One lucky Shropshire street has won in today's People’s Postcode Lottery.
A lucky postcode in the north Shropshire area has won in the in today's (June 18) People's Postcode Lottery daily draw, meaning residents may have won a large cash prize.
The daily draw sees anyone who lives in the lucky postcode with a winning ticket picking up a £1,000 cash prize.
The lottery works by players signing up with their postcode and paying £12 per month for their ticket.
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Players are then "automatically entered into every draw and prizes are announced every day of the month" with a third of the ticket price goes to charities that help "amazing causes every single day".
The winning postcode was SY4 5DB. This covers the area an area in Wem that covers a set of houses in Cordwell Park.
The lottery is hugely popular across the UK and supports "a wide range of charities and good causes across Britain and around the world".
So far, the People's Postcode Lottery has raised over £1 billion for good causes across the country and funds thousands of projects for local communities.
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