How our lottery works

It costs a £1 per entry per week for each draw. You'll receive a unique membership number which will automatically be entered into our weekly draw provided you have at least £1 credit remaining on your membership.

Every Friday, 52 weeks per year, a computerised draw takes place. The draw computer enters the six digit draw numbers into the draw for each ticket that is in credit. The computer randomly selects one of these numbers for each of the prizes. The prizes are drawn in order of prize value. Once a number is drawn, it is removed from the draw for the remaining prizes that week.

If you are a winner, there is no need to claim your prize – cheques are automatically printed and posted to you. 

• 1st  prize = £1,000 
• 2nd prize = £250 
• 3rd prize = £100 
• 10 prizes of £10 
• 10 prizes of £5

Winning numbers are published weekly on our results page.

There are 52 draws in the year and in order to collect by Direct Debit in 12 equal monthly instalments we need to collect £4.34 per month per play.

Some years have 53 weeks in the year, the extra £2 on your first payment acts as a buffer ensuring your ticket remains in credit and does not miss any of the weekly draws.

No – if you do not have any funds in your account you simply do not get entered into the draw. If you pay by Direct Debit your account is automatically renewed and in credit unless you cancel. If you cancel your Direct Debit your ticket will continue to be entered into the draw until any remaining funds run out.

If you pay by debit card or cheque, when your account gets down to £4, we will write to you to remind you to top up your membership to ensure you continue to be entered into the weekly draw.  

All profits from the Julia’s House Lottery go directly towards funding our service, which offers care for life-limited children and support for their families, at no cost to them.  

In 2022, 64% of lottery proceeds- £366,156 – went back to the charity to provide vital care, 14% was spent on prize money and 22% on expenses such as administration and marketing the lottery.

You have a 1 in 468 chance of winning one of our weekly prizes (correct as of 25/01/2023).

It’s easy to join the Julia’s House Lottery. You can either join on our website or call 01202 644220 to speak to us. We will be happy to take your details and go through the joining process with you over the phone.

It costs just £1 each week to play our lottery. The easiest way to pay is by Direct Debit and you can join on our website.

Players must be aged 16 years old or over. See our full Terms and Conditions.

Every Friday we draw 23 unique winning Lottery numbers at random. Unless this falls on a bank holiday at which time the draw will be carried out the next working day.

You can pay for the lottery by debit card. We are not able to accept payment by credit card for our weekly lottery.

Yes you can pay by cheque, you can download the cheque payment form or contact us on 01202 644220 or via email lottery@juliashouse.org and we will send you the form in the post to complete and return to us with your cheque.

You will receive a welcome pack containing your unique six digit lottery number(s) by post in the next few weeks. This will include full details of your Direct Debit payment plan if you have chosen to pay in this way.

If you’ve moved house or changed your contact details please contact us on 01202 644220 or email us at lottery@juliashouse.org and we will update our records with your correct details.

If your bank details have changed please contact us on 01202 644220 or email us at lottery@juliashouse.org and we will update our records with your new bank details.

Online you can purchase up to two lottery tickets. If you would like to purchase more than two lottery tickets, please contact us on 01202 644220 or email us at lottery@juliashouse.org.

Your unique lottery number(s) are static and are allocated by our system when you join the lottery. You will have received your lottery number(s) in your welcome pack. If you have lost your welcome pack letter with your lottery number(s) on and would like these to be re-confirmed, please contact us on 01202 644220 or email lottery@juliashouse.org. We will always contact you if you are a winner and the prize cheques are posted out on the day of the draw so there is no need to claim your prize.

Yes lottery gift vouchers can be purchased; ideal for: birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, weddings, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or a just a simple thank you. If you would like to purchase a lottery gift voucher, please contact us on 01202 644220 or email us at lottery@juliashouse.org

We have a dedicated team of canvassers working on our behalf across Dorset and Wiltshire helping to recruit new members to our lottery. We use specialist canvassing companies to provide skilled lottery fundraisers to represent us. We do not use canvassing companies who sub contract. You may see them at venues across Dorset and Wiltshire and they also carry out door-to-door canvassing across the two counties.

Our canvassers wear an ID badge and branded clothing. However, if you wish to check that a canvasser is representing Julia’s House or have any feedback for us, please call 01202 644220 or email lottery@juliashouse.org

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Emily is our door to door canvasser covering the Wiltshire area.

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Mike is our venue canvasser covering venues such as supermarkets and garden centres across Dorset.

Yes – The Julia's House Lottery is licensed by the Gambling Commission under account number 39939.

Please view our social responsibility in gambling policy. If you would like to request a self-exclusion from gambling, please download our form.

Download Self-Exclusion Form

Please view our terms and conditions.

At no time will Julia’s House pass your personal information on to any third party without your express permission other than when obliged to do so by legislation at that time in force and then only with the express authority of the Chief Executive. For more details see our privacy policy.

If you’d like to change the way we keep in touch with you please call us on 01202 644220 or email lottery@juliashouse.org and we will update our records with your chosen preferences.

If you need to cancel your lottery membership, please call us on 01202 644220 or email us at lottery@juliashouse.org

If we haven’t answered all your queries here, please contact us on 01202 644220 or email us at lottery@juliashouse.org, we’d love to hear from you.