Downe village

The Aim

 

The main purpose is to raise money for 'worthy' causes in the village, with the added opportunity to win prizes.  The prize money is 50% of the monthly monies raised - so clearly, the more lottery shares sold, the more money in the prize pot, and the more money raised for Downe.  The Downe Lottery Committee (see below) agrees and invites bids for funding, and details are published on Downe Mailing, on the Downe Village web site and in The Parish Magazine.

How it works

After receiving a completed standing order form, the Lottery Promoter allocates the applicant a set of six numbers for every £2 monthly share purchased.   The lottery is based on football results - prizes will be awarded to the holder(s) of the share numbers that week which match the teams with the highest scores.  If there are no winners that week, the money rolls over.

 

Each subscriber to the lottery can purchase “shares”.   One share will cost £2 per month entered.    Therefore £10 per month will get you five shares, or five lots of share numbers.

 

A share consists of three unique two-digit numbers allocated to you randomly (eg 05, 09, 14) that will be entered into the draw each weekend of that month (most months contain 4 weekends, but occasionally 5 weekends - this is a bonus, and no additional cost for the 5 draw months).

 

The lottery uses football results each week to calculate a set of winning numbers.  The system does not rely on teams or any allegiance to a team -  the idea is to purely produce random winning share numbers each week.

 

Each weekend, your numbers will correspond to three teams - easily identifiable from the "lottery card" (see below).   Each week the teams move along the grid, so the teams that your share numbers correspond to change weekly.

 

If the numbers that your team relates to are the three highest scoring that week, you win.   If more than three teams are joint highest scoring, the prize will be split between all winners (subject to a minimum of £10)  -  anything lower than this will be put back into the pot and rolled over to the following week.

 

Shares must be purchased by standing order from your bank on the first of each month, and winnings will be paid at the end of the month back into your bank account.  You can either set up a standing order yourself (via electronic banking) or we can forward to your bank.  Either way, the standing order form is needed (see below)

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