Do you know anyone who has won the Postcode Lottery?

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Carta_Blanca@reddit

A friend of a friend won £12k per month this year

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WillBots@reddit

I suspect there are a LOT of Reddit users that don't know what a gross is.

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AdditionNo4197@reddit

I have a friend who got thousands from a relative winning - they won 6 figures. Naturally I will play it now blindly ignorant to the odds.

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Yes, my mum's friend got 250k. It was amazing for them, they paid off their mortgage, got work done on the house, and were able to give their daughter a substantial deposit so she could buy a place and stop renting.

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White_Sausage1@reddit

thats incredible how long had they been playing for?

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Murka-Lurka@reddit

My cousin won about £250k. Given they are army veterans who struggled with employment and soda surfing after they left the army they were able to buy a new home and I was delighted for them.

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ghosty_b0i@reddit

Soda Surfing?

No wonder he was broke, can’t imagine how much fizzy pop you’d need to buy for that.

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NotInferno045@reddit

Thanks for cracking me up at work one month later 🤣

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NotInferno045@reddit

My dad won £3,000 off it and never even told me

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Cazhou@reddit

Used to play the PL never won a thing over about 3 years. When we moved I decided to stop. About a year ago my postcode came up and around 6 people in my street won £1000 each. I wondered how long they had been playing it to only win £1000, if I had kept playing it I reckon I would only be winning my money back. Never heard of anyone winning £460,000 like they advertise on TV.

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Miserable-Basket-282@reddit

Yes, I know two people that have each won 5 figures recently.

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abyvxtoria@reddit

I know two people that have won 5 figures on it

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Thumbwizard@reddit

So far i've won a prize selection. Picked some earrings for the wife

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Exact_Fudge_4257@reddit

My college tutor just won 18k

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Lofty2908@reddit

Won a tenner multiple times. Know people that have won won the postcode lottery in a local village.

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theoriginalrkid@reddit

I do actually and it's quite sad. A family friend won a few grand on it so they booked a holiday as you do but only one ended up coming back. (The husband died on the toilet) R.I.P. Rob.

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ljr69@reddit

Why did only one come back? Did they flush him down the pan when he died?

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

Don't go to the toilet when on holiday. Got it.

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Mammoth_Spend_5590@reddit

R.i.p big man, gone but not forgotten Prayers for Rob 🙏

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BlaseJong@reddit

Great story

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tradegreek@reddit

Shit story more like

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BenjiTheSausage@reddit

Mother in law's friend won, she's like 90 so it's come a bit late in life, it was 6 figures

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presterjohn7171@reddit

What's the point? I was stood behind a totally knackered old bloke in the co-op the other week who spent £30 on lotto and scratch cards. I said to the bloke what's the point use that money to treat yourself to few pints at the pub and a fish and chip supper? He looked at me as if I was the nutter.

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

Well, you are a bit of a nutter to be rudely intruding on people like that.

But I do understand where you're coming from and that your intentions were benevolent, but consider this :
Did you have a grandmother that often said she had "spare change from her pension" to buy you something or other (perhaps a bit expensive too)?
I did.
Then I heard my mum saying the same sort of thing in her "twilight years", "oh, go on, I don't need it".
And now, I'm telling similar lies to my sons.

I'm still doing lotteries, chasing The Big One, not because I could whoop it up (lol, ok, but as long as it's not upstairs), but because my children and perhaps grandchildren would be able to live better, and I can depart happy that those worries for them are no more.

And I don't doubt the old chap you left spechless would have told you the same.

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presterjohn7171@reddit

He could take his kids out for lunch once a month instead of wasting his money instead of spending £120 on nothing. I'm sure the family would prefer that. I've no problem with blowing a couple of quid on a dream but that kind of money is stupid at any age and doubly so at his.

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

So, not benevolent, just judgemental. OK.

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presterjohn7171@reddit

Of course I'm judging him. Isn't that what we all do on thousands of different occasions? You do pick odd battles.

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BenjiTheSausage@reddit

She used it to help her grandkids get a mortgage and she went on a big family holiday

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Tacklestiffener@reddit

My 95 year old FIL lives in a block of flats with a postcode of it's own. As almost all the flats are holiday homes or investments it struck me a reasonable punt but sadly I'm not a UK resident.

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EfficiencyWeird2567@reddit

Mum won some recycled socks! Gave them to me, actually really good quality and very comfortable although I’ve worn the heel out on them wearing them in my work steelies

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I_am_Reddit_Tom@reddit

We won a tenner on it a few years ago. But it didn't change us and we never forgot where we came from

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originallyale@reddit

Isn’t it £12 a month? So you just got a discount that time

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I_am_Reddit_Tom@reddit

You gotta speculate to accumulate...

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MACintoshBETH@reddit

Did they present it to you with one of those massive cheques?

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I_am_Reddit_Tom@reddit

I said no to publicity. I didn't want everybody we knew coming out of the woodwork to beg for money

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garethchester@reddit

Forgetting where you came from would significantly hamper your chances of winning the postcode lottery surely?

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peanut_dust@reddit

They've already won it by that point. Post code is no longer required.

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Jackerzcx@reddit

I almost want to pay to give your comment an award

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mostly_kittens@reddit

Did you go to Benidorm?

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engineerogthings@reddit

I used to live there

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MuntyCatt@reddit

That's nice.

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MACintoshBETH@reddit

Isn’t that in France?

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engineerogthings@reddit

Almost as nice as your spoonerism

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MuntyCatt@reddit

Touche.

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0rlan@reddit

Me 2

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foodaddicttt@reddit

Staying humble, well done

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Trick-Station8742@reddit

Don't be fooled by the rocks that you've got

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h00dman@reddit

All that money and you have not one penny to a good cause.

Harrumph!

