Bolton and Bury one of luckiest on People’s Postcode Lottery

And there is some good news on that front for the people of Bolton and Bury with a BL postcode – they are some of the statistically most likely people in North West to win on the People’s Postcode Lottery.

Independent website lottery.co.uk, which provides results and information about a range of lottery games, has published data on all of the winning postcode regions in Great Britain since January 2011.

The BL postcode had 362 wins since that date, with 10 districts in the area, covering Bolton (BL1, BL2, BL3, BL4, BL5, BL6 and BL7) and Bury (BL0, BL8 and BL9).

Dividing the number of wins by the number of districts, the town works out at an average of 36.2 wins per postcode district.

The Bolton postcode area compares favourably against other areas in the North West.

PR for Preston got a very good score, with 564 wins from its 11 districts, giving it an average wins per district of 51.27.

Warrington, WA, with 669 wins from its 16 districts – a wins per district score of 41.81.

FY for Blackpool had 328 wins from its eight districts, giving it an average of 41.

Neighbouring Blackburn, BB, had 453 wins from its 13 districts, giving it an average of 34.84.

M for Manchester had 1,281 wins from its 43 districts, giving it a win average of 29.8 per district.

Wigan, WN, had 254 wins from its eight districts, giving it a win average of 31.75.

Subscriptions to the postcode lottery support a range of charities across the UK. 

The People’s Postcode Lottery manages lotteries for 20 charities, with each one having one draw a month.

The lottery supports “a wide range of charities and good causes across Britain and around the world”.

To date, they’ve provided more than £1.1 billion in funding, which is helping thousands of organisations and projects.