Huge £250k jackpot among People’s Postcode Lottery prizes won in Essex for May

Various postcodes across the county have scooped prizes after coming out in last month’s draw.

The People’s Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery that aims to raise money for charities while also bringing cash prizes to homes across the UK.

Every day from Monday to Friday, there are £1,000 prizes to be won for 20 different postcodes around the UK.

Meanwhile, on Saturdays, players could win a share of £1 million, and on Sundays, players could each win £30,000.

Prize-winning postcodes from this month’s draws have been announced daily from May 9.

Here are all of the People’s Postcode Lottery winners in Essex in May 2026.

People’s Postcode Lottery winners in Essex in May

Here are all the latest Essex winners of the Postcode Lottery:

• CO15 2HE – Clacton
• CM9 8UF – Maldon
• CO15 6HT – Clacton
• CM6 4GW – Dunmow
• CO9 2BJ – Halstead
• CO5 0PL – Colchester
• CM9 4TA – Maldon
• CM18 7JU – Harlow (£250,000 winner)
• CM17 0PU – Harlow
• CO11 1BU – Manningtree
• CO11 2BY – Manningtree

How does the People’s Postcode Lottery work?

The People’s Postcode Lottery website explains how the competition works.

It says: “Every month, players in a postcode sector share £3.2 million or more.

“In this example, £1.6 million of this will be shared equally by tickets playing with the winning postcode, with the other £1.6 million being shared equally by tickets playing with the winning postcode sector.

“On the rare occasion where there are not enough winning tickets in the postcode sector, the area may be expanded to the postcode district.”

A minimum of 33% of each ticket goes to charity, and players have raised more than £1.3 billion for over 9,000 charities and good causes since 2005.

Do you play in the People’s Postcode Lottery? Let us know in the comments if you’ve been a winner.