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engineerogthings@reddit

But are you the kind of people who help others out, I mean sharing your wealth to help others. Basically are you philanthropists, if so can I borrow a fiver.

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originallyale@reddit

I’ve just been informed that my uncle won £600 from it! But personally £12.99 a month is far too much for me to risk winning a £5 voucher or something, I’ll just buy the Greggs sausage rolls myself haha

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darcsend_eu@reddit

Had a friend whose parents won five figures. The money let them comfortably divorce each other. Then the dad won five figures with his new girlfriend in his new house on the other side of town within a year lol

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originallyale@reddit

I was about to say that sounds like a good pair to have won it, it now I’m mad lol

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Mid-Pri6170@reddit

did they get to choose the figures?

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

The husband appears to have chosen a different figure...

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Mid-Pri6170@reddit

you mean he ditched his wife?

nicccce!

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Hinks@reddit

Happy days!

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MattOG81@reddit

Well, we know who the lucky one was then...

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boldstrategy@reddit

The lawyers

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CrabNebula_@reddit

Hope he enjoyed the Porsche and subsequent second divorce

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Eskimojudi123@reddit

I won last week! There was a long list of low-value items (chocolates, thermos mugs, etc) and I picked an egg cooker. Not a big win but cheered up my day.

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IFornicus@reddit

Think I've won a couple of 20s and a they sent a pair of socks oddly, in maybe 2-3 years

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turnipstealer@reddit

Won £45 last year, couldn't believe it.

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ChocolateSnowflake@reddit

My mates dad won around 8K last year.

Couple years back an old friend of my dad won over 300K.

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mk6971@reddit

Won £15 last month.

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TeLoBecchi@reddit

I grew up on a small island (everyone knows everyone) and a few roads won big (5/6 figures I think?) My mum goes to slimming world with a lady who won 6 figures, she still goes every week, drives the same car, lives in the same house etc My mum also knows a lady who spent years playing, and then stopped just before the big win happened. Had to watch all her neighbours celebrate without her!

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BallyJ05@reddit

I know someone who won a cheeseboard - woo hoo!

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bonjajr@reddit

Me. I won a frying pan.

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HalikusZion@reddit

Yes, a buddy of mines parents won £250k each. Turned out they both played and were the only 2 in their postcode so they won big!

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cgknight1@reddit

Yes - an old school friend won £185k or so.

My dad won £20K when he was still alive.

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elmo298@reddit

What about since he passed?

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Small-Mulberry7732@reddit

Doubt he’s won since

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LemonsAT@reddit

The odds really are stacked against us

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throw_away_17381@reddit

Which is why I never play these lotteries when I’m dead.

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

Yep. Mugs game.

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LambonaHam@reddit

Sounds like discrimination to me.

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RattAndMouse@reddit

He was up but now he's under

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IcyPilgrim@reddit

He came dead last

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StevieB74@reddit

I pick this guys dead dad.

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

I had a win my second month Nov23, for £10.
Two wins in 2024, one of them £1000, one some nice oven gloves. Two wins last year, £100 and a pair of buds. And I've had a win already this year, £15.

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Beneficial-Pitch-430@reddit

By ‘won’ they will include people that win £5/£10 or a giftcard. That would include me.

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AdZc@reddit

Yea same, won money and a couple of goodies. Got a £5 Greggs gift card just two weeks ago

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chickencake88@reddit

Same

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ShaneH7646@reddit

A more interesting metric would be those that broke even

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jaguar90@reddit

More interesting, but certainly not as marketable a metric!

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welshgirl0987@reddit

I "Think" they probably also include the crap things they tell you youve won and should claim lole pound shop cosmetics. I told my OH not to bother offering me them after the first couple of "amazing prizes" he offered me - makes Temu rubbish look amazing

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MuddyBoots472@reddit

I think I’ve got £10, £15 and a £5 M&S voucher in the several years I’ve been playing

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AfternoonPenalty@reddit

I won in November and December last year - one a tenner and the other 15 quid, which seemed an odd amount to me. Either way, best Christmas we ever had, splurged all me cash on a posh box of crackers :D

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k8withan8@reddit

My friends work colleague won over £250k as she was the only person in the postcode who played

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lil_tram@reddit

My mum won something like £180 last year

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Abwettar@reddit

I won a tenner on it twice, so technically a win but not super exciting.

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ElectronicAlps99@reddit

They can't rule this out surely

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carolomnipresence@reddit

Couple of tenners

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dawind22@reddit

Yeah .... me.

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K_O_K13@reddit

Yep me, my Post code won the Millionaire street last May. £55555.00 (18 tickets shared between 16 households) still feels like a dream and not real.

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Wrongun25@reddit

What did you get then?

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K_O_K13@reddit

'Big things' were Upgraded our cars and a Christmas ski holiday. We've had 6 months of being able to say yes to things without overthinking the cost, but for the 1st time in our life's we've got a rainy day stash and don't argue/worry about money anymore.

A few years ago we played 2 entries and won 2 x £1000 and I've had a few £10/£15 and 3 picked prizes from the list.

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Wrongun25@reddit

Nice

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LellowYeaf@reddit

My Pilates instructor. I don’t know how much, but it was a significant sum as she said her adult children were immediately asking her for money. Looks like individuals in her postcode area won anything between £18k to £420k in that draw.

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atypicalsian@reddit

I won a couple of £5 gift cards late last year, and then won 200 quid last week.

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pr0ph3t_0f_m3rcy@reddit

I know a guy who won £250k just over a year ago. He had it paid into his joint account and his partner stole the lot and just disappeared one day.

He's the kind of guy they call "connected" in American films and I'd be very surprised if he just let it go, tbh. Personally I wouldn't borrow a fiver off him.

