Shildon players got lucky once again in 2019, when four neighbours won £25,000 and a BMW.
DH8 7QX
Only one Leadgate resident won the £30,000 prize when her postcode was announce.
When she won back in 2018, Elizabeth said: “I'm really excited! That's a holiday for me and my partner Richard in Rome sorted – I can't wait.
“My daughter is looking to buying a house so I'll be able to help her out with her deposit now too. And I'm definitely going to get my teeth done!”
DL17 8HF
In August of this year, there were two winning tickets in the Ferryhill area.
DL12 8JZ
Four people in Barnard Castle were jubilant in 2018 after scooping an impressive £30,000 each.
One winner was Scott Docherty, who said: “There’s just so much that I can do with £30,000 and I’m not quite sure where to begin but I think a holiday with my other half and our little boy seems like a good place to start."
DL2 3JB
This August, one person in the Hilton area scooped a massive £30,000
DL16 7BQ
This proved to be a lucky postcode to live at for two Spennymoor neighbours.
Back in 2018, they each won a £30,000 prize.
Customer service advisor, Charlotte Matthews, said: “Me, my partner and our two children are living with my mum at the moment so this will mean we can put a deposit down on a house and make our own home which is amazing.
“I always try and donate money to charity, but playing the Postcode Lottery means I know it’s going every month and being spread across a variety of causes which is a big reason I do it – winning is an incredible bonus though.”
DH7 0SZ
Two players in this Lanchester postcode won an impressive £30,000 each.
DH7 0AL
Shortly before Christmas last year, a Greenwood Avenue resident won a £30,000 prize.
This prize was part of People’s Postcode Lottery’s special Christmas campaign where one postcode was drawn every day to win £30,000 per ticket throughout the December draws.
DH6 1AW
In July of this year, two neighbours in Durham won this life-altering amount of money.
The good news was delivered to them via video call.
Sue said: “I pulled out the cheque and I was lost for words - and that's unusual for me!
“I was with my husband Martin and never in a million years did I think I'd win this amount of money.“
For more information, visit the People’s Postcode Lottery website, or their Facebook and Twitter pages.
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