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Luckiest UK areas where you're most likely to win big on the Postcode Lottery

Experts analysed the total number of Postcode Lottery wins across each city and towns in the UK as of October 2024 to come up with the results

05 Nov 2024, 04:00 by Graeme Murray · The Mirror

The luckiest UK areas where you are most likely to win big on the Postcode Lottery have been unveiled.

New research showed he places you are likely to win the game and Preston has taken the top spot in the lotto list. Casino experts at VIP Grinders analysed the total number of Postcode Lottery wins across each city and towns in the UK as of October 2024. The total number of wins was divided by the number of postcode districts in each area, to show tlocations with the highest average number of wins. Preston (PR) is the luckiest area, with an average of 43.64 wins per postcode district. Warrington (WA) and Blackpool (FY) rank second and third, with averages of 35.69 and 34.50, respectively.

Sally and Jonny, Postcode Lottery winners( Image: People’s Postcode Lottery)

West Central London (WC) was found to be the unluckiest postcode area, with just 0.56 wins per postcode district.

Top ten locations and wins

1. Preston (PR) 480

2. Warrington (WA) 57

3. Blackpool (FY) 276

4. Nottingham (NG) 965

5. Leicester (LE) 677

6. Bolton (BL) 320

7. Croydon (CR) 242

8. Motherwell (ML) 362

9. Stoke-on-Trent (ST) 620

10. Blackburn (BB) 382

Preston was the luckiest location to live if you want to win the Postcode Lottery( Image: Getty Images)

Preston (PR), in Lancashire was the luckiest area for Postcode Lottery wins, with an impressive 43.64 average wins per postcode district. In total, the city’s 11 postcode districts have had 480 wins. Warrington (WA), Cheshire took second place, with 35.69 average wins per postcode district. It has 16 postcode districts and a total of 571 wins.

Blackpool (FY), Lancashire came in third, with an average of 34.50 wins across its eight postcode districts. The seaside town has had 276 wins in total. Nottingham (NG), Nottinghamshire ranks fourth, with 33.28 average wins per postcode district. The city has had 965 total wins across its 29 postcode districts.

Golden square in Warrington, Cheshire which came second in the list( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Leicester (LE), Leicestershire comes in fifth with an average of 32.24 wins per postcode district. The city’s 21 postcode districts have had 677 wins in total. Bolton (BL), Greater Manchester takes sixth place, with an average of 32.00 wins per postcode district. The town’s 10 postcode districts have accumulated 320 wins in total. Croydon (CR), Greater London ranks seventh, with 30.25 average wins per postcode district. The area’s eight postcode districts have won 242 times in total.

Motherwell (ML), North Lanarkshire, Scotland is eighth on the list, with an average of 30.17 wins per postcode district. The town’s 12 postcode districts have won 362 times overall. Stoke-on-Trent (ST), Staffordshire ranks ninth with an average of 29.52 wins per postcode district. The city’s 21 postcode districts have won a total of 620 times.

Blackburn (BB), Lancashire rounds out the top ten, with an average of 29.38 wins per postcode district. The town has had 382 Postcode Lottery wins across its 13 postcode districts. On the other hand, the unluckiest area is West Central London (WC), with an average of 0.56 wins per postcode district. Closely following are East Central London (EC) and Kirkwall (KW), with averages of 0.61 and 3.31 wins per postcode district, respectively.

Blackpool Lancashire came in third had 276 wins in total( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Telma Casaca, head of publishing at VIP Grinders said: “It's no wonder so many people try their luck with the Postcode Lottery, especially with prizes reaching up to £500,000. "While the postcodes are chosen using a random algorithm to make the outcome unpredictable, it is interesting to see such a big difference in how often postcodes in certain districts are drawn.

“It is fascinating that so many of the top-ranking areas, such as Preston, Warrington, and Bolton, are Northern. Remarkably, three of the top ten locations are also in Lancashire, making it the luckiest county in the UK. “One reason why areas like Preston and Warrington could have seen more wins is the number of players registered in each postcode; if a higher number of people enter from the same postcode, they have a better chance of winning the Postcode Millions prize compared to just one person entering alone. “However, this doesn’t apply to other prizes in the Postcode Lottery. So, if certain postcode sectors have better than average luck with the £30,000 prize, it’s likely because there are more individual postcodes registered in that area than other areas in the UK.”