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BloodyCuts@reddit

Parents in law won a couple of grand. We’ve had very small wins here and there but nothing significant.

I want to cancel it but now I worry that if I do our postcode will get picked for the jackpot!

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miked999b@reddit

This is a powerful argument to never start. I sometimes think about giving it a go but that thought makes me not.

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NuclearMaterial@reddit

I occasionally play the lotto, and always do random numbers I pick myself every time. If I had set numbers as many people do, that argument would be there and the nagging doubt of "my number coming up" would be a factor in buying more tickets. As it is I do it maybe 4-8 times a year and don't think anything of it.

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miked999b@reddit

Absolutely, I was thinking exactly that when I wrote it. I do lucky dips on Euromilllions for the same reason. Suspect once you enter the postcode lottery you're psychologically locked in!

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cooprobe@reddit

My Nan’s postcode just won the 1m jackpot

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NuclearMaterial@reddit

🎶"Someone's (not) knockin' at the dow"

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Kryptotek-9@reddit

Oof

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

If anyone fancies explaining like I'm five, go for it. To me it juts sounds like a scam. In no small party because how shitty the adverts are.

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vshere32@reddit

🎵🎵 “Someone’s knockin at the dow…” 🎵🎵

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NuclearMaterial@reddit

As soon as I read the post title this was in my head.

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originalwombat@reddit

The purpose of the lottery is to raise funds for charity. 30% is a huge amount of money every month to go into the pockets of charities.

The extra cool bit is a chance to win a prize. No, it’s not a huge chance, but it’s a chance.

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meatypinkness@reddit

Ads are shite I do agree. Have won a couple times though (only small) but I know someone who got 6 figures so definitely not a scam.

Had better luck with them than lotto

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anomalous_cowherd@reddit

No more than most lotteries I'd say. You have a reasonable chance of winning a small prize and a negligible chance of winning a huge one. Don't do it if you can't afford to throw most of your stake money away forever.

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Appropriate-Bag5290@reddit

I won £10 last year and a £5 Morrisons voucher.

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HappyClam99@reddit

Not last year but my Dad won a couple of weeks ago - you could choose a gift from a selection of candles/coffee mugs/scarfs/ books. Crazy scenes.

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TheRainbowFluffyone@reddit

I won a £5 Sainsbury's voucher..... And I pay £12 a month !

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Prudent_Ask_1616@reddit

Won £12 and a panni press.

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Trentdison@reddit

I won £15 on Friday.

Won a few vouchers for stuff, tat in the post, other small cash wins here and there. Best was some wireless earbuds I stopped using because they kept falling out my ear.

Not got my money's worth though.

That's what they mean by 85% of players have won. They've won just slightly above fuck all.

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ermCaz@reddit

My dad won £30,000 on it

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DMMMOM@reddit

We've had quite a number of wins, biggest one was about £500. Most of them were small amounts.

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rebelallianxe@reddit

I've won several tenners and 15 quid over the last 5 years. I realise you probably mean a big prize, though.

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88Jewels@reddit

They probably class the winners as the people who win all the random shit like water bottles and hotel chocolat hot chocolate. And the tenners. Thats all I've won anyway!

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DarkangelUK@reddit

I won two pairs of grippy socks, I think I've peaked.

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bensuffolk@reddit

If they were the bamboo ones, I won them too. And previously a choice of a gift set. Never any cash though.

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CrossRoadChicken@reddit

Imagine being the 15% who don't even win anything

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Psychological-Plum10@reddit

That would be me.

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DaveBacon@reddit

Those prizes sound like luxury, I won some tea bags!

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SpoonerUK@reddit

My mate won 140k last year the lucky bastard. Best i've won is 65 quid on the Lottery, and that was back in 1994.

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a4991@reddit

I won a fiver for Sainsbury’s maybe three times over the course of 2 years playing

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Pitiful-Buddy-77@reddit

Just looked up my post code recent winnings. Last time was 01/12/2025 £5 gift card 😕

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thecornflake21@reddit

I started playing around 2022. I won £1000 a few months after and then I've had about 15 £10 wins. It varies hugely though, I do know a few people who've won nothing over the same time.

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Flash__PuP@reddit

I’ve won £15 twice since Christmas. I keep meaning to cancel but I know my numbers will come up a week later.

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Worried_Suit4820@reddit

Yes; 4 people in the next postcode - one digit off mine - shared £1m last year.

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Heinrick_Veston@reddit

Won some socks at Christmas, damn good socks too!

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Necessary-Brain2633@reddit

I won a grand once a few years ago. Nice surprise through the post in a golden envelope. Since then it’s been very quiet, with my monthly subscription slowly chipping away my win!

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Youtalkingtomyboobs@reddit

I won £15 this week and have had a handful of other prizes - £5 gift voucher, £10 amazon voucher and some hand cream to help with exit!! Been playing for a number of years now, and keep considering leaving….

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TheSecretIsMarmite@reddit

A colleague of mine won £30k!

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notcopingneedhelp@reddit

My high school bully (and I mean proper bully) won it twice. Big amounts too. Big enough to get her onto the property ladder flipping houses. Now she is minted.

So karma is bullshit.

But I’m happy for her. She had a shit upbringing and now she has a beautiful life and a beautiful family.

(I think £90k over the two wins)

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ThrowawaySunnyLane@reddit

Yes. Someone I work with from a nearby postcode won a 5, possibly 6 figure amount (South Yorkshire area). I think it was 6 figure. About a year to 18 months ago.

I don’t play myself.

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irv81@reddit

I used to play it.

Cost £10 a month and I won £10 about 3 to 4 times a year

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KingKhram@reddit

I've won twice, 1 time was £10 and the second time was 2 bars of soap and some face cream.

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VxDeva80@reddit

I won the soap too, it smelt absolutely revolting.

