Postcode Lottery supports Right To Play

Postcode Lottery makes winning even more meaningful. When you take part in the Postcode Lottery, you get new chances to win every day. At the same time, you support Right To Play and 22 other charitable organizations. Together, we’re creating a better world!

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Every single day, someone wins in the Postcode Lottery. But it’s not just the ticket holders who win - at least 50 percent of the lottery’s revenue goes to Right To Play and 22 other charitable causes. Photo: Postcode Lottery.

Post code lottery is a lottery where you buy tickets together with your neighbors, win together with your neighbors - and help make the world a better place together with your neighbors.

Each year, at least 50 percent of the lottery’s revenue goes to good causes. So far, Norwegian non-profit organizations have received more than NOK 600 million - thanks to the postcodes and all the people who live in them.

There Is Always Someone Winning

A ticket costs NOK 200 per month and gives you new chances to win every single day. But it’s not just you who has the opportunity to win. Every ticket also generates support for Right To Play. That means you can participate and win with the world’s best conscience.

The funds from post code lottery are not earmarked. This means we can use the money where it is needed most and where it will have the greatest impact. That makes the lottery quite unique and the funding especially valuable to us.

Since the Postcode Lottery launched in Norway in 2018, WWF Verdens naturfond and SOS-barnebyer have together received more than NOK 600 million. From March 1, Right To Play will also become part of the Postcode Lottery, and we are excited to welcome Tom and Jorun with the first check with our name on it.

How the Postcode Lottery Works

It’s easy to participate in the Postcode Lottery. Simply enter your address at postkodelotteriet.no, choose your payment method - and you’re in. Since the lottery operates as a subscription, your ticket renews every month automatically. That way, you never miss a chance to win.

The Postcode Lottery divides all postal codes into smaller “postcodes.” Your postcode consists of the four digits of your postal code plus two letters identifying a specific street, road, or area within that postal code.

If your postal code wins, the prize is shared among all tickets within that postal code. If your specific postcode wins, the prize is shared among all tickets within that postcode. Either way, you win together with your neighbors- who also hold tickets.

An Important Contribution

Every single ticket holder, every postcode, and every neighborhood also contributes to something bigger. At least 50 percent of the lottery’s revenue - after prizes are paid out - goes to charitable causes.

For Right To Play, these funds will mean reaching even more children and young people living in vulnerable communities.

Right To Play is a global organization focused on education and play-based learning in a development context. Through play-based learning, Right To Play helps protect, educate, and empower children and young people in vulnerable areas, equipping them to shape their own futures.

Facts About the Postcode Lottery

  • The Postcode Lottery operates today in the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Norway. Together, the five lotteries have donated more than NOK 150 billion to charitable organizations, making them one of the world’s largest private donors to good causes.
  • The Postcode Lottery launched in Norway in 2018 to support non-profit organizations working to create a better world for people, animals, and nature.
  • The lottery’s purpose is to raise funds for charitable causes and increase awareness of the important work these organizations do.
  • So far, the Postcode Lottery has contributed more than NOK 600 million to charitable causes, thanks to everyone who purchases tickets.
  • The Postcode Lottery operates under a license from the Norwegian Gaming Authority together with 23 charitable organizations. Under current regulations, the lottery may not generate more than NOK 410 million in annual revenue, which limits its ability to increase support to partner organizations.