# Mobile Lottery announces 10 beneficiary charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/02/07/mobile-lottery-announces-10-beneficiary-charities/
- Published: 2004-02-07T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The ten charities that will benefit from the UK’s first mobile lottery have been
announced.**

The charities include The Children’s Society, Cancer Research UK, International 
Care and Relief, WaterAid, and Afrikids. The Mobile Lottery, founded by Charles 
Cohen, the former founder of online currency Beenz, will donate 20p of each £1 ticket
sold.

Donations will be made to each charity in turn to ensure an equal distribution. 
Lottery players will be informed which charity has benefited after they buy a ticket.

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The lottery, operated by Alladdin Lotteries, will be hosted by mobile operator T-
Mobile, whose customers will be able to play via it’s t-zones service. People using
other mobile networks will be able to play by registering via text message.

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