Frequently Asked Questions
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 on the charity lottery page.
Simply enter the lottery by visiting our sign up page and for £5 a month you will receive five tickets and be automatically entered into one draw per week. Extra bonus draws will be made at the end of the month for the months that only have four weeks.
Match 3 numbers in order and win £10
Match 4 numbers in order and win £100
Match 5 numbers in order and win £1,000
Match 6 numbers in order and win £25,000
Every Saturday our Random Number Generator generates a random 6-digit number sequence to determine the winner(s).
The results will be published on our website every Saturday at 17.45 GMT on our lottery results page. Winners are notified by email or post, and the money will be paid directly into your bank account.
To minimise the risk of problem gamblers, no participant may purchase more than two tickets per week, which will amount to £10 per month. Monthly checks are performed to look for patterns of problem gambling.
You can pay by direct debit using the sign-up form.
As all the numbers are generated automatically to ensure that only one person can win, it is not possible to choose your own.
Numbers are still drawn on a Saturday even if it’s a Bank Holiday weekend.
For each £1 entry, 73% of all proceeds will go directly to the hospital charity.
As the lottery draw is classed as a purchase rather than a charitable gift, this unfortunately means that we cannot Gift Aid lottery payments.
If you have a complaint about our lottery, please do not hesitate to contact us at sfh-tr.charity@nhs.net or on 01623 676011.
We have fundraisers working on behalf of Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity to sign up players for the weekly lottery.
The fundraisers working in our hospitals will always wear branded ID badges and be wearing a yellow or orange branded top.
If you would like to check the legitimacy of a Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity lottery fundraiser, you can contact us at sfh-tr.charity@nhs.net or on 01623 676011.
If you no longer want to play the lottery, you can cancel the Direct Debit at any time by simply contacting your bank or building society. Written confirmation may also be required. Please also notify us at sfh-tr.charity@nhs.net or on 01623 676011.
If you or someone you know needs help or advice visit www.begambleaware.org, www.gamcare.org.uk or call GambleAware's helpline on 0808 8020 133.
By playing the Sherwood Forest Hospitals lottery, you are contributing to improving lives throughout our three hospitals and community by helping us to fund projects and services above and beyond what the NHS can fund. You can find out more about projects we have funded by visiting our charity pages.
The Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity lottery is operated by The Fundraising Foundry Ltd, an External Lottery Manager (ELM) licensed by the Gambling Commission, account number: 57455.