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fyremama@reddit

I got the recent 'prize' of seaweed socks, they smelt horrific

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miked999b@reddit

Which was best? 🤔

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max1304@reddit

Across the street (different postcode) won around £80K per ticket. One house had 3!
We joined up the following month and have had a voucher or two, <£30 in total I think

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welshgirl0987@reddit

Yes my mate won a grand.

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Tomo28@reddit

I won a Tony's Chocolate selection box. Didn't even know that was possible.

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catssocksandcoffee@reddit

A lovely friend from school won £150k a few years ago and a guy who sat behind me in my old job won around £200k. Another guy I know won £30k and my sister in law won £1k once. Meanwhile, I won a £5 gift card before Christmas, kerching.

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GBrunt@reddit

I won small prizes or cash in July, August, September, twice in November and again December last year. But before that, I hadn't won anything since August 2023.

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fyremama@reddit

Yes I have won, just a few months ago. It wasn't a life changing amount but was a nice surprise nonetheless.

Aside from the money I've also won some random things like socks, frying pans and chocolates

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Readytogo2day@reddit

Scam

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richbun@reddit

We won 3 x £15 in 2025 plus a couple of £5 evouchers.

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Altruistic_Leader_42@reddit

Won a grand during covid. Scotland.

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afrodizzy25@reddit

I played for a year and didn’t win, cancelled it a week ago.

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West_Guarantee284@reddit

Not last year, but my aunt won over 8K a few tears ago

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Ill-Appointment6494@reddit

Won a couple of £10 prizes. And two bars of soap. No idea why.

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Bobitybobboblee@reddit

My missus won a tenner

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Red_Snow94@reddit

My mate didn't win it when the rest of his street got £70K each. This was after his wife had been nagging him for weeks to set it up. Needless to say he hasn't heard the end of it.

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ErinClaymores@reddit

Don’t know anyone who has ever won more than £10, and certainly not in the last 1-2 years

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OddFox7631@reddit

I won £5 last year.

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Alarmed_Ad8463@reddit

My parents won 12 bars of Tony's Chocolooney.

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Plop-plop-fizz@reddit

Well that's worth £50 at least!

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Former_Jury_4548@reddit

Jackpot.

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Afraid_Jellyfish6718@reddit

I won 2-3 times last year. Was it worth it? No.

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Conversation__16@reddit

This is my time to shine..I won £15 last week.

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vitalical@reddit

I started in October and I've won £45! - it's cost me about £40 to play it though lol

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The_Vore@reddit

My wife won £15 on it last week, funnily enough - but has been paying for it every week for years.

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callmesociopathic@reddit

I won a tenner on the postcode lottery

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PrimNathanIOW@reddit

My mum won £1000 a couple years back. Shes also won the odd fiver here but nothing since.

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sirivsblack@reddit

My coworker won some mini hand creams

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gettin-swole@reddit

I don’t know anyone.

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Ethel-The-Aardvark@reddit

I've been playing since April 2021 and have won multiple small cash prizes (£10-£15) adding up to about £150 plus a couple of gift cards, and also won a £1000 prize in October 2021. Someone I know very well won £30,000 a couple of years ago.

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PrettyPuddyCat@reddit

My cousin won 5 figures as did a lot of people in my town, some won the jackpot as well.

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kellymacc@reddit

I won a £5 gift card recently, spent it on a posh Tesco meal deal.

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JuneauEu@reddit

Won a few tenners over the last year.

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Bill1892@reddit

3 small cash wins and a box of Hotel Chocolate choccoes in the last 18 months.

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MrRams@reddit

Twice I've won something from the gifts section, got my wife a water bottle this g that you put your hands in the keep warm and got myself a bottle that has a suction cup on the bottom so it doesn't tip over easily

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ComicsCodeMadeMeGay@reddit

I won £10 twice and a £50 gift voucher

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rookie_of-the_year@reddit

I've won £12 a couple of times, a few £5 vouchers, teabags, an oven glove and some headphones

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droneupuk@reddit

My whole estate won it a couple years ago. I didn't play it.

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Majestic-Age-9232@reddit

I was doing a construction job where the local residents hated us (tbf the machinery was goj g down their little road and it was far too small for it.) Next day they were nice as pie, turns out they had just won the jackpot on the post code lottery. Can remember how much it was but I think it was close to a million spit between 4 or 5 houses.

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mrsrsp@reddit

I won £15 in the last draw. I'm trying not to let it change me!

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Jamjamjamh@reddit

I've won jack shit

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AnotherGreenWorld1@reddit

My Mam won about £10k a few years back.

Me and my wife started about three months ago and we’ve won £5, a £10 gift card, and a twinnings tea box

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Salt-Trade-5210@reddit

I've been playing about 6 months. I also play the two prize draw gift games every day. So far I've won a £5 shopping voucher, two cash prizes of £15 each and two "gifts" worth about £50 altogether. Not too bad for a beginner!

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Mid-Pri6170@reddit

whenthefunstopsstop

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Annual-Cookie1866@reddit

Well I’ve only just discovered the daily prizes!! Thanks

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Alpaca_Tasty_Picnic@reddit

I really enjoy the games! I was delighted when they let you play the word puzzle twice a day!

Why, yes, I do need to get a life 😂😂

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DiligentCockroach700@reddit

I got a Pyrex bowl from them!

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Mid-Pri6170@reddit

a friend's parents won it. if they signed a document they'd get paid extra to be in an advert but their other son who lives with them, well lets just say he had a massive breakdown while the crew were setting up and he had to be carted off to A and E! so his parents missed out on the extra money which is funny cause it ls all they care about. he kept singing excited that knocking on your door song again and again and the production people realised 'ahh ok he's a bit unstable...' and he got uppity over that and things went a jeremy kyle..

