The Overgate Hospice Lottery is a draw which takes place every week. Each ticket gives you the chance of winning one of our 9 fantastic cash prizes. Each entry costs just £1.

A lottery is a fun and engaging way for us to raise funds. The lottery is promoted and run to help raise essential funds for Overgate Hospice, the beneficiary charity. 100% of the profits from the lottery go to Overgate Hospice.

Yes, every £1 entry has an equal chance of winning, and the winning numbers are drawn at random.

You must be aged 16 or over to enter the lottery.

• Jackpot £750
• 2nd Prize £100
• 3rd Prize £75
• 4th Prize £50
• Plus 5 prizes of £5

Overgate Hospice receives a minimum of 58% of all proceeds from the lottery, which is spent on our good cause work. 30% of lottery proceeds is spent on prizes and 12% on expenses.*

* Figures based on average for the 2023 financial year.

Based on the average entries for Q1 2024, There is roughly a 1 in 378 chance of winning a prize in the Overgate Hospice Lottery every week.

You can buy tickets through our website by setting up a Direct Debit lottery subscription, which is the easiest way to ensure you’re entered into the draw each week.

Alternatively, you can telephone us on 0370 300 1203 and we would be happy to send you an entry form.

The monthly cost breakdown of £4.34 for playing the lottery is based on paying £1 per week over a 52 week year. Direct debits are only collected once monthly. Sometimes there will be five weeks in a month and the additional £0.34p is to build up credit to cover the fifth week on the five-week months.

Yes, you can have as many entries as you’d like. Each £1 entry buys you one ‘chance’ of winning in our lottery. In accordance with our commitment to responsible gambling, we offer a maximum of 20 entries each month per person.

Unfortunately, we cannot claim Gift Aid on funds raised through the lottery.

No. These are chosen randomly and will be your numbers for the duration of your membership of our lottery. When you enter the lottery, you will be sent your unique numbers.

Within 21 days of registration you will receive a confirmation letter which contains details of your unique lottery number(s) and the date of the first draw your tickets are entered into. You will be entered into the draw when you have monies available and you will continue to be entered into the draw as long as you have monies available against your lottery number.

Following registration it is necessary to complete a number of administrative processes which include verifying your payment details with your bank, claiming the funds from your bank account and the funds being received.

When taking payments Overgate Hospice use a secure payments system provided by our External Lottery Manager, Sterling Management Centre Limited. This ensures your details are taken in a safe and secure manner when you enter the lottery online.

You can play our lottery for as long as you wish. Following successful payment you will continue to be entered into the draw as long as you have monies available against your number.

Once the draw has taken place, winners are notified by post, and the winners’ names and numbers are published on our website.

If you are a winner, we will send your winning cheque straight to you at your address – there’s no need for you to claim.

If you would like us to re-send your lottery numbers to you, please call our helpline on 0370 300 1203.

You can cancel your membership by calling the Lottery Helpline on 0370 300 1203 or email us at fundraising@overgatehospice.nhs.uk and we will advise you further.

The lottery rules are available on our website. The purpose of these rules is to ensure you are informed about the terms of playing our lottery, and to promote responsible gambling.

Responsible gambling means staying in control of how much time and money we spend on gambling. Responsible gambling means not spending more money or time than we can reasonably afford on gambling activities, keeping in mind all our other responsibilities in life.

To speak to someone about a gambling problem contact the Gamble Aware confidential helpline on 0808 8020 133 or visit their website www.gambleaware.org for further information.

If you have any concerns, please get in touch with us by calling the Lottery Helpline on 0370 300 1203 or email us at fundraising@overgatehospice.nhs.uk and we will endeavour to answer any queries you may have.

Yes, we operate in compliance with all Gambling Commission (the UK regulatory body concerned with lotteries) requirements and the lottery is administered by a certified External Lottery Manager. For further information please see our rules page.

For questions about the lottery or your lottery membership, please call our Lottery Helpline: 0370 300 1203 (Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm).

Alternatively, please email us at fundraising@overgatehospice.nhs.uk