National Lottery operator, Allwyn, has launched a ‘Share the Win’ initiative whereby retailers are rewarded when they sell customers a high value winning ticket or scratchcard, and a Dalkeith Keystore owner has been the first shopkeeper to pick up a prize.
The initiative rewards National Lottery retailers who sell high tier (£50,000 or more) winning draw-based games tickets – such as EuroMillions, Lotto, and Thunderball – or National Lottery Scratchcards. The scheme is open to all retailers where the winning ticketholder is happy to share details of their win.
The amount awarded to the National Lottery retailer will be linked to the size of the player’s win and celebrated with new in-store activation kit – including a special ‘Big Winner Made Here’ poster and wall plaque, and for gold tier winners, a gold ‘Millionaire Made Here’ Playstation.
There are three tiers of prizes available:
Gold tier – wins of more than £1m will net lucky retailers the top prize of £10,000
Silver tier – wins between £251,000 and £1m will be worth £5,000 to shop owners
Bronze tier – wins between £50,000 and £250,000 will see retailers pocket £2,000
The first winner to net a fantastic ‘Share the Win’ prize has been unveiled as Drummond Miller, owner of Keystore in Dalkeith, Scotland, who has scooped the £5,000 silver tier prize for selling a winning National Lottery Thunderball ticket worth £500,000 to Raymond Young.
Allwyn’s Interim Retail Director, James Dunbar, said: ‘Huge congratulations to Drummond for becoming our first ever ‘Share the Win’ winner! With this initiative, we are multiplying the joy of winning on The National Lottery by taking a player’s magnificent win and then rewarding the retailer who sold them their winning ticket. It adds a whole new dimension to selling National Lottery tickets for our retail partners, because simply selling a single lucky ticket could land them an incredible prize themselves. They’ll be able to then share in the amazing feeling of winning on The National Lottery!
“And this initiative not only rewards retailers for helping us to make huge National Lottery winners, but also for helping us to raise around £30 million each and every week for National Lottery-funded projects.”
Drummond said: “Just as Christmas approaches, it is fantastic to find out that I’m the first retailer in the UK to win this amazing initiative. The £5,000 prize will bring some extra gold to the staff Christmas bonuses and early festive cheer to the shop, this year. The National Lottery has always driven extra traffic to Keystore, so this is more wonderful news for us and for all my potential future winners.”
Raymond Young, who bought his winning National Lottery Thunderball ticket in Keystore (known locally as Fordel Services), said: ‘I’m chuffed to bits to see my local store win because of my luck. It was great to win and hopefully the lucky store can spread a little of my fortune through the local community.”