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yunatidus@reddit

Yes, I've won £1600 and my brother won £60k.

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itsyaboi69_420@reddit

I know 3 people that won 30k

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R-Mutt1@reddit

Yeah I've had quite a few little prizes and a bloke at work won 30 grand, which is why I started playing.

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Intruder313@reddit

Yeah my mate recently celebrated a win of £15

It’s a real thing but like all lotteries it’s really not worth entering

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wendelfong@reddit

Yeah won £45k a few years ago

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technomat@reddit

I won twice £15 each time in 2025, I now live in a mansion in Monaco ;-)

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ArtisticWatch@reddit

My parents friends mum won twice. Both times over £10,000

I don't enter it personally

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SL1590@reddit

I “won” it a few times. Always shit prizes or £10 the best of the bad bunch was a Stephen Fry book that I kept for a while and then chucked out before I even read it. Not great…….

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aussieflu999@reddit

I know someone who has won over 100k twice on it

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After_Photograph_643@reddit

My parents won £84k last year. They played right from the start

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Howthehelldoido@reddit

Won £16k a few years ago.

Paid off some of the mortgage.

Rock and roll

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tehdeadmonkey@reddit

I won a box of chocolates the week I was about to cancel my subscription. That was 5 months back.

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Dazzling-Ad6085@reddit

We won some cosey socks and a pair of earrings last week. Sadly that won’t pay the mortgage inlets I sell pictures of my cosy sock covered feet

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I_waz_Perce@reddit

How do they tell you if you win something? My money goes out every month and .......

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doctorbiffgood@reddit

My mum won enough to pay for her, my sister, and 2 nieces to go to euro Disney in France for 5 days.

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Sad_Cardiologist5388@reddit

Around 500k then?

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doctorbiffgood@reddit

Spot on 😂

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rhysisreddit@reddit

Won £15 twice and an electric razor in the last 6 months

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Asoxus@reddit

I stopped playing then a few weeks later our street won the 'everyone gets £5k each' thing. Fuming.

Someone who used to live in our house obviously still plays because we received a gold envelope in the post for them. Bastards.

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Plastic_Truth3053@reddit

I’m very ashamed to say I mistakenly subscribed to this, I thought it was for three months, but they took out three payments from my account per month. I found it VERY hard to unsubscribe when I realised. I didn’t win anything

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cr4lforce@reddit

I won £15 last year

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Sltre101@reddit

Depends how you define a win… I’ve won my money back a few times and had the odd item too, got a chocolate fountain just before Christmas

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Beginning-Branch-392@reddit

My cousin won just over £83k in 2024, was £1m split between 11 neighbours!

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Zubi_Q@reddit

I've won 2 sets of £15 but that's it

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blindmelondevo@reddit

My neighbors won £60, and some water bottles and tea towels. We joined up out of nick nack jealousy

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Zaphod_79@reddit

Colleague won a few weeks ago. Had some ceremony with davina mcall (cant be bothered to check spelling). Think she won about 20k.

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gibgod@reddit

Yeah won £12 once last year. Which is one monthly payment. Feel like I’m taxed for life now though because if my street won - it would be in the local rag and I’d be gutted if I dropped out now and saw that. But at least a third goes to charity, so I feel like I’m giving a bit to charity in doing it I suppose.

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WipeMyScrumChum@reddit

i know a girl who won £325k

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Sad_Cardiologist5388@reddit

Nah never

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ACatCalledMorty@reddit

I've won £15 and a £5 voucher. You have reminded me i need to cancel it

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missmars12@reddit

£5 M&S voucher, a Tony's Chocolate bar, an Amazon Kindle from the quiz game, £15 quid. Started last June!

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TTTC123@reddit

My 7 year old talked me into joining a couple of months ago after seeing the adverts. I humoured him and thought why not and signed up. Been part of 2 draws. £12.50 a month. The first month I won a £10 Tesco voucher and the second month I won £15.

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pablohacker2@reddit

my folks won a sort of Tupperware thing you can wang in the oven.

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civil_blinger@reddit

My sister in law won £250,000 a couple of years ago. Her husband also was in the draw, but he cancelled his subscription a couple of months before, otherwise....😧

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cactusdan94@reddit

I know someone who won 25k on it

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Poethegardencrow@reddit

I know someone they won 110 k about 7 years ago.

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thunderkinder@reddit

I've won a couple of £5 vouchers in the last year and that's even playing the word game and the quiz every morning. Husband just has fomo in case ours came up and the neighbours won.

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CFDyce@reddit

My mum got a £5 M&S voucher. That god no one else in her postcode plays. Imagine splitting that prize!

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originalwombat@reddit

You wouldn’t be splitting that. Each person would get £5 per ticket. If your mum had 2 tickets she would have got a tenner. Her neighbour with three tickets £15

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CrossRoadChicken@reddit

Sometimes jokes are better left as jokes

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originalwombat@reddit

It’s not a joke. It’s a strong misconception about how the postcode lottery works. That many people share, and it stops them from playing. More players is more money for charity so happy to clear it up.

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sporops@reddit

r/wooosh

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justhereforthecrac@reddit

Won some oven gloves

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Key-Environment-4910@reddit

Me: I won twa bags. No joke

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SinsOfTheAether@reddit

I'm convinced that they chose this name to try muddle the old meaning of "winning the post code lottery" as someone who was born rich

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jakatakk08@reddit

Won a £5 voucher for Greggs 2 weeks ago!

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DeepStatic@reddit

Spent 60 quid so far, have won 45 quid (15 quid 3 times)

From what I now understand, people buy tickets for postcodes with no residential buildings as you don't need to buy them for the property you own or live in, and it means you'd be less likely to share the winnings. This seems like a better idea.

