The People's Postcode Lottery has raised the price of tickets again, according to major media reports. 50. This represents the third time the subscription-based lottery has increased its prices.
25 only last year, and before that, it was increased from £10 to £12 in 2023. The price increase is due to come into place for the April 2026 draw. The price increase is already being listed on its website.
Furious players have taken to TrustPilot to express their outrage over the latest increase. One person wrote, 'YET ANOTHER PRICE INCREASE. ' Another person commented, 'Not too impressed with the price constantly creeping up it'll be £13 pound before you know it...
YET ANOTHER PRICE INCREASE. How much is enough?
' How many players have complained on TrustPilot about the price increase is not known. In response to the criticism, the People's Postcode Lottery issued a statement saying, 'With the upcoming 25p increase, we will actually have our biggest ever prize pot to be won this year. This means more to play for across our draws, not less.
' The breakdown of the prize pot for 2026, including the total amount and distribution across draws, has not been disclosed. The People's Postcode Lottery launched in 2005. Since its launch, millions of players have raised over £1 billion for thousands of charities.
What specific charities have benefited from the over £1 billion raised by People's Postcode Lottery is not detailed. The total number of players currently subscribed to People's Postcode Lottery is also unknown. In the lottery, your ticket is based on your postcode.
Not too impressed with the price constantly creeping up it'll be £13 pound before you know it... Not fun to play anymore feels more like a draining disappointment each month.
Players are entered into daily, weekly, and monthly draws. Prizes include daily £1,000 wins for 20 postcodes, a £1 million Saturday prize shared among residents, and monthly £250,000, or larger, prizes. Multiple people on the same street can win the People's Postcode Lottery.
Last month, the Mirror reported on how one woman discovered she won £144,000 while lying in a hospital bed convinced she might die. Gail Wood, 54, had gone into major hysterectomy surgery. Gail Wood messaged her loved ones afterwards to let them know she had survived.
After the surgery, she listened to a voicemail that told her she had won the People's Postcode Lottery. £12,000 would be going into her bank account every month for an entire year. Gail Wood is a fire control operator.
She said, 'I never ever expected to win anything like this. It’s nothing short of life-changing. I’d literally just come out of the recovery room after surgery and remember thinking, ‘I’d better message people to say I’m alive’, because I’d got it into my head I wasn’t going to make it.
I genuinely thought I might die.