One lucky Shropshire street has won in today's People’s Postcode Lottery.
A lucky postcode in the region has won in the in today's (May 14) People's Postcode Lottery daily draw, meaning residents could 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.
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The lottery works by players signing up with their postcode and paying £12 per month.
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 SY12 9LT in Dudleston Heath near Ellesmere. This covers the area on the school half of School Lane in the village.
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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