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BobMonroeFanClub@reddit

The people who live in the postcode ONE DIGIT different to ours won £30k each. The swines.

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AwkwardDuddlePucker@reddit

I win about once a year - normally enough to cover next month's ticket or a gift voucher. Still waiting for the big one 🤡

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perfectlyclear69@reddit

Mum won £1000, lucky for her as she had moved home and hadn't updated the postcode.

I have won a couple of tenners and two £5 gift cards, been playing for about five years so not great.

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Apprehensive_Plum755@reddit

My mate won £30k on it during covid, he bought a new car. Made up for him

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The_SaintXVI@reddit

My mam won some Bluetooth headphones

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dvb70@reddit

My other half won some oven gloves. I did not even know that was a possible prize.

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Annual-Cookie1866@reddit

Won £15 three times last year. It’s coming.

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Kudosnotkang@reddit

There’s a range of prizes I fairly recently looked at the odds and in no way did ininterpret it as “85% of people have won 10s of thousands of pounds” I interpreted it as a high number of people get a small prize like their monthly subscription back and then the bigger prizes are something like a postcode code per month

But yes to answer the question I do know someone that’s won over £50k on it and I’ve won lots of the crappy small prizes

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Marble-Boy@reddit

I met a guy from Birmingham when I was in Ibiza. He moved house and then got a phone call saying he'd won it at his old address. They didn't care that he'd moved house either, so he just went to get his cheque.

He finished his story and said, "I know. You've got that 'I don't believe you' look on your face. What do you want? Proof?!"

And then he pulled his phone out and pulled up a video of him getting his cheque!

Other than that? No. My nan did it for 25 years and won fk all.

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MissKLO@reddit

Yes. My friend from work won it

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whippy93@reddit

My MIL won about 35k a few years ago.

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belfast-woman-31@reddit

I have always wanted to do the postcode lottery but it’s not available in Northern Ireland 😔

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PerformerOk450@reddit

Friends uncle won £360k about 5 years ago

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Ejp81@reddit

I’ve won £10 a couple of times and a wok! There has been 2 big wins in my area

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RianJohnsonIsAFool@reddit

My gf has won some airpods and a couple of pairs of Christmas slipper socks. Don't think she's won any cash yet.

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Creative_Impact4522@reddit

No. I do not.

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MrSam52@reddit

I’ve played two months and one £15 x 2 the first month.

The 85% of players won I imagine includes the like £5 gift certificates that players can claim from time to time?

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Alundra828@reddit

I've only ever won small amounts.

BUT, my father won big once. I can't quite remember the amount as it was like over 10 years ago, but it was in the low tens of thousands I think.

He used the money to buy a car. You'll all be happy to know it was a Jaguar that broke down almost immediately, so it was a total waste of money lmao

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g33k_d4d@reddit

I won £30 on it last year

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icefrozenground@reddit

I started entering in September. In October, I won £15. In December, I won two pairs of festive slipper socks!

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louse_yer_pints@reddit

Every 3 months or so I'll get a £15 back and last year we won £1000. A few years ago before I played our postcode won the big one and everyone got like £10k or something.

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Dry_Yogurt2458@reddit

I won a pyrex dish

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TheGreatBatsby@reddit

Yeah we occasionally win £20.

My mum won about £8k a few years ago and my BIL and SIL won about £5k the same year.

Waiting for my time.

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Boro_Seadogs@reddit

2 streets over from me won the £1m street draw early 2025. Was funny to see all the fake reactions because your told how much you've won a few days prior and told to be in waiting for them to knock

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PupApophis@reddit

I used to work with a woman who won a few thousand and my parents have won the odd 10 here and there.

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bodjac89@reddit

My mate's sister won £333,333.33 (was a million split between 3 neighbours)

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raerazael@reddit

Yes, relative won £12000 or thereabouts, they have the same postcode as me, happy for them. Not happy for me.

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migoodridge@reddit

We have played this for 3 years now, total winnings £30, a book, and a £5 gift voucher.

If we stop playing, our postcode will win.

Its our donation to charity, with a small chance of winning 😀

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ConsciouslyIncomplet@reddit

I win a few times a year - maybe £25 and I won two Prizes, were you pick them from a list. Actually quite useful things.

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Which_Performance_72@reddit

My grandparents were about to move just as my grandad was hospitalised with COVID. They called off the move, someone else bought the house. 6 weeks later that house won £250,000.

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SWTransGirl@reddit

Yep. An old colleague of mine won a nice lifesaving amount.

She’d gone through the wringer, divorcing, current partner had cancer and the win allowed them to buy their home etc.

Since then, I’ve been a happy subscriber and while I’ve won small amounts since, I’m still happy with knowing my money is going to good causes.

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Party-Werewolf-4888@reddit

I won a book just before christmas. Unruly by David Mitchell.

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SuitCultural847@reddit

Isn't the postcode lottery about if a Gail's opens in your neighbourhood?

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Big-Vermicelli-6291@reddit

Won a few times small amounts plus a prize where you are allowed to select from a variety of household goods

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Standard-Still-8128@reddit

Won a few tenners an some Bluetooth earphones lol

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MattyFTM@reddit

My mates street won about £20K each. He doesn't play.

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Present-Cake2779@reddit

We have played for around 11 years and had a couple of £10s and a handling set, but we won £1000 in June, first we knew was when we checked bank and it was in there, then a couple of hours later had a gold A4 envelope through the post with the certificate. I had told my husband to cancel direct debit a couple weeks before as pointless playing, he didn’t and he never lets me forget it!

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Rhyskrispies@reddit

I’ve been playing for a year or so and have won 12 quid about 3 separate times.

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mattcannon2@reddit

My local community center opened a cafe with PL money.

