The maximum amount of lottery entries you can have per week is 10.

For our rollover each week, a random 6 digit number is drawn. If nobody has this number then the rollover pot increases by £200. If a winner hasn't been chosen by the time the rollover pot reaches £10,000, then we will draw a random confirmed lottery number, who will win the £10,000!

No. Every entry into the draw is automatically allocated a unique lottery number. The odds of winning are fair and equal for every number. Once a number is allocated to a player it cannot be allocated again to another player.

The monthly cost breakdown of £4.34 for playing the lottery is based on paying £1 per week over a 52 week year. Direct debits are only collected once monthly. Sometimes there will be five weeks in a month and the additional £0.34p per entry is to build up credit to cover the fifth week on these five-week months.

Unfortunately, as with any charity fundraising lottery, entries are not eligible for Gift Aid. We can, however, claim Gift Aid on donations.

To make a one-off cash donation for Thames Hospice please click here.

In the financial year 2024/25, Thames Hospice Lottery received £1,028,698 in ticket sales. 6.3% was spent on prizes, 11.2% was spent on administration, 34.4% was reinvested into growing our lottery programme to raise even more money and 48.1% went directly to the Hospice to fund care and services to patients and families.

Our prizes are awarded by random number generator, 31 prizes are won every week, including our £1,000 jackpot. The chances of winning depend on the number in the draw. In October 2025 there was around a 1 in 625 chance of winning a prize each week.

Lottery membership can be cancelled at any time by notifying Thames Hospice in writing, to: 

• Thames Hospice Weekly Lottery, Thames Hospice, Windsor Road, Maidenhead, SL6 2DN

Or by calling our lottery hotline on:

• 0370 050 1694

Or by emailing us at:

• lottery@thameshospice.org.uk

From 15 October 2025, If you're a Direct Debit player, your prize will be paid directly into the bank account you pay from. All other winners are sent their prizes automatically in the post, so there's no need to claim.

Additionally, you can find the latest list of winners here  - this list is updated every Friday afternoon.

To join the Thames Hospice Weekly Lottery, you must be at least 18 years old.

Any complaints relating to the lottery should be sent in writing to Thames Hospice giving full details of the complaint and supporting documentation. You can also view our Lottery Complaints Procedure here.

No, we are not part of Macmillan or any of the other national charities such as Sue Ryder and we don't currently receive any funding from them. We are an independent local charity, set up to specifically respond to the needs of patients and families in our local area.