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Unity Lottery

Play the Encephalitis Society charity lottery and help build a brighter future for people with brain inflammation. 

Join the Unity Lottery for as little as £1 per week and you could be in with a chance at winning one of the fantastic cash prizes, including the £25,000 jackpot, all whilst helping support our life-saving work. For every £1 entry, a minimum of 50p comes directly to the Encephalitis Society, which will help us to support more people, fund new pioneering research and continue to spread awareness about this serious neurological condition. 

How does the Lottery work? 

The Unity Lottery is an umbrella lottery platform which charities of all shapes and sizes can use to run their own fundraising lotteries. When you join, you are allocated a unique 6-digit lottery number. A random 6 numbers are then drawn every Friday, and if your numbers match the numbers drawn you are a winner. A match occurs if your digits are identical and in the same sequence as they are in the winning number. To win a prize, you need to match 3, 4, 5 or all 6 digits of the winning numbers in the correct sequence. Match all 6-digits in sequence and you will win the weekly £25,000 jackpot! 

How to play our Lottery 

Buy tickets to our Lottery through the Unity Website via their online form. Alternatively, you can telephone Unity on 0370 050 9240 and they will send you a postal form to complete. You must be 16 or over to enter and be a resident in Great Britain. 

1 in 63 chance of winning a prize 

A minimum of 50% of the total lottery proceeds are spent on supporting the work carried out by the Encephalitis Society: 18.4% on prizes and 31.6% on the running cost and administration of the lottery. All administration is handled by Sterling Management Centre Limited, a certified External Lottery Manager (ELM) with the Gambling Commission. 

Prizes available 

  • 6 digits in the correct place wins £25,000 
  • 5 digits in the correct place wins £1,000 
  • 4 digits in the correct place wins £25 
  • 3 digits in the correct place wins 5 free entries into the next prize draw 

Click here to read the full Unity Lottery rules. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] or call +44(0)1653 692583. 

Published: 30th July, 2020

Updated: 9th August, 2021

Author: Andrew Pitt

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