ONE lucky Oswestry street has won on the People’s Postcode Lottery on Wednesday.
A lucky postcode in the town has won in the in today's (August 28) 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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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 SY11 1UT in Oswestry. This covers a section of Hafod Close just off High Fawr Avenue.
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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