Second draw of monday lottery raises £142,000 for charities

Last night's draw of the new monday lottery has raised £142,000 for the five beneficiary charities. In addition over 10,700 winners sharing over £247,000 in prize money in the two draws.

Chariot, the company behind the new charities lottery, reported that £142,139 has been raised by monday for this week's charities - World Wildlife Fund; British Red Cross; Arthritis Research Campaign; National Deaf Children's Society and DebRA.

This brings the total raised for charity after two draws to £292,139.