£10,000 win for former rugby player Allan!

He’s more used to winning line-outs – but now he’s got a winning line on The Health Lottery!

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We were delighted when former Nuneaton Rugby Club player Allan Taylor scooped £10,000 in our New Year’s Day draw. What a way to kick off the year!

Father-of-three Allan, 50, is now the heads groundsman for Atherstone. Ever loyal to the game, he’ll be using his winnings to see a Six Nations match. Allan also plans to take his wife and three daughters on a family holiday to Dublin.  

“You never think it is going to be you,” said Allan. 

I couldn’t believe it was true! I asked my wife and girls to all check my numbers. We wanted to make sure it was the real deal before we could properly celebrate! They were ecstatic about the news. 

"It has allowed us to get that long weekend in Dublin that we have always wanted. I really fancy going on the Guinness factory tour and learning a little more about my favourite stout.” 

Allan plays lottery online, and in fact his £10,000 Health Lottery win comes from playing via direct debit. He tells us he plays because: "The Health Lottery supports so many great causes. We are a family that has received some great support over the years from local causes. 

"It is wonderful that we can give back to these grassroots projects simply by buying a Health Lottery ticket.”

The current society benefitting from funds raised is EWA Health CIC T/A HL East.

The Health Lottery operates on behalf of 6 Community Interest Companies (CICs), managing 6 society lotteries that operate in 12 geographical regions across Great Britain. These exist to help tackle health inequalities in their respective areas. People’s Health Trust (PHT) is an independent charity that assesses grant applications and award funding across the 12 regions. Read about some of the good causes HERE. For information regarding all funded projects or to submit a grant application visit PHT HERE. 20.34% of every lottery draw ticket and online scratchcard purchased is donated to good causes. 36.02% is spent on prizes. 43.64% is spent expenses (actual expenses exceed this figure). Our average annual proceeds from lotteries are £12.5m. The odds of winning The Big Win jackpot are (1 in 2.1m) and the odds of winning any Big Win prize is (1 in 9.7). The odds of winning the All or Nothing jackpot is (1 in 1.35m) and the odds of winning any All or Nothing prize is (1 in 4.5). The odds of winning a QuickWin jackpot is (1 in 2.1m) and the odds of winning any QuickWin prize is (1 in 6). All winning lottery numbers are selected using an approved random number generator (RNG). Click on the links below for full T&Cs and FAQs for each of our games.

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