# Twitter-based lottery aims to fundraise for charities - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/10/06/twitterbased-lottery-aims-fundraise-charities/ - Published: 2011-10-06T23:26:11+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake ![](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/images/news/twotto.jpg) The National Twotto is a new Twitter-based lottery for UK Twitter users that, if it attracts enough followers and sponsors, will distribute £1,000 a week to charity. Created by Manchester-based web developer Jono Casley, Twotto costs nothing to play. Instead, the weekly jackpot prize of £1,000 and charity donation of £1,000 will be paid for by sponsors. In return sponsors can promote their product or service to all those people taking part in the lottery by following @NationalTwotto on Twitter. The jackpot prize is given to one follower selected at random. The charity receiving the £1,000 donation is selected by the follower who has recruited the most followers to the lottery. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) National Twotto won’t take place until it attracts 100,000 followers. Its website states: “Twotto is a philanthropic experiment.” Casley commented: “When we reach this goal, then and only then, will our first sponsor start to Tweet and the first lottery be drawn.” He added: “Each week there will be a prize fund equivalent to 1% of our player count in pounds. So 100,000 players equals a jackpot of £1,000.” His ultimate aim is to expand Twotto to 1 million followers and ‘players’. [Twotto.org](http://vimeo.com/26710400) from [National Twotto](http://vimeo.com/user6829266) on [Vimeo](http://vimeo.com). www.twotto.org * **[Fundraising through gaming](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/12/16/fundraising-through-gaming/)**( 16 December 2011) * **[SpecialEffect to benefit from Play for Good online gaming initiative](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/12/21/specialeffect-benefit-play-good-online-gaming-initiative/)**( 21 December 2011) * **[Mystery game and giving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/01/13/mystery-game-and-giving/)**( 13 January 2012)