How it works | How to enter | General terms | Where your money goes | How winners are drawn | Winner’s story
How it works
- Tickets for The Fire Fighters Lottery cost £1 each. You can buy up to 20 entries on a recurring monthly basis.
- The draw is held monthly.
- The jackpot is 20% of all the income that is brought in by the Lottery each month, up to a maximum of £25,000.
- As well as the jackpot there is a second prize of £1,000, which rolls over up to nine times until it is won.
- Thirty cash prizes of £50 are also up for grabs each month.
- Based on the total lottery plays from 2023/24 for every £1 chance has a 1 in 3,876 chance of winning a prize.
How to enter
Simply visit our online Lottery registration page, choose how many tickets you wish to buy each month (maximum of 20 entries allowed for each draw), enter your details and sign up in a few clicks.
Winner’s Story: Emily Smith
Lottery Winner Emily and her Firefighter partner Andy.
Emily Smith, whose partner, Andy, is a firefighter with Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, won our Jackpot of £25,000 in February 2022. She shared with us why she pays into the Lottery every month and her delight at discovering she’d won.
“Our Lottery is something so easy you can do that does so much to help others”. Emily Smith
Where your money goes
By playing our Lottery, you can help our UK fire and rescue services community live healthier and happier.
All the proceeds from The Fire Fighters Lottery come directly to The Fire Fighters Charity. Each £1 ticket is divided as follows:
- At least 69p from every £1 ticket sold goes directly to fund the provision of The Fire Fighters Charity’s services to beneficiaries.
- 20p covers the prize fund.
- 11p goes towards the costs of promoting and running the Raffle.
The total ticket proceeds for 2023/24 was £1,677,936.
[Figures are from the Charity’s 2023/24 accounts]
How winners are drawn
Our Lottery is administered by Sterling Lotteries. They draw all the winners using a random number generator that is independently tested, approved and audited. This chooses the winning number randomly from all of the numbers that have been paid for, and in the case of the rollover, there is a set percentage of the possibility of the rollover being won.
General Terms
Players must be residents in Great Britain. Underage gambling is an offence, not to be sold to or by persons under the age of 18 years old. Licensed by the Gambling Commission under the 2005 Gambling Act www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk.
Fire Fighters Charity is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 5035.
Responsible person: Jenny-Anne Dexter, Fire Fighters Charity, Level 6. Belvedere, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4HG
Please gamble responsibly: www.gambleaware.org