It's dirt cheap and the food is great, so in a sense I have won :)

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Alternative_Job_3298@reddit

My uncle and auntie won £1000 on it just before Xmas.

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Lammyrider@reddit

Someone my wife works with won 75k

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Fantasticsquirrel55@reddit

We’ve won 3x£15,a rug and some Christmas socks in six months-more than years of doing the normal lottery.

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AdventurousTeach994@reddit

I won £1000 in November 2025. I've won a few of those dud prizes like an over tray in the past. I'm the only person in my postcode who plays- I asked neighbours after I won.

Been playing for about 3 years.

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Jeffuk88@reddit

I won 725 a few years back but it was pickmypostcode when it used to be called postcode lottery... its also free

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TheGoober87@reddit

I won £15 and a £5 Greggs voucher last month. They will include me in those winner stats.

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freckledotter@reddit

My aunt's postcode won last year. She did not.

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Slow_Cherry3571@reddit

Aunti won 5k few years back and my brother won 1k about a month ago

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YorkistRebel@reddit

Been in it a few months. Already won but from memory its still less than entrance fees so far. Better than my wife's premium bonds though.

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Linguistin229@reddit

The Postcode Lottery DD is something I so want to cancel but given it’s based on your postcode it’s so hard to! You always think well what if my postcode came up after I’d cancelled…

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miked999b@reddit

Everyone else on the street with their houses made from solid gold 🤣

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ambabeeee@reddit

Yes my sister in laws mum won £100k recently!

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excalabur1@reddit

I won a grand a few years ago just before Christmas. Got the pretend cheque through the door , checked my bank and the money was in it. Also won a few wee gifts from them.

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grazerline@reddit

I've "won" a box of chocolates and a selection of fruit teas. The only other person I know to have won was a work colleague winning £1200.

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ComprehensiveAd8815@reddit

Parents and brother won £1000 each as they live in the same street. I won a £5 greggs gift voucher for my postcode.

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SpicyNoseClams@reddit

Guy who came into my work won 500k along with his street. It was the big one so neighbouring streets got a taste too, mine got 5k. Although i missed out because i kept putting off joining.

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death-in-tipton@reddit

Relative won 25k and spent it within 2 weeks, friend won 55k and purchased a camper van. Another friend won 14 million on national lottery.

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overthesevernbridge@reddit

My mum won a few grand 8 years ago.

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MealEmbarrassed3629@reddit

My mum won £1000 back in 2018. And various fivers since. Just looked it up and she's won £15 4 times in 2025 too.

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GuiltyCredit@reddit

Recently my work won a substantial amount from the Postcode Lottery. They donate a lot to charity and as our head office was in the winning postcode we got a brilliant share.

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PaulieMcWalnuts@reddit

My postcode won it about 5 years ago (I didnt play nor ever had so cant complain) but those that got the exact postcode won about £400k (there were 2 families) and then the rest got about £7k each

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Northern_Geezer@reddit

My partner knows someone who won £300k 2-3 years ago. We've done it ever since and won several times but nothing significant

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Otterly_adorbs@reddit

We won a prize from their site once, my husbands been playing for 3 years.

That’s all he’s gotten.

We picked a Pyrex dish, and a hand cream gift set….

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Rossco1874@reddit

Pals mum won 60k she had 2 tickets so won 30k on each. Few years back stret in town won 120k

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60022151@reddit

My nan won £25k about 20 years ago.

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londongirl233@reddit

My colleague won £13,000 in 2023. Her dad lives at the same address and also played. So he won 13k as well. She bought a new bathroom, gave 1k to 3 of her children and the rest on a holiday.

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CrazyDave4@reddit

My brother and his wife won £1000 a couple of weeks ago in the weekly draw. They had a golden envelope through the letterbox. I couldn’t believe it, I feel lucky to even know someone who won more than £10 or a pair of oven gloves 😂

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Expresso_Presso@reddit

Nope. Can't enter it in Northern Ireland but we still have to suffer the adverts

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alwaysribs@reddit

Yes! He won 6 figures and it really set him up for the rest of his life. Managed to semi retire, pay off his mortgage, and threw a big party for all of his friends. Really nice man, glad he won.

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archaon6044@reddit

I win the £10 daily draw every few months, so occasionally the tickets pay for themselves, and I've won a couple of vouchers which I've never used. Never won the big money though. My assumption has always been that generally more affluent areas, like my poscode (which is not to say I'm affluent myself), can't win the big money. But in my view the point is the charity, not the winning

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IAmDyspeptic@reddit

A street I deliver to had won £1000 each. I delivered the gold envelopes.

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Stitch_Face_1982UK@reddit

I know 2 people who have won...£76k and £40k ISH if I remember right, so people do win, just not me 😂

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Interesting-Ring-305@reddit

I won 50k in 2024.

Last year I won a few £15 cash prizes and voucher prizes probably £60/£70 total.

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Buh-Bye-Driver@reddit

Got £1000 a couple months back, and a thermos coffee cup last week! Plus the occasional 10 quid here and there.

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noeuf@reddit

I gave up after winning some random stuff like an m&S voucher or biscuits.

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AxisOfAverage@reddit

Won a handful of small things; a tenner here, a free voucher there, Mrs S won some smellies.

Probably not covered what we've paid out, but there's not much in it.

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ChooChooBananaTrain@reddit

I won £1000 on it

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gingawaria@reddit

A colleague of mine won around 15k a few years back. We’ve only ever won the odd £10 and some vouchers here or there.

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metamongoose@reddit

Healthcare accessibility being overly dependent on where you live. Who knew that you could rebrand that concept!

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Bright_Tap4495@reddit

Once in the pub and an old boy was sat treating himself to a fish and chip tea.

