Ten Rushden residents won't have the Postcode Lottery gang knocking on their door despite scooping £1,000

Ten Rushden residents have something to smile about after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode.

The ten from Trafford Road won't have Judie McCourt and the rest of the People's Postcode Lottery gang knocking on their door, thanks to the Covid-19 lockdown.

But they will get their cash, even though delivering cheques to winners does not count as an essential journey.

The neighbours netted their windfall when NN10 0JF was pulled out as a daily Postcode Lottery prize winner today (April 9).

People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Judie sent her well-wishes to the winners, saying: “What lovely news to start the day, congratulations to all our winners!"

A minimum of 32 per cent of ticket sales goes directly to charities and People’s Postcode Lottery players have raised over £500million for thousands of good causes in Britain and beyond.

Today's draw was promoted by Maggie’s which has received over £16m in funding to help run its network of cancer support centres across the country.

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