A number of postcodes in Dorset won thousands of pounds in the People's Postcode Lottery during September 2024.

Multiple streets across the county scooped prizes after their postcodes came out in the draw.

The People’s Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery which aims to raise money for charities while also bringing cash prizes to homes across the UK.

Every day from Monday to Friday there are £1,000 prizes to be won for 20 different postcodes around the UK.

Meanwhile, on Saturdays, players could win a share of £1 million, and on Sundays, players could each win £30,000.

The People's Postcode Lottery website adds: "Every month players in a postcode sector share £3.2 Million or more. In this example, £1.6 Million of this will be shared equally by tickets playing with the winning postcode, with the other £1.6 Million being shared equally by tickets playing with the winning postcode sector.

"On the rare occasion where there are not enough winning tickets in the postcode sector, the area may be expanded to the postcode district."

A minimum of 33 per cent from each ticket goes to charity and players have raised more than £1.3 billion for over 9,000 charities and good causes since 2005.

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Dorset September 2024 Postcode Lottery winners

Here are all the Dorset winners of the Postcode Lottery in September 2024 listed by when they were drawn:

  • BH19 1LE – Swanage (drawn on September 4th)
  • BH21 4JN – Wimborne (drawn on September 9th)
  • DT9 6PH – Sherborne (drawn on September 12th
  • BH12 4LF – Poole (drawn on September 14th)
  • SP7 8TU – Shaftesbury (drawn on September 16th)
  • BH12 3NP – Poole (drawn on September 18th)
  • BH21 3XE – Wimborne (drawn on September 23rd)
  • BH9 3AE - Bournemouth (drawn on September 25th)

All of the Dorset winners for this month picked up £1,000 prizes during the week, except for the BH12 4LF postcode which won the Millionaire Street draw on September 14th.

This is where all the tickets in this postcode win a share of £1million.

One of those winners was NHS worker Amy House who was presented with a cheque for £250,000.

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Amy, who works in a maternity ward, said the win could help to speed up the completion of an extension to her and husband Tom’s home.

Speaking on the win, the mum of one said: “Oh my goodness. Is this a dream? I told myself it might be ten, twenty, thirty maybe.. I never expected six figures.

“We did talk about a campervan. Maybe that would be something we’d look at just so we can go off odd weekends with our little boy somewhere and have a bit of a break from the extension, which might be finished.”