York and Scarborough Hospitals Charity Lottery

Playing our lottery is a fun and exciting way to help make the hospital experience the best it can be for all who visit, stay and work across York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Playing is simple. When you join, you’ll pick how many entries you would like each week.

For £5 a month you will receive five tickets, which will automatically put you in one draw per week. For the months that don’t have five weeks, an extra mid-week bonus draw will be made at the end of the month.

Each week we will have winners if players:

Match 6 numbers in order: Win £25,000
Match 5 numbers in order: Win £1,000
Match 4 numbers in order: Win £100
Match 3 numbers in order: Win £10

Our draw takes place every Saturday and all our winners will be notified directly.

For more information please see the FAQs below, email hello@yshospitalscharity.org or call 01904 724521.

All players must be 18 or over. Terms and conditions apply.

To enter the lottery, you must live in Great Britain. Unfortunately, we are not licensed to accept entries from Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

Read the full terms and conditions and lottery rules here.

Enter the lottery by visiting our lottery page from May 2026.

For £5 per month you will receive five tickets and be automatically entered into one draw per week.

Extra bonus draws will take place at the end of months that only have four weekly draws.

In April 2026, York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity changed External Lottery Manager.

The existing lottery will continue for a short period, players from the existing lottery will be contacted by the charity and transitioned to the new lottery if they wish to join.

Click here for information, rules and terms for the existing lottery

Match the numbers in order to win:

Match 3 numbers – £10
Match 4 numbers – £100
Match 5 numbers – £1,000
Match 6 numbers – £25,000

Every Saturday a random number generator produces a random six-digit number sequence to determine the winner(s).

Results will be published on our website every Saturday on the lottery results page at 17.45pm.

Winners are also notified by email or post, and prizes will be paid directly into your bank account.

To minimise the risk of problem gambling, no participant may purchase more than 10 tickets in any week.

Monthly checks are performed to monitor for signs of problem gambling behaviour.

Lottery entries are paid via Direct Debit.

No. All numbers are automatically generated to ensure the draw is fair and that only one person can win each prize tier.

For every £1 entry, 73p goes directly to York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity to support projects across our hospitals.

By playing the lottery, you are helping us improve patient care and staff wellbeing across our hospitals and community.

Lottery funds support projects and services above and beyond what the NHS can fund.

You can see examples of projects funded here.

York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity Lottery is operated by The Fundraising Foundry Ltd, an External Lottery Manager (ELM) licensed by the Gambling Commission (account number 57455).

You can cancel your Direct Debit at any time by contacting your bank or building society.

Please also notify the charity so we can update our records:
hello@yshospitalscharity.org
01904 724521

If you have a complaint about the lottery, please contact us:

hello@yshospitalscharity.org
01904 724521

We will investigate your concern and respond as quickly as possible in line with our complaints procedure.

We have authorised fundraisers working on behalf of York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity in our hospital sites to sign up players for the weekly lottery.

Our fundraisers will always:

• Wear branded ID badges
• Be located in approved public areas of the hospital

If you would like to check the legitimacy of a fundraiser, please contact us:
hello@yshospitalscharity.org
01904 724521

Fundraisers are instructed not to approach patients receiving treatment or those who appear unwell or distressed.

They are based in public areas such as entrances and corridors and will only speak to people who are happy to engage with them.

The charity has invested in growing the lottery to generate long-term funding for hospital projects.

Professional fundraisers help us reach more supporters and grow the lottery sustainably.

For every £1 invested, we expect to generate approximately £3.50 for the charity, helping fund more projects for our hospitals.

This investment is made by the charity, not the NHS.

Staff are welcome to sign up to the lottery.

Fundraisers on site will not approach staff to sign up for the lottery. Instead, staff are encouraged to sign up online at www.yshospitalscharity.org/lottery from May 2026. 

If you are approached by a fundraiser and do not want to engage, you can say “apples”. Fundraisers are aware this is a signal and will stop the interaction immediately.

No. The York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity lottery is open to staff and the general public.

The staff lottery, exclusively for staff, is managed by the Trust’s staff benefits team. Find out more by emailing yhs-tr.staffbenefits@nhs.net.

If you or someone you know needs help or advice, please visit:

www.begambleaware.org
www.gamcare.org.uk
Or call the GambleAware helpline: 0808 8020 133