# Winner of first mobile charity lottery announced

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/05/06/winner-first-mobile-charity-lottery-announced/
- Published: 2004-05-06T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Million-2-1 and NSPCC have run what they claim is the “first mobile charity lottery”.

The NSPCC mobile phone lottery has announced its first winner, Claire Raikes, who
received £1,000 this week.

 

 

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Scott Davies, Game Development Director at Million-2-1, the licensed lottery manager
which operates the lottery, is confident that mobile lotteries will prove effective
fundraising tools. “Mobile lotteries put a donation mechanism into the hands and
handbags of charity supporters 12 or more hours a day”, he said.

 

 

Susan Davies of NSPCC added: “By giving 35% of the ticket value back to us – 75%
more than their legal duty, Million-2-1 made this a really effective way for us 
to raise money to help prevent child abuse.”

 

 

The first winner, Claire Raikes, runs a virtual community acting as a money mentor
to the ‘fiscally challenged’. Claire intends to spend the money on a trip to Central
America, where she will donate £100 of her winnings directly to another children’s
charity, Casa Alianza.

 

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