Altham residents' joy after People's Postcode Lottery win

There was Postcode Lottery joy for residents of Altham today <i>(Image: Google Maps/Archive)</i>
There was Postcode Lottery joy for residents of Altham today (Image: Google Maps/Archive)
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Residents of an East Lancashire village are £1,000 richer following their success in the People's Postcode Lottery.

The winning ticket on Thursday (October 31) was in Altham, and those with a ticket and a BB5 5UL postcode were awarded the prize in the daily draw.

Subscriptions to the postcode lottery support a range of charities across the UK, with a minimum of 33 per cent of the ticket prices going to charity.

The People’s Postcode Lottery manages lotteries for 20 charities, with each one having one draw a month.

The lottery is hugely popular nationally and supports "a wide range of charities and good causes across Britain and around the world".

To date, they’ve provided more than £1.1 billion in funding which is helping thousands of organisations and projects.

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