Blesma’s Charity Weekly Lottery

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Play our charity lottery and support injured veterans - £1 does amazing things

From your very first game, you’ll be helping Blesma support more injured and limbless veterans across the UK.

Playing Blesma's make a smile lottery is a fun and different way to support our veterans. It only costs £1 per play, with the chance to win weekly cash prizes, plus a £500 rollover up to £25,000! You can also choose to play every week or whenever you feel like it. What are you waiting for! Help limbless and injured veterans, whilst also being in with a chance of winning in our weekly prize draw.

Colin's Story - £1 does amazing things

Why playing Blesma's lottery can make a difference

By playing Blesma’s charity lottery, you’ll be supporting veterans like Colin.

Colin’s life was turned upside down when an injury resulted in the amputation of his leg and ended his 14-year career in the military. With the life-changing support of Blesma, he learned that he can still do anything he sets his mind to. When times got tough, Blesma were a lifeline to not only Colin, but also his family.

By taking part in Blesma's lottery, you'll be supporting over 2,600 limbless and injured veterans for the duration of their lives.

Blesma’s charity lottery prizes up for grabs

Each week you could be in with the chance to win one of 282 guaranteed cash prizes.

Every week, our make a smile Lottery takes place, where 1st prize will win £1,000, 2nd prize will win £200, 10 people will win £10 and 270 people will win £5.

If a rollover prize is not won, this goes up by £500 each week, to a maximum of £25,000, meaning you could be in with a chance of winning a life-changing £25,000!

In addition to our weekly charity lottery draw, our make a smile super draw will take place on Friday 27th June 2025 with a guaranteed prize of £5,000 up for grabs.

To increase your chances of winning, you can also buy additional plays into the draw.

How Blesma's make a smile lottery works

One play in the weekly draw is £1. You can purchase multiple plays if you wish.

You will be allocated a unique lottery number.

Your number(s) will be entered into the draw each week, you can also purchase additional Single Tickets to increase your chances of winning.

You will be sent a notification should you win, and your winnings will be transferred into your lottery account. You will have to sign up for a lottery account to withdraw your winning funds. If you don’t have an email, a cheque will be posted to the address we have for you, so please make sure that we have your updated address.

You must be 18 or over to join make a smile lottery.

Make a smile lottery is committed to providing a safe environment for lottery players.

Players must be over the age of 18.

Lottery FAQs and Important Links

How can I pay to play Blesma's lottery?

Direct Debit – You can set a subscription to play every week and pay by a monthly direct debit. To play 1 number each week it costs £5 per month, 2 numbers per week would cost £10, and 3 numbers per week would cost £15. The additional pence from your subscription will build up over the year and enable any supporters who have built up enough credit to be entered onto our Super Draw where you will have the chance of winning an additional £5,000! (Average of 7-8 tickets can be accrued in a full calendar year.)
Debit Card- You can pay by debit card to purchase one off tickets, or tickets for multiple week entries each week, charged all at once.
Cheque- You can play by cheque. This can be done quarterly for £15, bi-annually for £30 or annually for £60.
Single Tickets - You don’t have to play every week; you can play any draw you feel like by purchasing Single Tickets. Whether you are feeling lucky and want to increase your chances of winning, or simply want to give a little something back to the hospice of your choice. You can also purchase tickets for the Super Draw to increase your chances of winning the top prize.
As we are a lottery, we don’t accept credit cards.

Can I set up an online account?

You can set up an online lottery account where you can take control of your lottery membership.

Having an online account means you can:

Manage your online ticket purchases.
Find your play numbers.
Update your personal details & marketing preferences.
View previous transactions and tickets.
Withdraw winnings into your bank account or donate to your chosen charity!
Set up your online account here.

Can I purchase just a single ticket?

Yes!

Whether you're a long-term supporter and feel like increasing your chances of winning or you're just feeling lucky, you can purchase Single Tickets for just £1 per play.

The draw usually takes place every Friday (with exception when the Friday is a Bank Holiday, when it will take place the next working day) - Please check the countdown on the website for the specific cut off time for the weekly draw. If you purchase after this time, you will be entered into the following week’s draw.

Click here to get your Single Tickets.

What is the Play & Save Reward Card?

If you play make a smile lottery in support of Blesma, you will have access to several discounts at a variety of local businesses ranging from take-out restaurants to home and beauty.

Your Play & Save Reward Card will be sent by email and if you use it regularly enough, you could save more than your annual lottery membership!

Our Play & Save partners are constantly expanding. Click here to find out what you could save.

Did you know that you can put yourself forward or nominate businesses to be one of make a smile lotteries Play & Save partners?

Contact the make a smile lottery office to get involved on 0300 303 4500.

What are the Terms & Conditions?

You must be 18 or over to play make a smile lottery. Please play responsibly. Responsible gambling support: www.begambleaware.org. make a smile lottery is wholly owned by St Helena Hospice, a charity working with other charities to raise much needed funds. Promoter: St Helena Hospice trading as make a smile lottery. St Helena Hospice Limited is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 4685 www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk. St Helena Hospice is a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales Number 01511841. Registered Charity Number 280919. Registered Office: Myland Hall, Barncroft Close, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9JU. make a smile lottery office: 6 The Atrium, Phoenix Square, Wyncolls Road, Colchester, CO4 9AS. make a smile lottery Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions can be viewed on our website.

Make A Smile Lottery's Terms & Conditions.

Gambling safety

Make a smile lottery is committed to providing a safe environment for lottery players to buy and manage their lottery entries online and does not encourage excessive gambling or extending yourself beyond your financial means. If you feel that your gambling is no longer fun, please seek assistance.

National Gambling Helpline – call freephone 0808 8020 133 (open 8am to midnight, 7 days a week)

BeGambleAware aims to promote responsibility in gambling. It provides information to help people make informed decisions about their gambling. It will help you to find out more about gambling and what responsible gambling means, to understand and recognise problem gambling, and show you where to go for further information, help and support should you need it.

Site blockers – If you are worried about online gambling then you can download a ‘site blocker’ such as Gamblock or Netnanny, which can block access to online gambling sites. There is likely to be a cost for these services.

GamCare provides information, advice, support and free counselling for the prevention and treatment of problem gambling. GamCare aims to make it less likely for people to become problem gamblers, and easier for those who do experience problems to get the help they need. This is done by funding treatment services, by commissioning and supporting research on problem gambling, and through education and awareness programmes.

Please find more information about gambling safety and responsibility here.

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