THIRTEEN lucky residents have walked away with a share of an incredible £345,000 in the last four years thanks to the People's Postcode Lottery.
All of the lucky winners have managed to bag themselves £30,000 or £25,000 each, just by taking part in the subscription lottery draw.
The People's Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery that raises money for charity whilst also giving out cash prizes to subscribers.
Players who sign up must pay £10 per month and are then automatically entered into every draw and prizes are announced every day of the year.
One postcode in Colchester landed three residents £30,000 each back in 2017.
The Halstead Road neighbours, who all played with the postcode CO3 9AF, scooped the cash.
Film cameras surprised Philip Gunton while he was working at H Gunton grocers in Crouch Street, Colchester, with a cheque for the enviable amount.
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Mr Gunton said the win left him feeling, “elated, happy and richer”.
Back in 2018 Catherine Brunner also scooped a £30,000 prize when her CO3 postcode, was announced as the winner of the Street Prize.
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The mum-of-three said: “It’s hard to comprehend what’s just happened but it’s a very lovely surprise." She planned to spend the money to return on holiday to Hong Kong, where she lived for three years.
And nine neighbours were left celebrating the same year when they scooped £25,000 each.
The lucky lot live in Suffolk Avenue, in West Mersea, and were visited after CO5 8ER was drawn
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Retiree Patricia Welham was with husband, John, when she discovered how much she had won.
She said: “This is just marvellous and has come at such a great time as we’re planning on building a conservatory, so now that’s completely taken care of."
But the luck didn’t end there for the 74-year-old, who was also picked out of the hat to win a new BMW.
The People's Postcode Lottery is also famous for their £3million postcode draw which gets shared across the number of tickets in the postcode that entered.
What would you spend the money on if you won big with the People's Postcode Lottery? Let us know in the comments.
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