Lottery winnings are not classified as earnings on your payslip. They are classed as capital by the DWP, and individuals have a threshold of £6,000 before Universal Credit payments are affected. However, experience tells us that winnings can sometimes be mistakenly treated as earnings. This would mean you need to report this to the DWP, and your Universal Credit payments may reduce until the issue is corrected.

If you feel that winnings mistaken being treated as earnings may cause an issue for your payments and extra administration hassle, please contact the charity team and they can arrange for winnings to be distributed by cheque to avoid this.

Yes, you are more than welcome to enter more than once. Each ticket costs £1, and you can purchase up to ten entries per month.

If you have already signed up for the Staff Lottery and would like to amend the number of tickets you have purchased, please complete the form on our ‘Staff Lottery – Amend my Details‘ page rather than completing another sign up form.

If you have already signed up for the Staff Lottery and would like to amend the number of tickets you have purchased, please complete the form on our ‘Staff Lottery – Amend my Details‘ page rather than completing another sign up form. Or you can contact the NHS Lothian Charity fundraising team, by calling us at 0131 465 4850 or emailing us at [email protected]. You can make changes until the 1^st of the month so that they are applied to that month’s draw. Otherwise, the changes will be applied to the following month’s draw.

There is a prize draw every month, on the Monday following the NHS Lothian salary payday, which is usually the last Thursday of every month. Sometimes payday is earlier, such as in December and January, therefore the staff lottery draw will be earlier.

The winner is selected electronically using a random number-generating tool. Your entry number is your payroll number. If you have purchased multiple entries, your number will be entered multiple times.

Winners will be announced on the Staff Lottery web pages on NHS Lothian Charity’s website and NHS Lothian’s Intranet, if the winning participant gives us permission to do so. Winners will also be notified directly by NHS Lothian Charity’s fundraising team using the contact details you’ve provided us with. We will try and call you if we can, as we know you’ll want to know quickly, and that is a phone call we’ll take pleasure in making! The prize money will be distributed to the winners the following month, paid straight through their payslips.

Our current monthly prize pot is:

• The top prize is £1,000
• Second prize is £500
• Three prizes of £200
• Two prizes of £100
• Eight prizes of £50
• And ten £10 prizes every month!

So, every month, there are 25 lucky winners guaranteed. NHS Lothian Charity aims to increase prize levels as and when the number of lottery participants allows.

Yes, every month, the day after the draw, the winning participant will be announced on the dedicated Staff Lottery web page on NHS Lothian Charity’s website and the Charity’s pages on NHS Lothian’s Intranet, if they give us permission to do so. We also send our participants a monthly update on the winners and any staff lottery news to your preferred email address in the week following the monthly draw.

Click the link, to explore the terms and conditions of our Staff Lottery. Learn about eligibility, prize details, draw procedures and more.

Bank staff are eligible to participate in the Staff Lottery. Bank staff who wish to take part will be required to set up a Direct Debit directly with NHS Lothian Charity, with entry fees taken on the 1^st of each month for that month’s draw. This ensures that entry payments are always collected on time, as due to the ad hoc nature of bank shifts, payment from the NHS Lothian payroll team is not guaranteed. Prize winnings will be paid through your salary, the same as other participating staff.

Complete the Staff Lottery registration form and make it known you are bank staff.

Any bank staff signing up to take part in the Staff Lottery must complete a Direct Debit form before the 14th of current month to ensure we can collect entries on the 1st of the following month to participate in the following month’s draw.

Bank staff must cancel their Direct Debit for payment of participation if they leave their employment with NHS Lothian. If, for any reason, this doesn’t happen and the winning number belongs to an ex-employee, the win is null and void, and the prize money will roll over.

No, you don’t pay tax on lottery winnings in the UK. This applies to all lottery games, including the National Lottery, Euromillions, and scratch cards.

Lottery winnings are classified as gambling winnings by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). This means it is not considered income and therefore is not subject to income tax, capital gains tax, or National Insurance contributions.