# How charitable are National Lottery winners?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/11/17/how-charitable-are-national-lottery-winners/
- Published: 1999-11-17T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Market research agency MORI reports this week on the lifestyles and attitudes of
270 winners of the National Lottery. In the first survey on this issue, marking 
the fifth anniversary of the Lottery, MORI questioned 249 players who had won at
least £50,000 and respondents included 111 winners of more than £1 million.
Perhaps
not surprisingly 55% were happier than they were before their win. Eighty three 
per cent of winners have given some of their winnings to their family. Of these 
winners, two thirds have given money to their siblings, 57% to their children and
51% to their parents. Forty per cent had increased their donations to charity.

To date The National Lottery has created 866 millionaires and raised over £7.5 billion
for the six Good causes designated by Parliament.

Read [Official – Winning The National Lottery Is Good For You!](http://www.mori.com/polls/1999/lottery.htm)
at MORI.

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