From just £1 a week you could win exciting cash prizes while supporting life-saving research. By playing the Weekly Lottery you'll help fund our pioneering work to save and improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
£1 minimum entry
Sign up from as little as £1 a week
500 winners every week
Win great cash prizes up to £1,000
Support life-saving research
Help fund world-class research with every entry
1st prize: £1,000
2nd prize: £250
3rd prize: £100 for 3 players
4th prize: £10 for 45 players
Runners up: £5 for 450 players
As a thank you, our Weekly Lottery players are automatically entered into our Superdraw three times a year for the chance to win £15,000.
Sign up online and choose how many weekly entries you want. Each entry costs just £1, or choose up to 10 to boost your chances of winning.
We'll generate your lottery numbers and confirm your entry by email.
Draws take place every Friday. We'll email you if you win, or you can check the results online. Good luck!
You must be 18 or over and live in Great Britain to enter or claim a prize. Please play responsibly.
Weekly Lottery winners are announced every Friday. We'll email you to let you know if you've won, or you can check online. The latest results will be available from 5pm on the day of the draw.
Check Weekly Lottery resultsBut our work isn't done yet. We want to bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. When you become a Weekly Lottery player you're helping fund world-class research into the prevention, detection and treatment of more than 200 types of cancer.
In 2025 we raised £4.5 million from the sale of entries to our Weekly Lottery. 77% of these proceeds were used to help support our vital work. We used 17% to run and administer our Weekly Lottery and 6% to pay prizes.
Find out everything you need to know about the Weekly Lottery in our full FAQ guide.
We are committed to ensuring our lottery activity is operated in a fair and socially responsible manner. 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.
Read our Social Responsibility Commitment(PDF, 162 KB).
Cancer Research UK is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 5026.
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You can update your Weekly Lottery subscription at any time. Contact our Helpline on 0300 123 3019, email weeklylottery@cancer.org.uk or cancel your direct debit with your bank to end your subscription,
Read our full Weekly Lottery Terms and Conditions
If you have questions about the Weekly Lottery or Superdraw, please call our Lottery Helpline. Our opening hours are 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.
