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Cancer Research UK Weekly Lottery

The Weekly Lottery is a fun way to support life-saving research, and you could win a cash prize too!

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It's easy to play

You can sign up for as little as £1 every week and you could win one of 500 amazing cash prizes of up to £1,000.

Three times a year the weekly draw will be replaced by a Superdraw with a different pool of prizes including a bigger jackpot prize of £15,000!

Any lottery entries in a Superdraw week will become entries to the Superdraw at no additional cost to you. So what are you waiting for?

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Here’s what you could win

There are 500 great cash prizes available every week!

  • Top prize - £1,000

  • 2nd prize - £250

  • 3rd prize - £100 (x3)

  • 4th prize - £10 (x45)

  • Runners up - £5 (x450)

Please play responsibly.

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Are you a winner?

Every week there are 500 winners in our Weekly Lottery.

Simply check our winners page to see if you're one of them.

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Meet Laura

I play the Cancer Research UK Weekly Lottery as my dad died of cancer so the cause is close to my heart... but I didn't expect to win. I was surprised when the letter arrived telling me I'd won £250! I used the prize money to treat my friends to a nice dinner.

- Laura from Canterbury

Frequently asked questions

Do you want to know how to find results or what happens if you win?

Find out everything you need to know about our Weekly Lottery in our handy FAQ guide.

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Terms and Conditions

You must be 18 or over and live in Great Britain to play or claim a prize. For more information on our Weekly Lottery, see our full terms and conditions.

Terms and conditions

How your support helps

As well as having the chance to win a great cash prize, when you become a Weekly Lottery player you’ll be helping to fund world-class research into the prevention, detection and treatment of more than 200 types of cancer through the work of more than 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.

Today, 2 in 4 people survive their cancer for 10 years or more. We want to accelerate progress and bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. Help us make it happen by playing the Cancer Research UK Weekly Lottery today.

In 2024 we raised £4.4 million from the sale of entries to our Weekly Lottery. 65% of these proceeds were used to help support our vital work. We used 29% to run and administer our Weekly Lottery and 6% to pay prizes.

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Responsible Gambling

We are committed to ensuring our lottery activity is operated in a fair and socially responsible manner. For more information, including advice on responsible gambling, please read our Social Responsibility Commitment(PDF, 162 KB).

If you wish to cancel your Weekly Lottery Direct Debit please cancel with your bank, contact our Helpline on 0300 123 3019 (Monday to Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm) or email us at weeklylottery@cancer.org.uk.

However, if you are worried that you are gambling more than you want to and wish to self-exclude, please complete this self-exclusion form or email weeklylottery@cancer.org.uk so that we can exclude you from all Cancer Research UK Lottery and Superdraw activity with immediate effect.

Cancer Research UK is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 5026.

Contact us

Contact our Lottery Helpline (Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm)

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