If you are 18 years of age or over and you live in Great Britain, you can play our lottery.

Each lottery entry costs £1 per week.

• Online here
• Call us on 01543 434020
• Complete the form on a lottery leaflet, available at hospice receptions, hospice shops and other selected outlets (regular weekly play only)
• Via your employer’s payroll department if they are signed up to ‘Play as you earn’ (regular weekly play only)
• St Giles Hospice retail shops (one-off tickets)

For regular plays, once we have received and processed a lottery application, you will receive a confirmation letter with your unique lottery number and Promise Card.

For one-off plays you will receive a lottery ticket at the point of sale or by email before the draw if purchased online.

For single ticket sales in St Giles Hospice shops, you will receive a ticket in-store at point of sale.

Please note, we do not accept online or telephone credit card payments for lottery or raffle due to new gambling legislation introduced in April 2020.

Identification of Lottery Representatives

All of our representatives wear a uniform and have identification cards which should be clearly visible and include a photograph and name.

If you are unsure of a caller’s identity, do not give out any personal details or payment.  Genuine lottery representatives are happy to call back once you have verified their identity by contacting the lottery office.

If you believe you have been visited by a bogus caller, please contact your local Police immediately and also advise us as soon as possible on 01543 434020.

Additional information about current canvassing areas and caller identification is available on our website.

Each lottery player is allocated a unique lottery number.

The only numbers that go into the draw are the lottery numbers that have been paid for each week and all have an equal chance of winning a prize, including the rollover. The rollover has a % chance of being won each week.

Winners are selected by a Random Number Generator in our lottery software (donorflex lottery), which is fully licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission to ensure the draw is run legally and fairly.  The donorflex random number generator has been independently tested, using a variety of industry-standard statistical tests and carried out by an independent Gambling Commission approved test house.

Rollover:  £1,000 added each week up to a maximum £20,000*

155 weekly guaranteed prizes:

1st Prize:  £1,000 guaranteed weekly jackpot
2nd Prize: £100
3rd Prize:  £50 x 3
Plus 150 prizes of £5 St Giles Hospice Vouchers

*Rollover – our rollover prize starts at £1,000.  If this prize is not won it will be rolled over to the following week, up to maximum of £20,000.

You can check the weekly winning numbers here

For regular players in our weekly draw – there is no need to claim if you have won a prize.  Any winnings will be sent out automatically by post, normally within 10 working days of the draw. We will attempt to contact jackpot prize winners by telephone and winnings may be requested to be paid by bank transfer.

For players who have bought single tickets (one-off plays) – it is your responsibility to check to see if your number has won and return a completed ticket to claim a prize. Photocopies, scanned, damaged or defaced tickets will not be accepted and no prizes will be paid out for lost tickets. We do not take responsibility for tickets lost in the post. For details of how to claim a prize contact the Lottery Office by calling 01543 434020 or emailing lott@stgileshospice.com
We do not recommend visiting in person without prior appointment, as Lottery Office hours differ to the main hospice.

For one-off tickets purchased in shops, ticket barcodes can also be checked by scanning at the till.

Any prizes not claimed within 6 months of the draw date will be taken as a donation to St Giles.

The likelihood of winning a prize in our weekly lottery is 1 in 145 (as at November 2024).

The £1,000 weekly rollover has a % chance of being won set within the lottery software we use to run the weekly draw. As the rollover has a % chance of being won, it could be won in any week.  If the rollover amount gets up to the maximum £20,000, it will revert to be a guaranteed prize that week. The current rollover amount is updated on our website after each weekly draw and can be checked upon request at point of sale of one-off tickets. In 2023, there were 5 rollover winners during the year and the rollover was won at varying amounts of £1,000, £2,000, £11,000, £13,000 and £16,000.

All of the profits from our weekly lottery are paid to St Giles Hospice (Registered Charity 509014) after we have deduced the lottery running costs and weekly prizes, some of which are kindly donated back to the hospice.

In 2020/21 we were able to pass an amazing £721,859 over to St Giles Hospice, providing vital support for local people and their families living with a terminal illness.  This equates to 52% of our total lottery income, after the deduction of prizes (13%) and expenses (35%). We always try to keep our costs to a minimum to ensure we raise as much as we can for the hospice and the 52% paid to St Giles is more than double the legal minimum of 20% of proceeds for a charity lottery like ours.

Since it started in 1997, our lottery players have raised over £20 million for St Giles, providing vital care for local people and their families living with a terminal illness.

By playing our lottery, you are helping us to continue to be there for local people and their loved ones when they need us.

Your support matters. Thank you.

Full Terms and conditions here.

St Giles Hospice (Promotions) Limited T/A St Giles Hospice Lottery is a wholly owned subsidiary of St Giles Hospice and all profits go to St Giles Hospice (Registered Charity No. 509014).

The lottery is licensed by the Gambling Commission under account number 4914. Responsible Persons: Elinor Eustace and Emma Yates.