A grandfather from Carlisle has been celebrating over the weekend after scooping a £30,000 cash prize with People’s Postcode Lottery.
68-year-old Andrew Brecken landed the windfall when his lucky postcode, CA2 7AX, was announced as a winner on Saturday 4th July.
Andrew, who is retired but helps out at his daughter’s local dog grooming business, was joined by his wife Susan when he discovered how much he’d won during a video call with People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson.
When he saw £30,000 written on the cheque, Andrew said: “What a fantastic surprise – it’s unbelievable. I’ve never won anything anywhere near this amount of money.
“I must admit when I see the adverts on television I’ve always thought it must be actors and they can’t be real people you speak to, but now I know different!”
Susan added: “This is so out the blue. We thought today would be like any other day, but we got a phone call and now all of a sudden we’re £30,000 richer. I’m really, really, really happy!”
“It’s my birthday next week so we’ll be having a double celebration now!”
Andrew says the whole family will benefit from the win and commented: “We’ve two children so we’ll help them out. We’ve two grandchildren too, one is 25 and our grandbaby daughter is just seven months and we’ve not been able to spend much time with her because of lockdown, so they’ll benefit as well.
One of the reasons Andrew signed up to play was because of the charities he helps by playing People’s Postcode Lottery.
He said: “I know a lot of different causes are supported and it’s good to know the money is going somewhere that will be appreciated by a lot of different people. You don’t expect it but it’s nice to win too!”
People’s Postcode Lottery costs £10 a month to play and there are guaranteed winners every day. People play with their chosen postcode and are automatically entered into all draws.
People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson said: “Surprising winners with big cheques is one of the best things about my job, so a massive congratulations to Andrew and Susan. I hope they enjoy treating themselves and the family with the windfall.”
A minimum of 32% of ticket sales goes directly to charities and players of People’s Postcode Lottery have helped raise more than £500 million to date for good causes across Great Britain and internationally.
This draw was promoted on behalf of Amnesty International. Players have raised over £8.1 million for the charity allowing it to work to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.
