LotterySK is celebrating its second anniversary with a £25,000 jackpot win for one lucky player.
It’s the second time that a Grantham ticket holder has scooped the big prize following a jackpot win in South Kesteven District Council’s first ever LotterySK draw in October 2018.
The latest winner, who wished to remain anonymous, supports SKDC’s Community Fund, where lottery ticket income has so far amounted to £37,000 for distribution to good causes.
He said he supported LotterySK because the chances of winning were better than the National Lottery, and added:
“I had a run of back luck with work last year that put a strain on me financially, so the win is most welcome. LotterySK also directly benefits the community we live in and I chose to support SKDC’s fund as it seemed the best and fairest option.”
The total won by ticket holders now stands at more than £94,000 since the launch, while LotterySK has also proved a lifeline for good causes as the Coronavirus halted other fundraising opportunities.
Ticket sales that were holding steady have, in fact, increased slightly in recent weeks, promising to deliver in excess of £70,000 to 110 charities and good causes across the district this year – and taking the amount raised to more than £133,000 since the launch.
“I am so proud of how much money the lottery has raised for all those amazing good causes who have signed up. Regular income is vital for charities and organisations at the moment when so much fund raising has been curtailed or is proving impossible because of pandemic restrictions.
“Please sign up if you have not yet done so, and please keep buying tickets to support local good causes.”
SKDC is celebrating the second anniversary with a week of online spotlights and a video on beneficiaries and how to play and join LotterySK.
Chair Katie Bennington, who has helped raise more than £7,000 from supporter ticket sales since the launch, said: “Since March we have been solely reliant on income from LotterySK. It’s the only fundraising that has kept going during lockdown as all our normal events have not been possible.
“We are receiving between £400 and £500 every month from ticket income and, in the current circumstances, that’s just phenomenal. We use social media a lot and we’re very transparent, setting targets and identifying exactly what we are fundraising for.”
Keeping it in the family, Katie’s sister Lucy Moore recently registered Dancepointe with LotterySK and the Grantham dance studio, owned by Rosie Johnson, has already enjoyed valuable extra income.
SKDC is celebrating the second anniversary with a week of online spotlights on beneficiary good causes and videos on how to play LotterySK.
Lucy, whose daughter dances and helps in the café, said: “We are delighted with the amount we have raised in just a few months. We have had restricted income since the lockdown in March and LotterySK has helped a lot in covering our running costs.
“We re-opened classes in August with reduced numbers of pupils in bubbles to comply with Coronavirus guidelines. Our next funding target is for new costumes and equipment.”
It has since gone from strength to strength and is in the top ten performers of the 80 live lotteries managed by specialist Gatherwell.
Company Managing Director, Ben Speare. said: “As an external lottery operator we have never seen such a fantastic start to a community lottery. The response to LotterySK has been amazing and it’s wonderful to see the number and range of good causes that are benefiting from ticket sales every single week.”
Nominated good causes receive 50p for every £1 ticket sold – more than twice the amount raised by the National Lottery – with the chance of a £25,000 top prize in every weekly draw.
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