On Friday, August 7, residents of a postcode in Astley woke up to the news that they had won £1,000 in the draw. Those living in M29 7HN, on Avon Road, Astley, won the prize if they were signed up to the Postcode Lottery. The Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery which aims to raise money for charities while also bringing cash prizes to homes across the UK. If you play with two tickets, you receive double the winning prize amount. Players have raised more than £1.7 billion through participating in the Postcode Lottery for thousands of good causes in Britain and internationally.