Residents across County Durham, the wider North East and North Yorkshire are celebrating a welcome cash boost after their postcodes came up in the People’s Postcode Lottery.
From July 14 to July 18, four postcodes in the region struck gold- each bringing in £1,000 per ticket for lucky winners.
In County Durham, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0GZ) was among this week’s winning postcodes, delivering a £1,000 surprise to players.
Further north, Gateshead’s Team Valley area (NE11 9AJ) also saw residents scoop the daily prize.
North Yorkshire had its fair share of winners too, with Skipton (BD23 2BA) and the border village of Easington near Saltburn (TS13 4NW) also among the successful postcodes.
The People’s Postcode Lottery hands out £1,000 daily prizes to 20 different postcodes, with weekend jackpots reaching as high as £30,000 per ticket.
A minimum of 33 per cent from each ticket supports charitable causes and since 2005, players have raised over £950 million for more than 9,000 charities.
Did your postcode win? Here’s the full list of winners from July 14–18:
DL14 0GZ - Bishop Auckland, County Durham
NE11 9AJ - Gateshead (Team Valley), North East
TS13 4NW - Easington, Saltburn, North Yorkshire
BD23 2BA - Skipton, North Yorkshire
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