Eight North East postcodes win £1,000 in Postcode Lottery

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 19:32 · Archive

Eight North East postcodes have won £1,000 each in the Postcode Lottery over the past week.

Eight North East postcodes have won £1,000 each in recent draws of the Postcode Lottery. The winning postcodes span County Durham, Stockton-on-Tees and Northumberland, with locations including Darlington, Sedgefield, Houghton-le-Spring and Cramlington among the winners.

The Postcode Lottery is a subscription service that costs £12.50 per month to enter. Players use their postcode as a ticket and can win daily prizes of £1,000, with £30,000 jackpots available on weekends. At least 30 per cent of ticket proceeds are donated to charities and community projects.

Since its launch, the lottery has raised over £1.7 billion for thousands of charities and community schemes both in the UK and abroad. Supported organisations include Maggie's, Dogs Trust, NSPCC, Alzheimer's Society and Mind, alongside numerous smaller grassroots initiatives. Winners are selected daily across postcodes throughout the UK.

How it is being reported

• One TS and two DL postcodes among latest Postcode Lottery winnersPlayers in five areas of the North East have won £1,000 in the People's Postcode Lottery this weekTeessideLive · 17 Oct, 18:47
• The eight North East postcodes to scoop prizes on the Postcode Lottery last weekEight North East postcodes have won thousands of pounds in the postcode lottery over the last week. Check to see if you have won below.The Northern Echo · 17 Oct, 08:00

In this story: Darlington · Sedgefield · Houghton-le-Spring · County Durham · Cramlington · Dogs Trust · NSPCC · Maggie's

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