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AIBU to ask you about the postcode lottery?

32 replies

Yambabe · 21/03/2019 18:57

Are you in it? Have you won anything?

We signed up today, going to give it a go for 6 months. DH seems to think we will be winning a significant but not life-changing amount od cash pretty much any day now, I am a bit more skeptical.

They seem somewhat evasive about how they actually go about picking postcodes, and also about the actual odds of winning anything.

On the other hand we can afford £10 per month so why not?

OP posts:
CatGoals · 21/03/2019 19:12

Watching with interest, we signed up yesterday!

Baby1onboard11 · 21/03/2019 19:24

Have you searched the winning results? Our postcode comes up roughly 1 in every 3 months

itsnotso · 21/03/2019 19:29

Was in it for 2 years, won £30.

Vanillamanilla1 · 21/03/2019 19:31

I was in it for a couple years . Won fuck all
Shame as I could've better spent the £500 but it's the chance you take ..it's a lottery ..

Ambi · 21/03/2019 19:32

Wasn't worth it for us, better to put it in a savings account and win £120 a year.

Bussells · 21/03/2019 19:33

I’ve won about £50 in three years

ChorleyFMcominginyourears · 21/03/2019 19:43

I wasnt in mine and the first half of our postcode came up and the few people that were in it won around 13k

bridgetreilly · 21/03/2019 19:44

Only 3 other people live in my postcode, so I've definitely thought about it...

But I suspect that just means they would never ever pick my postcode.

Livelovebehappy · 21/03/2019 19:47

I’ve been in it 3 years and won four lots of £10. Keep saying I’m going to cancel but then think ‘what if??..’ and so on it goes. Guess if you break it down it’s £2.50 a week - price of a cup of coffee, so no real hardship.

ems137 · 21/03/2019 20:04

I've won 2 x £10 in 2 years 🙄 I keep meaning to cancel it but then chicken out because I would kick myself if we won the week after or something!

Treezylover · 21/03/2019 20:22

We won 25k last year. Thought the phone call about a golden envelope was a scam but it wasn’t!

PissOffPeppa · 21/03/2019 20:23

My friend won 12k on it a couple of years back

Whatjusthappenedthere · 21/03/2019 20:27

We joined when a friend of my DH who lived aroubd the corner won 350,000 pounds. Been signed up for four years and have won 20 pounds.

CatGoals · 02/04/2019 19:35

I joined last month but I'm not a millionaire yet!!

tinytemper66 · 02/04/2019 19:42

Won about£30 in four years

Snuffalo · 02/04/2019 19:51

I didn’t even know this was a real thing, I thought it just referred to different standards of NHS treatment in different parts of the country. If this is actually a lottery, well, it’s an idiot tax just like any other form of gambling. Buy a book every month with your £10.

onthenaughtystepagain · 02/04/2019 19:53

I know someone who won £5000!

tor8181 · 02/04/2019 19:53

started nov/dec 2018 and won 10 pound last week

first time though

cricketballs3 · 02/04/2019 19:57

Been in it about 8 months, won £10 first month, nothing since however given the tight legislation surrounding lotteries in the UK I do trust it's run above board so I'm happy to take a punt

PinkiOcelot · 02/04/2019 19:57

I’ve been in it for a couple of months now. No winnings yet.

Yousicktwistedfruit · 02/04/2019 19:59

I joined and won absolutely nothing I just wasted money on it

40andfeelingit · 02/04/2019 20:18

Started it last month, won a grand last week 🥳

JellyNo15 · 02/04/2019 20:35

My sil won a grand after a couple of years

Treezylover · 02/04/2019 20:40

@snuffalo, it’s impressive to admit you don’t know anything about something and then make a statement about it, really.

The postcode lottery donates massive amounts to charity, in Lancaster the monthly win was announced at the time of a huge flood and they donated to the flood relief campaign, they also donate to small grassroots charities all over the uk. If I don’t win a tenner one week at least I know I’m donating to good causes.

bodgersmash · 02/04/2019 20:46

Won £10 twice in 2-3 years of being part. Joined as I know two people who have won several thousand pounds on it. Keep wanting to cancel like PP but worry our postcode would come up the following month and we'd be gutted. We also accidentally signed up twice so we pay £20 a month and don't want to cancel one of them for the same reason. So frustrating!

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