Postcode lottery
Together for a better world!
The Postcode Lottery makes winning extra special. When you participate in the Postcode Lottery, you get new chances to win every day. At the same time, you support Caritas Norway and 22 other non-profit organizations. Together we create a better world!
The Postcode Lottery is a lottery where you buy tickets together with your neighbors, win together with your neighbors – and help make the world a better place together with your neighbors. Every year, at least 50 percent of the lottery's revenue goes to good causes. So far, Norwegian non-profit organizations have received more than 600 million kroner – thanks to the postcodes and all the people who live in them.
There is always someone who wins.
A ticket costs 200 kroner a month and gives you new chances to win every single day. But you're not the only one who has the chance to win. Every single ticket gives you a prize for Caritas Norway. This way you can both participate and win with the best conscience in the world.
The money from the Postcode Lottery is not earmarked. This means that we can always use the money where it is most urgent and where it will be most useful. This makes the lottery quite unique, and it makes the money from the lottery extra valuable to us. This is because Caritas Norway's local partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America are already present and can respond quickly when a crisis arises. In a time of increasing humanitarian needs and aid cuts, we know that working through local partners is not only the most effective way to reach people in need, but also the only sustainable approach for the future.
Since the Postcode Lottery started in 2018, WWF and SOS Children's Villages have received more than 600 million kroner in total. From March 1, Caritas Norway will also be part of the Postcode Lottery, and we are looking forward to Tom and Jorun coming to visit with the first check with our name on it.
It's easy to participate in the Postkodelotteriet. You just need to enter your address at postkodelotteriet.no , choose a payment method – and you're good to go. Since the lottery is a subscription, your ticket is also automatically renewed every month. That way, you never miss a chance to win.
Read more at postkodelotteriet.no/info
The Postcode Lottery has divided all postcodes into postcodes. Your postcode consists of four digits for your postcode and two letters that indicate a street, road or area within the postcode. If you win a postcode prize, the prize is shared among all tickets in the postcode. If you win a postcode prize, the prize is shared among all tickets in the postcode. But in any case, you win together with your neighbours – who also have tickets.
But every single ticket buyer, every single zip code and every single neighborhood also contributes to something bigger. At least 50 percent of the lottery's revenue after prizes are paid out goes to good causes.
- The Postcode Lottery is currently available in the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany and Norway. The five lotteries have collectively given away more than NOK 150 billion to non-profit organizations, making them by far one of the world's largest private donors to good causes.
- The Postcode Lottery started in Norway in 2018 to support nonprofit organizations that work for a better world for people, animals and nature.
- The purpose of the postcode lottery is to raise money for good causes and help raise awareness about the important work these organizations do.
- To date, the Postcode Lottery has contributed more than NOK 600 million to good causes, thanks to everyone who buys tickets.
- The Postcode Lottery is licensed by the Norwegian Lottery Authority along with 23 non-profit organizations. According to current regulations, the lottery cannot have a turnover of more than NOK 410 million per year, which limits the lottery's ability to increase support for the organizations.