Several postcodes in the North East have won thousands of pounds in the postcode lottery over the last week (Saturday, May 6 to Friday, May 12). Check our list to see if you, or your neighbours, won.

Seven postcodes in the region got a nice surprise by scooping small fortunes after their postcodes have come out in the draw, including streets in County Durham, North Yorkshire, Teesside, and Northumberland.

The People’s Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery which aims to raise money for charities while also bringing cash prizes to homes across the UK.

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Prizes are then announced every day of the month, with £30,000 jackpots for every winning ticket in a postcode on weekends, and £1,000 prizes for 20 different postcodes every day.

Here are the North East postcodes to have scooped prizes this week (Saturday, May 6 to Friday, May 12):

  • DL13 5DN – Cockfield, County Durham, - £1,000 per ticket.
  • DL7 0JL – East Cowton, North Yorkshire - £1,000 per ticket.
  • TS27 4LT – Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool - £1,000 per ticket.
  • TS22 5SY – Wynyard, Stockton - £1,000 per ticket
  • NE24 2SJ – Blyth, Northumberland - £1,000 per ticket.
  • DL17 0GY – Chilton, County Durham - £1,000 per ticket.
  • DL7 0NB – Danby Wiske, North Yorkshire - £1,000 per ticket.

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Players can sign up with their postcode and pay £10 per month with a chance to win when they are automatically entered into a draw.

A minimum of 33 per cent from each ticket goes to charity and players have raised more than £950 million for over 9,000 charities and good causes since 2005.