The Dorset areas that picked up prizes in the Postcode Lottery last month

The subscription-based lottery aims to raise money for charities while offering cash prizes to households across the country.

Every day from Monday to Sunday, £1,000 prizes are given to 20 different postcodes around the UK.

Meanwhile, on Saturdays, players could win a share of £1 million (Millionaire Street).

Additionally, in every month except April and December, when the Postcode Millions prize takes place, every ticket in one winning postcode will win a guaranteed £250,000.

Postcode Lottery explains: “If your postcode gets picked in the £250,000 prize, for example, every ticket in that postcode wins £250,000.

“Every day, there are £1,000 prizes to be won for every ticket in 20 postcodes.

“If you play with two tickets, you receive double the winning prize amount.”

Even more money could be won in April and December as Postcode Millions draws will take place, which will see millions of pounds shared by one lucky postcode sector.

Postcode Lottery adds: A postcode sector is larger than a postcode.

“For example, for the postcode EH2 4ET, the postcode sector is EH2 4.

“In accordance with the Gambling Act 2005, the maximum amount that can be won by a single ticket is 10% of draw proceeds up to a maximum of £500,000.”

A minimum of 33% of each ticket goes to charity, and players have raised more than £1.7 billion for more thousands of good causes such as Maggie’s, Alzheimer’s Society, Dogs Trust, Mind and NSPCC.

Dorset April 2026 Postcode Lottery winners

Here are all the Dorset winners of the Postcode Lottery in April 2026, listed by when they were drawn:

• BH7 7HG – Bournemouth (drawn on April 2nd)
• DT4 9HG – Weymouth (drawn on April 3rd)
• BH21 7HE – Ferndown (drawn on April 5th)
• BH1 3HT – Bournemouth (drawn on April 7th)
• BH13 7PP – Poole (drawn on April 7th)
• BH3 7LB – Bournemouth (drawn on April 10th)
• BH16 5DS – Upton (drawn on April 13th)
• BH10 7EU – Bournemouth (drawn on April 16th)

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• DT2 9QN – Charminster (drawn on April 17th)
• BH12 4DG – Poole (drawn on April 18th)
• BH14 9BE – Poole (drawn on April 22nd)
• BH2 5NJ – Bournemouth (drawn on April 22nd)
• BH21 1SG – Wimborne (drawn on April 24th)

A small number of postcodes were drawn out this month, with Bournemouth having the most at four separate winners.

All of the Dorset winners for this month picked up £1,000 prizes during the week, with none being drawn for the Millionaire Street accolade.

Do you play in the Postcode Lottery, and have you ever won? Let us know in the comments.