Absolutely pissed up woman who he’d confided in about winning came through the door (from another pub): ‘SOMEONES KNOCKING AT THE DOOR 🥴’

Everyone in pub; ‘Hey Geoff have you won the postcode lottery?’

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terencejames1975@reddit

I won a posh chopping board. Well, as posh as a chopping board gets.

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pikantnasuka@reddit

Yes, she and her dad won something like £50k each apparently.

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Mr_Unbreakable_@reddit

Work colleague won around a bit over 100k couple of years ago. We never saw him again. I just heard that he paid off his mortgage 🤸

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Odins-wolf@reddit

A couple of tenners and some headphones.

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Ok-Mobile2367@reddit

Bexhill here - 3 residents in a block of flats recently split £1 million --- me a couple of £10s and vouchers. https://www.postcodelottery.co.uk/news/winners/18-october-2025-tn40-1ly-bexhill-on-sea-gbp1-million

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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit

I won some teabags, we aren't tea drinkers. I cancelled it after that.

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tayviewrun@reddit

My postcode area got the jackpot a few years ago. I got a couple of smaller prizes totalling about £2000.

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Active-Hotel1719@reddit

My own street did before we moved to it

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pr1vatepiles@reddit

I've never won any significant lump sums. But on average over the time I've been playing, the smaller payments have nearly paid for the tickets.

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Dreadheaddanski@reddit

My mum won a split between the houses down the road and ended up with like 12k or something

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originalwombat@reddit

Go on YouTube and watch the videos of the winners! Loads of people have one. I love the postcode lottery and will always talk about how great it is

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mister_barfly75@reddit

I won £4.5k on it a few years ago. Last year I won £30, three gifts from their "shop" and a couple of vouchers for Tesco.

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Business-Pie-8419@reddit

Won £10 about three times over the past, I dunno, 10 years? Kind of think I should stop entering 🤣

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BendyMonkey@reddit

A former manager of mine won 6k

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AtariSunset@reddit

Yes, I know a few people who have won small amounts but not the jackpot.

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frikadela01@reddit

Ive won a few tenners and some gift type prizes. My in-laws won 6k about 7 years ago.

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logan97s@reddit

Yes. A already wealthy restaurant owner near me who owned multiple clubs/restaurants had a lambo and a big house. Won £80k or £70k I can’t actually remember, but he hung himself last year so god knows.

He was already super wealthy so that money would be pocket change

Money goes to money

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buginarugsnug@reddit

My coworker won 12k a couple of years ago.

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ChinaPlate-Mate@reddit

No sorry, I don’t x

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Tricky_Ricky83@reddit

Yea. Postcode in my town won £179k a few years back. My cousin and next door neighbour won £4k as part of the same draw.

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Toedipper19@reddit

Won a few tenners but that’s all.

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convolutedcomplexity@reddit

My girlfriends grandmas street won. Some people 30k those with 3 tickets 100k plus

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Boredpanda31@reddit

My mum has won a couple of times. Not huge amounts, but one was maybe £1k?

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AceSouthall@reddit

Won £20 last year

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I_Wanna_Be_Sedated@reddit

My friend who lives a few streets over won one of the £200,000 ones. My postcode won £5k a year before I moved in (annoying!)

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BG3restart@reddit

My friend has won a few gifts and small amounts. She gave me two boxes of Hotel Chocolat drinking chocolate that she won because she doesn't drink it.

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Primary_Cap_4138@reddit

Yes a street near me won 100k each.

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wilddogecoding@reddit

I have won several times... Unfortunately it was either £5 or £10 and tickets were £12.50 at the time so I never made any money back and I would imagine that is why so many people win

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Dr_Gillian_McQueef@reddit

I won't 2x £15 in December

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JudgePrestigious5295@reddit

Won a.tenner a couple of times.

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AlGunner@reddit

My FIL won in his 60's

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desertdodo123@reddit

i don’t know them, but my friend from work’s step-mam won last year. i think it was £250k

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Doogle300@reddit

My mum won a baking tray. Does that count?

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Pieboy8@reddit

I've won 3 prizes of varying quality. 2x £10 1x£25

And then 1 x £1000 which came as an A4 sized cheque in a golden envelope

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Baby8227@reddit

Yes, a whole £10. That way they can say we ‘won’.

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cloudylemo@reddit

Yes, I know and mother and daughter who live on the same street, they won’t £45k each. Daughter moved house and the mother took the family to Disneyland.

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Fancy-Licker-66UK@reddit

My wife won £8000 about 3 years ago 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😎

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anomalous_cowherd@reddit

I won three or four times, all small prizes - from gift vouchers for e.g. Greggs up to £20 IIRC. The Postcode Lottery acts as an umbrella for many small organisations lotteries with a few high-value ones to draw people in.

I just checked my emails: 11 prizes since 2023 when I joined. Nothing life changing, but a nice surprise when it happens. And helping out good causes, of course.

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monpellierre2805@reddit

A girl at work won about 12k in 2024.

I won £10 voucher last year

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Sleepyllama23@reddit

Yes. A close family member won £60k as they had two tickets. Very nice when they were going through a difficult time at the time

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Alternative_Route@reddit

Yep, know a village that won.

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Montymum@reddit

Mate at work won 5k a few years ago. Never heard of anyone else winning

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massie_le@reddit

Yes but it was less than £50

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TheLadyHelena@reddit

Someone in my street won it a few years ago - I don't play it, sadly. My next door neighbour and I were chatting outside when the film crew came down the street to do the 'surprise' knock on the door with a big cheque.

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Breaking-Dad-@reddit

Yes. We won twice. Some tea bags and I can’t even remember the other one.

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Significant_Return_2@reddit

The people on the other side of my street won £5k each last year.

Unfortunately, it’s a different postcode on the other side of my street. Boo…

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I got a few tenners, and a l'occitane hand creme set.

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